Faculty of Arts News Archive
Should we make ourselves superhuman?
April 3, 2017 —
A discussion on the latest biohacking technologies, and the ethical and practical issues they raise
Wpg Free Press: The Manitoba Sound
March 27, 2017 —
Linguistics professor Nicole Rosen is on a mission to understand us better
Wpg Free Press: History class studies how our lives are affected by what we eat
March 23, 2017 —
Sarah Elvins, a professor of history at the University of Manitoba, is more interested in looking at our culinary past.
Beyond Harms: Public health and the end of cannabis prohibition, public lecture
March 16, 2017 —
Lecture to focus on on the health effects of cannabis, and the implications for drug policy more generally
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Rising Up on campus
March 15, 2017 —
UM will be host to the Rising Up conference on March 17 and 18
Op-ed: Cutting government spending is out of step with economic times
February 22, 2017 —
Economists: The mantra about belt-tightening and sacrifice to balance the books may be intuitively appealing, but it reflects an outdated understanding of the role of government in a modern economy.
CBC: Manitoba Hydro’s walking on a tightrope — or is it?
February 21, 2017 —
Economist John Loxley provides insight
CBC: Giving workers unpaid days off ‘not pleasant … but fair,’ says former Ont. premier
February 17, 2017 —
Professor emeritus Paul Thomas shares his thoughts