Faculty of Education News Archive
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The Canadian Press: ‘This is a call:’ Indigenous candidates reflect on running in the federal election
April 21, 2025 —
The number of Indigenous candidates on the ballot has dipped from the 2021 campaign, which saw a record number of First Nations, Inuit and Métis candidates.
Faculty of Law
The Hockey Conference is only two months away
April 16, 2025 —
Over the last year, University of Manitoba faculty and students from Law, Education, and Kinesiology & Recreation Management have worked with scholars, industry professionals, and athletes from across Canada to organize the twelfth biennial Hockey Conference. The conference will take place at The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, from June 17-19th, 2025. The theme of this year’s conference is, In the Echoes of Reckonings. In support of this theme, the conference includes multiple keynotes, lunch and learns, as well as plenary and concurrent sessions. Following tradition, the conference will end with a game of hockey.
Faculty of Law
Master of Human Rights Symposium 2025 highlights critical areas of need for advocacy
April 14, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba’s interdisciplinary Master of Human Rights program’s annual Symposium took place on January 17, 2025 in the Moot Courtroom at Robson Hall. The Symposium gives students enrolled in the graduate degree’s practicum and thesis streams an opportunity to present their research and share field experiences. The students’ research advisors are scholars from the Faculties of Arts, Education, and Social Work, in addition to the Faculty of Law.
Research and International
The Conversation: As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood
April 8, 2025 —
Early in his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump began making explicit threats about Canada becoming the 51st American state.
Faculty of Education
CBC Manitoba: He was convicted for sexually touching a student. Years later, he still had a Manitoba teaching certificate
April 7, 2025 —
Manitoba teacher convicted in 2013 kept certificate until after his appeal was dismissed in 2016
St. John's College
It’s not Just Water—a creative approach to exploring water and justice
March 21, 2025 —
Internationally recognized artist-in-residence at UM brings unique lens to exploring relationships with water as part of the Just Waters project
Faculty of Education
A Provocative, Uplifting B.Ed. Program Day
March 20, 2025 —
Faculty of Education B.Ed. Program Day Winter 2025
Research and International
The Conversation: How school systems can honour the human rights of people with disabilities
March 10, 2025 —
In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time.
Research and International
The Conversation: Moves to undermine public education in the U.S. should concern Canadians
February 24, 2025 —
United States President Donald Trump has made a series of high-profile threats against Canada and other countries since his second term began a month ago — but his proposed educational reforms also require serious attention.
UM health researchers receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding
February 14, 2025 —
Health researchers at the University of Manitoba have been awarded more than $9.6 million in the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).