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Family Resource Coordinator speaking with a client in her office

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Checking in with UM Family Resources

September 19, 2024 — 
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the Family Resource office, we take this opportunity to re-introduce the role and share some updates on how Family Resource can benefit you.

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Cover page graphic of linguistics textbook showing pieces of a puzzle containing tree roots and words.

Libraries

Make education more affordable and accessible with open educational resources

September 13, 2024 — 
Advance Open Ed provides financial and practical support along with educational opportunities to help the UM community create, adapt, and adopt open educational resources (OER).

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Map showing construction area and traffic update on Fort Garry Campus.

What to know about road construction this fall

August 27, 2024 — 
As a new academic year begins, keep up to date on upcoming City of Winnipeg road construction and updates on the Sifton Road construction. 

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Music faculty member Victoria Sparks plays the marimba in the new Desautels Concert Hall.

WATCH: The magic of the first note

August 27, 2024 — 
UM faculty members on teaching and performing in the new Desautels Concert Hall

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Granddaughter cheers up and hugs her sad grandmother in a nursing home.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing professor funded for dementia care study

August 21, 2024 — 
College of Nursing professor Dr. Genevieve Thompson recently received $750,000 in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a three-year study to support communication and decision-making for family caregivers of people living with dementia.  

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School of Art

Pembina Valley Online: Plum Coulee homecoming celebration held for award winning ceramics artist Grace Nickel

August 20, 2024 — 
School of Art Professor Grace Nickel was the focus of a homecoming celebration Saturday, August 17th during Plum Fest, serving as parade marshal and also officially opening her latest exhibit "Full Circle" at the Plum Coulee Elevator Museum.

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Traffic calming pilot on Maclean Crescent starts Aug. 26

August 19, 2024 — 
The Maclean Pilot Project will take a ‘tactical urbanism’ approach to traffic calming, where temporary materials are used (concrete barriers, planters, picnic tables, signage, etc.) to test traffic flow changes on Maclean Crescent to reduce traffic volumes along Dafoe Road and within the campus core.

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Broken teacups reassembled artistically over a black background.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

The Art of Lived Experience

July 29, 2024 — 
Art and science are, of course, very different disciplines. But Dr. Mandy Archibald, assistant professor at the College of Nursing, sees a relationship between them.

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Four people posing with golf clubs on a golfcourse.

UM Faculty and and Staff Golf Tournament hits the links August 19, 2024

July 12, 2024 — 
The 2024 UM Faculty and Staff Golf Tournament will return to Kingswood Golf and Country Club on Monday, August 19. The event tees off in a shotgun start at 1:00 pm for nine holes and concludes with a BBQ from 4:00 – 5:30 pm.

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Margaret Hart stands in the Brodie atrium at Bannatyne campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Community, Culture, Curriculum

July 9, 2024 — 
Margaret Hart’s [M.Ed./21] career took an unexpected turn when she joined the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences in 2022.

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