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Syrian woman filming a street filled with war activities

Faculty of Arts

Witness the female experience of war in Syria

March 10, 2020 — 
The Beyond Crisis Event Series offers a free public screening of the 2019 Academy Award nominated documentary film For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts at Cinematheque.

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Female photographer taking a shot

Faculty of Arts

Arts jobs in the arts and culture industry

December 2, 2019 — 
If you are pursuing a liberal arts education and have a passion for culture, here are a sample of some really cool arts and culture occupations commonly performed by Arts graduates.

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A person paddles standing up in a gondola while the sun shines through haze over Venice.

Venice floods: Historical myths may attract the aid city needs

November 20, 2019 — 
The city of Venice was recently hit by the worst flooding in more than 50 years

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MA Student Jason Carrie standing on rocky landscape in Yellowknife NWT

Faculty of Arts

Archival Studies student enjoys connecting people to the past

September 16, 2019 — 
If you had the chance to spend the summer in Yellowknife while gaining experience in your chosen field, would you take it? Jason Carrie, M.A. in Archival Studies student had that opportunity. We asked him about his experience and his studies in the Faculty of Arts.

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Wpg. Free Press: Origins of socialized medicine in Canada run deeper than Douglas

August 19, 2019 — 
In her latest book, Radical Medicine: The International Origins of Socialized Health Care in Canada, Esyllt W. Jones illuminates the ideological and social underpinnings of medicare

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A photo from circa 1916-17 showing the construction of the aqueduct that brought Shoal Lake water to Winnipeg. (Supplied photo)

Op-ed: The strike, Shoal Lake and Indigenous dispossession

June 18, 2019 — 
The Winnipeg General Strike and the arrival of Shoal Lake water in Winnipeg taps occurred at the same time, and in the same place, and are part of a larger story of Indigenous dispossession.

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Photo of Angus Reid by Jenelle Schneider / Vancouver Sun.

Nationally renowned pollster Angus Reid to speak at St. Paul’s College

April 22, 2019 — 
Angus Reid, Canada’s best-known and longest-practicing pollster, is the 2019 Ignatian Society’s Baccalaureate Guest Speaker at St. Paul’s College

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CBC: Fighters, scientists, protectors: Meet 5 notable black Manitobans you may never have heard of

February 19, 2019 — 
Keith Sandiford remembers being the only black person on the bus in Winnipeg — and among the faculty at the University of Manitoba.

Food Systems Research Group

The evolution of Canada’s international food assistance policies

January 31, 2019 — 
Changes in international food assistance policies benefit recipient countries

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Food Systems Research Group

Pillsbury Bake-Off contest a slice of American home baking history

January 16, 2019 — 
The evolution of American food culture through the lens of corporate influence

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