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Faculty of Arts News Archive

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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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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Outside of limestone building with Canadian flag on top in front of a bright blue sky.

Faculty of Arts

Meet the new faces in Arts

October 6, 2021 — 
The Faculty of Arts welcomes several new members with appointments beginning July 1, 2021.

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Miriam Toews.

CBC: 5 Canadian books make shortlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize

October 5, 2021 — 
New novel by UM alumna Miriam Toews [BA/89, DLITT/17] shortlisted for prestigious prize

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Faculty of Arts

Can we measure reconciliation?

October 4, 2021 — 
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, UM researcher Dr. Katherine Starzyk spoke about The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer project on The Decibel podcast by The Globe and Mail.

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two female researchers setting up a specialized microscope

Research and International

Recent UM research findings suggest gender bias remains in NSE professions across Canada

September 28, 2021 — 
EDI and the sciences

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The teepee at NCTR.

Indigenous

Exploring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events

September 22, 2021 — 
UM community encouraged to listen, learn and reflect

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Faculty of Arts

Op-ed: MLAs rose to the challenge of COVID-19

September 17, 2021 — 
Political Studies URA students interviewed Manitoba MLA's as part of their summer research. COVID-19 was a frequent topic of conversation

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