Indigenous News Archive
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
A conversation with Ărramăt Indigenous leaders and scholars on holistic healing and physical-spiritual relationships with Mother Nature
October 11, 2023 —
Recently, Ărramăt Pathway 9 facilitated a conversation about “Physical and Spiritual Relationships with Mother Nature in Indigenous holistic healing” at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Manitoba.
Faculty of Law
Law student advocates for Truth & Reconciliation 365 days a year
October 6, 2023 —
Over 150 runners assembled at the ruins of the Birtle, Manitoba Residential School on the morning of Saturday, September 30, to honour Residential School Survivors and those who never made it home. The ruins marked the starting line of the Second Annual Reconciliation Run, organized by first-year law student Tréchelle Bunn. Her home community, the Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation, marked the finish line of the half-marathon, officially sanctioned by the Manitoba Runners’ Association
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with orange shirts, powerful messages
October 4, 2023 —
Hundreds of people wearing orange shirts filled Brodie Centre atrium for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on the Bannatyne campus presented by Ongomiizwin – Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing.
Faculty of Education
New Métis Journal To Be Released
September 28, 2023 —
Pawaatamihk: A Journal of Métis Thinkers will release its first issue on September 29, 2023.
Promoting healing, education and reflection across the country
September 27, 2023 —
A member of the Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation, and an athlete who believes in the power of movement as medicine, UM law student Tréchelle Bunn founded a healing walk in July 2021 which has since grown into the Reconciliation Run, Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Half Marathon.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Education as intervention
September 22, 2023 —
This UM grad is testing how education can reduce racism towards Indigenous people
Students
Join the conversation: Two-Spirits Talking
September 15, 2023 —
Two-Spirits Talking provides space for gender- and sexuality-diverse Indigenous students, staff and faculty to gather and talk about topics that explore and bridge their interconnected Indigenous and queer identities.
Faculty of Law
What action on Indigenous law could mean for everyone
September 13, 2023 —
Inaugural interdisciplinary conference open to community
Indigenous
Building connections within the Indigenous campus community
September 13, 2023 —
A welcoming space for Indigenous faculty, staff, students, allies and friends across all UM campuses, the 90-minute Indigenous Connect meetings offer a chance for attendees to network, share their work, obtain feedback, and discuss programming, events, policy issues and other matters of importance, like the creation of the recent Indigenous identity policy.
Hello, Haiku
September 11, 2023 —
What better way to capture the back-to-school vibe of fall than poetry.