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Dr. Cary Miller appointed as Associate Vice-President (Indigenous) Scholarship, Research and Curriculum

Dr. Cary Miller appointed as Associate Vice-President (Indigenous) Scholarship, Research and Curriculum

October 27, 2021 — 
Indigenous scholar, mentor and educator begins new role Nov. 1

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Rally participants hold up signs and wear orange shirts as they march in support of residential school survivors and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous children in Winnipeg on. July 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

Faculty of Arts

Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide

October 26, 2021 — 
A better understanding of what most genocide scholars believe can help people understand how Canada’s Indian Residential School system fits with definitions of genocide

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7 WXN Women's Top 100 winners photos: Top row (L-R): Dr. Patricia Birk, Dr. Tracie Afifi, Dr. Melanie Morris, Dr. Janice Ristock. Second row: Melanie MacKinnon, Dr. Tina Chen, Dr. Joanne Embree.

Seven professors named Most Powerful Women in Canada

October 25, 2021 — 
Read the inspiring stories of the recipients

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Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Janice Ristock

October 25, 2021 — 
Dr. Janice Ristock, University of Manitoba professor and former Provost and Vice-President (Academic), has been named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for 2021 in the CIBC Executive Leaders category

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Tina Chen

Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Tina Chen

October 25, 2021 — 
Champion of equity, diversity and inclusion is one of seven UM faculty members named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women

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Bisons student-athletes pictured in ALC Agora

Bisons raise academic bar for fifth straight year

October 22, 2021 — 
At the completion of the 2020-21 season, 188 of the 360 University of Manitoba student-athletes qualified for U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status

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Student Success Month

Students

Shared experiences: Take advantage of UM student supports

October 22, 2021 — 
Beginning with the decision to attend the University of Manitoba, undergraduate students Prerna and Chloe both utilized student supports throughout their studies and made the best of their university experiences.

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A black graduation cap and black mask with a UM logo on it sit on top of a pile of books

Students

Fall Convocation: meet the class of 2021

October 15, 2021 — 
Meet some of the incredible members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2021.  Fall Convocation will be held this year from Oct. 18-21 and on Nov. 10

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Tokunoshima, Japan in winter. Palm trees in the foreground with the ocean in the distance.

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Master’s student pursues research with support from the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement

October 14, 2021 — 
University of Manitoba graduate student Hanika Nakagawa is one of this year’s recipients of the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement.

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photo of lawyer Kristen Wittman and cover of her book Death becomes us

Faculty of Law

Living with law and art: Manitoba lawyer publishes moving new poetry collection

October 7, 2021 — 

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