Indigenous News Archive
Nine Order of Manitoba recipients have UM connections
September 10, 2020 —
Nine UM community members will receive the Order of Manitoba today at an intimate, reduced-capacity investiture ceremony at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Recognition of historic significance of the Residential School System and former Residential Schools crucial step on path to Reconciliation
September 1, 2020 —
The NCTR, Parks Canada and the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced that the Residential School System is now formally designated as an “event of national historic significance.”
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Building confidence and community connections for Indigenous students
August 25, 2020 —
After wrapping up a successful year later this past spring, applications are now open for the 2020-2021 ICE program.
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PIKE-Net interns adapt to at-home research
August 21, 2020 —
Student interns in Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Network (PIKE-Net) this summer, had a slightly different experience than they would have had any other year, due to the office closures and social distancing measures that came with the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Nine UM researchers receive Insight Development Grants
August 21, 2020 —
Nine University of Manitoba researchers are among the recipients of Insight Development Grants as announced by the Government of Canada, receiving a total of $569,267 in funding.
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Centering Indigenous knowledges in politics and governance
August 13, 2020 —
Cree-Métis scholar blends his traditional upbringing with political science
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Indigenous Scholar decolonizes sport by returning to a land-based way of learning
August 11, 2020 —
Dr. Dan Henhawk's research incorporates recreation and sport with land-based education
UM team and partners are selected as finalist for Food System Vision Prize
August 10, 2020 —
UM experts bolstered a project that will help to decolonize food systems, and it was selected as a Top 10 Finalist for the Food System Vision Prize.
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Winning essay came from the heart – and a deep sense of justice
August 7, 2020 —
A less-than-perfect mark on a paper doesn't mean you should give up on the idea, second-year law student Adam Lakusta discovered this year. Despite getting a B on his Issues in Law and Bio Ethics class term paper, hearing a talk from a visiting scholar inspired him to revise the paper and submit it anyway to the Canadian Bar Association Intellectual Property Section's annual law student essay competition. His essay won.
Muddied waters
August 7, 2020 —
Lake Winnipeg is dying and Indigenous communities and researchers supporting them have responded.