Faculty of Arts News Archive

October 30, 2025 — 
Three UM community members have been named among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2025, recognized for their leadership, vision, determination, passion and mentorship of others.  

October 27, 2025 — 
Dr. Jesse Hajer, Associate Professor of Economics in the Labour studies program at the University of Manitoba, said the province’s lower score is based on several factors, including preparing reports later in the calendar year than other province, having qualifications on the auditor’s opinion and running a much larger deficit than budgeted.

October 26, 2025 — 
Dr. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Manitoba and author of Politics in Manitoba, says the NDP enjoys popularity in Manitoba because it has a long history in the province, stronger urban support in Winnipeg and northern Manitoba (where unionized, resource town labour is grounded), a policy focus on healthcare and education, strong personal appeal of its leaders, and proven success while governing.

October 24, 2025 — 
Twenty-five years after Beverley Rowbotham was slain, her family believes a mysterious letter could shed light on the case that gripped Manitoba

October 21, 2025 — 
More than 150 students shared their research findings with the wider UM community at the Undergraduate Research Showcase.

October 17, 2025 — 
Dr. Fletcher Baragar with the University of Manitoba’s Department of Economics says the services are designed to be user-friendly. “Make it easy, make it convenient, minimal questions asked,” he said.

October 15, 2025 — 
Winnipeg author and historian Dr. Gerald Friesen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of History has won the 2025 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his biography The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman

October 14, 2025 — 
Dr. Adam King, Assistant Professor of Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba speaks with CBC's Marcy Markusa about Canada Post’s shift from a nationwide strike to rotating strikes and what it means for workers and home delivery.

October 9, 2025 — 
Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Emerita Dr. Laura Tohe will visit the University of Manitoba on Thursday, October 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the John A. Russell Atrium for a lecture and poetry reading on language, memory, and presence. Hosted by the Canada Research Chair in Miyo We’citowin & Digital Sovereignties, Women’s and Gender Studies (Arts), and the Faculty of Architecture.

October 8, 2025 — 
Throughout the nearly two years of contentious negotiations between Canada Post and CUPW, the question of Purolator has been lurking in the background,” Dr. Adam King, an Assistant Professor of Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba, told CTVNews.ca