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A large room full of law students at first year orientation

Faculty of Law

Getting oriented in a modern-day law school

September 9, 2022 — 
If members of the law Class of 1925 had jumped into a time machine and attended the Juris Doctor Class of 2025 first year law orientation, they would be confounded at the difference in attitudes towards mental health, equality, diversity and inclusion, Indigenization of the Juris Doctor curriculum and a strong movement towards reconciliation.

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Robson Hall exterior Fall 2019

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law welcomes Elders-in-Residence, The Honourable Murray Sinclair and Wendy Whitecloud

August 25, 2022 — 
The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law is pleased to welcome The Honourable Murray Sinclair and retired law instructor Wendy Whitecloud to Robson Hall as Elders-in-Residence starting in August 2022

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EJ Fontaine, Ardell Cochrane and Robert Maytwayashing walk across a field.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Video celebrates Indigenous alumni of Diploma in Agriculture program

July 28, 2022 — 
Video series celebrates accomplishments of Indigenous alumni and First Nations communities

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Portrait of Dr. Marcia Anderson.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dr. Marcia Anderson wins Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration

July 19, 2022 — 
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Manitoba region has announced that Dr. Marcia Anderson is the winner of the 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration.

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combined headshots of Class of 1980 member Norman Yusim and MILSA student Adam Kowal

Faculty of Law

Close-knit Class of 1980 creates bursary for Indigenous law students

July 15, 2022 — 
Thanks to the efforts of a close-knit group of Faculty of Law alumni, Indigenous law students at Robson Hall will have access to another source of much-needed bursary funds, starting in the fall of 2023.

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A woman who attended an Indian Day School joins her daughter as they look at the Orange shirts, shoes, flowers and messages on display outside the B.C. legislature in June 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Research and International

Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools

July 13, 2022 — 
Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century

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A watercolour painting of horizontal lines that suggest a prairie landscape with a far-off horizon.

TeachingLIFE

Land as teacher

June 29, 2022 — 
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land

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2022 Student Affairs Participation Award Recipient Zoe Quill

Science student Zoe Quill receives 2022 Student Affairs Participation Award

June 23, 2022 — 
The award aims to recognize a student who has maintained high academic achievement while making a significant voluntary contribution to UM and/or the broader community

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Group photo of people wrapped in star blankets.

Indigenous

Sixth annual Indigenous Awards of Excellence celebrates 2021 and 2022 recipients in-person

June 22, 2022 — 
Each year, Indigenous Engagement and Communications, and the Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous) (OVPI) honours students, staff and faculty in the categories of community builder, trailblazer and outstanding achievement at the Indigenous Awards of Excellence

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Migizii Agamik with Teepee

Recognizing National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 21, 2022 — 
A message from UM President and Vice-Chancellor Michael Benarroch and Vice-President (Indigenous) Dr. Catherine Cook

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