Faculty of Arts News Archive
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Op-ed: Diversity in politics can lead to gains
January 11, 2019 —
Does increased diversity matter for what governments actually do? Do governments tend to act differently when they are staffed by more diverse sets of representatives?
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Top stories of 2018
December 21, 2018 —
Another amazing year reaches its conclusion at the University of Manitoba
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CBC: Ethicist, recovering alcoholic blast Liquor & Lotteries’ sale of cheap booze at downtown store
December 18, 2018 —
'They're making money off people who have serious health problems. They know that.'
![Members of Begade Shutagot’ine, a small community of a few hundred people living in and around Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, have their story documented by Native Studies professor Peter Kulchyski in his book, A Report of an Inquiry into an Injustice. The Begade Shutagot’ine are the continued owners of the land and Kulchyski bears eloquent witness to the Begade Shutagot’ine people’s two-decade struggle for land rights, which have been ignored by federal and territorial authorities.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image14-150x150.jpeg)
Top 5 2018 University of Manitoba Press Books
December 17, 2018 —
U of M Press picks some of its favourite titles from 2018, and you have a chance to win one of them
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Students
Why should you take part in Community Service-Learning?
December 15, 2018 —
Community Service-Learning (CSL) sat down with students from diverse backgrounds to talk about what they have gained from taking part in CSL programs.
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Why politics shouldn’t influence how much we pay judges
December 13, 2018 —
Secure and appropriate compensation for judges is a constitutionally recognized component of judicial independence, which itself is a set of interrelated principles meant to ensure that the rule of law applies fairly to everyone, including governments
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Op-ed: Building a political road between urban and rural Canadians
November 30, 2018 —
If whole swaths of people in a democracy feel ignored and neglected, we should eventually expect a response. That response in the U.S. came in the form of Trump. Could something similar happen in Canada?
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U of M’s 99th Rhodes Scholar ‘beat the odds’ to get an education
November 26, 2018 —
U of M honoured to announce that Faculty of Arts grad Annette Riziki is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship
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Faculty of Arts
Catch a one-of-a-kind staged radio production of Under Milk Wood
November 20, 2018 —
Join the Black Hole Theatre for their unique production of Under Milk Wood, an intriguing play that follows the ordinary, day-to-day life of the people within a small Welsh fishing village.
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Human Resources
Robotic arm grabs attention at Fort Garry campus
November 20, 2018 —
U of M hosts close to 50 students at the Fort Garry campus for Take Our Kids to Work Day