Faculty of Arts News Archive
CBC Manitoba: Pumpkin spice and everything nice
September 18, 2025 —
The official start to fall is just around the corner. UM's Dr. Sonia Bookman, Associate Professor and Department Head of Sociology and Criminology, talks to CBC about her chapter contribution "Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Marking the Seasons with Brands" in the book, Seasonal Sociology: 2nd Edition
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CTV Winnipeg: The Keystone Province – Politics and Governance in Manitoba
September 12, 2025 —
UM's Adjunct professor in Political Science, Christopher Adams told CTV Winnipeg about his new book, The Keystone Province: Politics and Governance in Manitoba, that takes readers through the province’s political history, key debates and the institutions shaping its future.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Celebrating the Merit Award recipients of 2024
September 10, 2025 —
The Merit Awards recognize excellence in teaching, research, scholarly and creative work, service, and include a special category dedicated to Indigenous Achievement. Congratulations to all the recipients of the 2024 Merit Awards.
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CBC Manitoba: Hollywood Remakes and Reboots
September 5, 2025 —
Hollywood Remakes and Reboots
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CBC Manitoba: Why We Get Nostalgic at Back to School
September 3, 2025 —
Why We Get Nostalgic at Back to School
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Global News: Strike wave in Canadian labour: What’s fueling unrest?
September 2, 2025 —
Strike wave in Canadian labour: What’s fueling unrest?
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The Free Press: The northern front
August 29, 2025 —
Manitoba poised to become a hub for increased efforts to assert Canada’s Arctic sovereignty
Research and International
The Conversation: New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech
August 25, 2025 —
The United Kingdom recently launched a broad system of age verification that requires any platforms that host pornography or other “harmful” content to ensure their users are 18 or older.
St. John's College
Exploring work and vocation in a time of climate crisis through poetry
August 25, 2025 —
How does our work (what we do to earn a living, and the conditions in which we do it) and our vocation (our deeper sense of purpose or calling in life) get affected during a time of climate crisis? A new workshop at St John's College invites participants to reflect on this question through poetry.
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CTV Winnipeg: ‘Just started swinging a machete’: Survivor of random attack on what happened, what’s next
August 18, 2025 —
Eric Laferriere says he doesn’t remember much about the incident, but says everything happened so fast.