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Welcome Day 2022

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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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Portrait of Adam King, Labour Studies

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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?

Dr. Andrea Charron Director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Defence and Security Studies

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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.

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Infographic for the Poetry Workshop on Work, Vocation and Climate

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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yellow crime scene tape.

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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.

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Measles vaccine

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The Brandon Sun: Southern Health households ignoring measles directives

August 7, 2025 — 
Public health officials are up against brazen rebellion as they tackle a recent resurgence in measles.

A woman standing on a river bank in the fall, wearing a black, leather jacket and smiling at the camera.

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Bridging Academics and Work Experience

August 5, 2025 — 
A Faculty of Arts of degree equips students with valuable abilities such as critical thinking, effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills. From October 2024 to April 2025, I worked as a Student Communications Assistant with the Faculty of Arts Communications team (posted through the Work-Study program), where I had the chance to build these skills in a hands-on, creative environment.

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Dr. Leslie E. Roos

Research and International

Closing the gap: Helping families access high-quality mental health services sooner

July 31, 2025 — 
New federal Implementation Science Chair, Dr. Leslie E. Roos seeks solutions in mental health services.

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The Canadian Press: Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

July 31, 2025 — 
The number of Manitobans concerned about crime and public safety has risen steadily, an opinion poll done for the Manitoba government suggests.

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