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Noah Wilson (left) receiving an Indigenous Student Award of Excellence

Graduation Pow Wow Profile: Noah Wilson

April 30, 2019 — 
In addition to academic growth, the university experience is largely considered to be a time of immense personal development

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Books on a shelf. // Image from Pixabay

Alumni

What book has influenced your life?

April 30, 2019 — 
Hear from five alumni on their summer reading recommendations and share your own!

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Alumni

Wpg Free Press: Long-lost book about 1919 strike finds new life

April 30, 2019 — 
For years, Molly McCracken knew about the book manuscripts her late mother had left, though she'd never had time to read them. They were tucked away safely in the University of Manitoba's archives They were tucked away safely in the University of Manitoba's archives where Melinda McCracken had placed them, along with some of her diaries, short stories, and letters from notable people.

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Manitoba legislature.

Op-ed: The hazards of secrecy and the benefits of openness

April 30, 2019 — 
Regardless of the party in office, when sensitive information is involved, governments prefer secrecy to openness.

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Sister Lesley Sacouman received the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service

Wpg Free Press: Survivors’ sanctuary

April 29, 2019 — 
Sandwiched between the parking garage of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet to the north and a housing complex for refugee woman and children to the south, not much about the exterior of the House of Peace suggests the extent of activity inside, with thousands of people stopping by each week.

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Indigenous

Graduation Pow Wow profile: Jenna Vandal

April 29, 2019 — 
A true advocate for the environment and Indigenous rights, student Jenna Vandal has always carved her own path

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Special police marching west down Portage from Main Street during June 10, 2019 riot. // Winnipeg Tribune Photograph Collection at U of M Archives and Special Collections

The Conversation: Lessons from the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 have much to teach us about our future

April 26, 2019 — 
A century ago, the Winnipeg General Strike shut down what was then Canada’s third-largest city

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Comic books are a staple of pop culture

Has Marvel reinvented the film serial?

April 24, 2019 — 
The release of Avengers: Endgame is a culmination, of a kind, for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Hockey goal score light

The Conversation: How an NHL street party caused a social media storm about racism

April 18, 2019 — 
'We — and our media outlets — need to think about the ways we use language and how that language may perpetuate bias'

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CTV: Advocacy group calls for critical thinking on language amid whiteout celebrations

April 12, 2019 — 
Sociologist Lori Wilkinson weighs in

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