Faculty of Arts News Archive
![Protagonist Mirabel is able to help heal her family because she doesn’t have to live through the trauma of displacement like her grandmother did. (YouTube/DisneyMusicVEVO)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Encanto-UMToday-150x150.jpg)
Oscars 2022: Disney’s ‘Encanto’ shows healing from intergenerational trauma
April 5, 2022 —
'A trauma-informed lens isn’t meant to excuse or legitimize toxicity and dysfunction, but to help us understand that people who are in pain often pass down this pain'
![embryo](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/embryo-gffe07c497_1920-150x150.jpg)
Innovative research receives funding
April 4, 2022 —
UM researchers have received more than $1.2M through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), the Government of Canada announced
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Wpg Free Press — LGBTTQ+ students picked on, feel unsafe: report
March 31, 2022 —
'Student members of the LGBTTQ+ community are far more likely to be victims of targeted harassment and feel unsafe at school than their peers who are cisgender and heterosexual, Manitoba researchers have found — once again'
![‘Stories Are In Our Bones’ sees filmmaker Janine Windolph take her young sons fishing with their kokum, a residential school survivor who retains a deep knowledge and memory of the land. (Stories Are In Our Bones/National Film Board)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Conversation-Canada-Stories-Are-In-Our-Bones-National-Film-Board-150x150.jpg)
More than entertainment: Indigenous women are teaching through filmmaking
March 23, 2022 —
In disrupting stereotypes, showcasing Indigenous excellence and teaching about histories and contemporary realities that matter, Indigenous filmmakers are leading the way toward a better future.
![Greg Smith standing in front of Tier building](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/VIceProvost-UMT-1200x800-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Greg Smith appointed Vice-Provost (Academic Planning and Programs)
March 23, 2022 —
An accomplished administrator, professor and scholar, Dr. Greg Smith has been appointed Vice-Provost (Academic Planning and Programs) effective April 1, 2022
![Actress in pink dress sitting on large, plush armchair, looking through an antique telescope.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Arcadia-crop-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Explore past and present, order and disorder in this virtual murder mystery
March 22, 2022 —
The University of Manitoba Theatre program is gearing up to present their final mainstage show of the 2021-22 season – Arcadia by English playwright Tom Stoppard. Catch this student production March 30 to April 3.
![black and white headshot of Dr. Nathan Derejko](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dr-Nathan-Derejko-UMToday-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
University of Manitoba appoints new Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice
March 22, 2022 —
The Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice was created and funded through the generosity of the Mauro Foundation and is a key part of the Master of Human Rights program, now housed at Robson Hall
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Research and International
What is that little bird telling you?
March 10, 2022 —
UM Café Scientifique: UM scientists on how animals think and communicate
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Faculty of Arts
Against Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
March 4, 2022 —
Statement from the Department of German and Slavic Studies and the Program in Central and East European Studies at the University of Manitoba.
![The Barometer Project](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Barometer-Promo-web-150x150.jpg)
Canadian Reconciliation Barometer Project releases its first report—highlights the path forward
February 15, 2022 —
The first report from the Canadian Reconciliation Barometer, which measures progress toward Reconciliation, has been released