Indigenous News Archive
NCTR recognized by Canadian Commission for UNESCO
September 13, 2019 —
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) has joined other new collections of unique, authentic and irreplaceable archival records detailing significant portions of Canada's history
CBC: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archives added to UNESCO world register
September 12, 2019 —
Residential school archives 1 of 3 collections added to the Canada Memory of the World Register
Introducing the 2019-2021 Survivors Circle of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
September 9, 2019 —
'These Survivors, and their experiences, are at the core of everything we do at the NCTR.'
Indigenous senior leadership report being reviewed
September 9, 2019 —
The interim report (“What We Heard”) is available online
UM continues record level of enrolment
September 4, 2019 —
Student enrolment for the first day of classes is 29,793, surpassing the previous record of 29, 691 students in 2015, and marking the seventh consecutive year that the University of Manitoba has been above 29,000 students on the first day of classes.
Indigenous
Star Phoenix: Collaboration, Indigenous knowledge at heart of Muskrat House project
September 4, 2019 —
Reanna Merasty, a member of Barren Lands First Nation and an architecture graduate student at the University of Manitoba who worked on the project, said she appreciated that the development process involved community, Indigenous knowledge, sustainability, and regional influences in the materials
Faculty of Arts
Wpg Free Press: U of M takes step to revitalize Indigenous languages
September 3, 2019 —
'Indigenous languages are the best way for us to understand Indigenous cultures and communities'
Sustainability
U of M to host United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Youth Training Day
August 31, 2019 —
This unique opportunity will provide students with training to increase their understanding of the United Nations’ 17 SDGs and empower them to take action on issues such as sustainable development, poverty, education, inequality and climate change
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Inuit teens explore health careers at U of M
August 30, 2019 —
Grade 11 student Carmello Swan has been interested in a health-related career for over a year, a passion that was further confirmed after a visit to the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences this summer. On Aug. 15, the Windsor Park Collegiate student was one of three Winnipeg-based Inuit teens who visited Bannatyne Campus as part of Manitoba Inuit Association’s (MIA) Inuit Education Connections Program.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Residential school survivor shares story at Witness Blanket opening
August 29, 2019 —
The Witness Blanket exhibition documents the impact of residential schools through objects reclaimed from the residential schools, band offices, communities, churches, government and other traditional and cultural structures