Faculty of Arts News Archive

February 8, 2024 — 
Protesters in Winnipeg recently took to the streets to demand accountability after police shot and killed a 19-year-old Black university student on New Year’s Eve. Afolabi Opaso was an undergraduate student from Nigeria studying economics at the University of Manitoba.

February 7, 2024 — 
Family claims slow ambulance response time contributed to Winnipeg restaurant owner’s death

February 5, 2024 — 
Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases

February 1, 2024 — 
The Bisons volleyball captain leads by example

February 1, 2024 — 
Manitoba drivers still get break as gas price fluctuates

January 29, 2024 — 
On January 19th, students, faculty, family and friends gathered to celebrate the launch of What Our Bodies Know: Essays at the Intersection of Feminism & Disability. The book is an anthology of 28 creative nonfiction pieces written by students from the course WOMN 2540: Feminisms and Disability in Contemporary Literature from the women’s and gender studies program (WGS) in the Faculty of Arts.

January 25, 2024 — 
Warren Clarke tells a story about a moment in early childhood when he excitedly expressed that he wanted to become a bus driver. His dad, who’d come to visit, got visibly upset. As much as he didn’t understand at the time, he says he’s thought through this moment in light of his current position as a professor, and with the knowledge he now has.

January 23, 2024 — 
Young Black men in Canada face racism, ageism and classism when looking for work

January 19, 2024 — 
Winnipeg Free Press: House of horror

January 17, 2024 — 
Miguel Antonio Chávez is the newest Writer-In-Residence at The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) at the University of Manitoba. Chávez will work with students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public from January to April 2024. Opportunities include a welcome event reading, workshops and individual writer consultations. All activities are free.