Overcoming Obstacles

From left to right, Jade Young, Sara Goulet and Carly McLellan outside in Garden Hill

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Overcoming Obstacles

January 31, 2022 —
Three Indigenous physicians and UM graduates work together to provide care in Garden Hill First Nation.

Indigenous, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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Faculty of Education mourns passing of Dr. Karen Favell, former assistant professor and Indigenous education advocate

January 25, 2022 —
Dr. Favell was a passionate advocate of Indigenous education and committed to making a difference in the lives of her students

faculty, Faculty of Education, Indigenous

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Sweetgrass sign detail. Installed at Curry Place. From the Indigenous Art and Placemaking project.

Nominations sought for five Indigenous Senators for UM Senate

January 18, 2022 —
Deadline is 12 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022

administration and governance, faculty, Indigenous, senate

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Indigenous Scholar Dr. Michael Yellow Bird

Winnipeg Free Press: Social work dean promotes technique for positive impact, both individually and collectively

January 17, 2022 —
Michael Yellow Bird, dean of the faculty of social work at the University of Manitoba, has worked extensively in mindfulness, introducing it to Indigenous programs and teaching it to Indigenous communities and organizations

Faculty of Social Work, Indigenous

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A tipi in front of Migizii Agamik building.

Indigenous

Indigenous Initiatives Fund proposals now open

January 11, 2022 —
Proposals are now being accepted for the Indigenous Initiatives Fund

Indigenous, indigenous achievement, Indigenous engagement, indigenous students

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mage from the office of the Governor General of Canada: The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf circumscribed with the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM–Latin for “They desire a better country”.

Members of UM community promoted, added to Order of Canada

January 7, 2022 —
The new list includes 10 individuals from the UM community

Alumni, campus community, Dr. Evelyn Forget, faculty, Faculty of Arts, Indigenous, Law, Max Rady College of Medicine, Philanthropy

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Indigenous

On the passing of Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Leading Earth Man)

December 10, 2021 —
UM community is saddened to hear of the passing of Elder Dave Courchene Jr.

Indigenous

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Statement on Indigenous Identity

November 30, 2021 —
A message from President Michael Benarroch and Catherine Cook, Vice-President (Indigenous)

Indigenous

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Dr. Cary Miller appointed as Associate Vice-President (Indigenous) Scholarship, Research and Curriculum

October 27, 2021 —
Indigenous scholar, mentor and educator begins new role Nov. 1

Campus and Community, Faculty of Arts, Indigenous, Research and International, Students

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Rally participants hold up signs and wear orange shirts as they march in support of residential school survivors and the families of missing and murdered Indigenous children in Winnipeg on. July 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

Faculty of Arts

Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide

October 26, 2021 —
A better understanding of what most genocide scholars believe can help people understand how Canada’s Indian Residential School system fits with definitions of genocide

Faculty of Arts, Indigenous, Research and International, Residential Schools, The Conversation

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