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Faculty of Education

UM granted 1M in funding from Rideau Hall Foundation for Bachelor of Education partnership

July 17, 2025 — 
Rideau Hall funding will significantly increase the number of qualified First Nation, Inuit and Métis educators in northern Manitoba.

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Faculty of Arts

Researching Educational Genocide in Canada and Australia

June 17, 2025 — 
As a child growing up in Australia in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Samara Hand wasn’t taught much about Indigenous peoples or cultures in school. Today, the visiting doctoral researcher argues that exploring the fundamental assumptions of education systems and considering alternative models can open possibilities for an education system that is grounded in, and honours, Indigenous ways of knowing.

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Faculty of Education

A Provocative, Uplifting B.Ed. Program Day

March 20, 2025 — 
Faculty of Education B.Ed. Program Day Winter 2025

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St. John's College

Making the world more than just a place

August 12, 2024 — 
The Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Director of the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture, and Senior Fellow at St John’s College focuses on the relationships between people and territories and how we might live in ways that support Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice.

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Learning about land and place

April 22, 2024 — 
Offered by Community Engaged Learning, the Land and Water program at UM brings together students, community members, knowledge carriers and Elders for immersive urban land-based experiences. Using a decolonizing approach to education, it provides the opportunity for participants to learn about Indigenous Peoples’ enduring relationships with land and place.

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St. John's College

CBC Books: 26 works of Canadian nonfiction coming out in spring 2024

March 26, 2024 — 
A book that focuses on an exploration of reconciliation centred around Winnipeg, its history and people. 

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Libraries

Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education

February 20, 2024 — 
6 R’s of Indigenous OER provides an Indigenous-focused framework for incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into openly-licensed teaching and learning materials.

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Indigenous Student Advisory Circles

January 15, 2024 — 
Jeri Ducharme created Indigenous Student Advisory Circles to ensure First Nations, Métis and Inuit students have a voice in the ongoing evaluation and development of initiatives supported through the Mastercard Foundation EleV Partnership.

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National Ribbon Skirt Day

January 4, 2024 — 
January 4, 2024, marks the second annual National Ribbon Skirt Day in Canada – a day to learn more about and to celebrate Indigenous culture, traditions, histories and contributions. While this national day has only recently been established, ribbon skirts are a centuries-old symbol of identity, adaptation and survival for Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people.

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Partnership paving the way for systemic change

December 11, 2023 — 
More than 2,000 Indigenous youth in Manitoba have already benefited from the University of Manitoba’s innovative partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. Just over two years ago, the $16.1 million partnership set out to transform Indigenous education through initiatives co-created with Indigenous students, communities, governments and organizations, as well as post-secondary institutions across the province.

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