Peace and Conflict Studies News Archive
Faculty of Law
Second cohort of Master of Human Rights program graduates
June 22, 2022 —
The Faculty of Law proudly congratulates the Master of Human Rights graduating class of 2022. Celebrating the conclusion of their program at a gala event at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on June 10th, the twelve members of the third cohort of graduates from this unique interdisciplinary program said farewell to Robson Hall and set off to pursue careers in Human Rights advocacy. We asked a number of these incredible students to share their experiences taking this degree.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
PhD student Joshua Okyere named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar
July 5, 2021 —
Joshua Okyere, a PhD student in the peace and conflict studies (PACS) program, qualified as a finalist for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship and Engaged Leadership program. After a rigorous selection process and competing with 102 semi-finalists, he has now been named one of this year’s 15 Scholars across Canada.
Faculty of Law
Canadian Journal of Human Rights releases new volume
May 19, 2021 —
The Canadian Journal of Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Policy, edited by Professor Donn Short with the help of law student editors, has just published Volume 9, Number 1, now available online.
Research and International
Introducing the 2020 Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship recipients
January 11, 2021 —
Two UM students recognized for their efforts in bridging the local and the global
Asper School of Business
The Power of Civic Engagement
December 11, 2020 —
University of Manitoba students had a unique opportunity to learn about civic engagement, the role of the media, and leadership at this year’s first James W. Burns Leadership Institute Critical Issues event.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Meet Ashley Hayward, one of five of UM’s 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients.
June 22, 2020 —
UM Today caught up with Hayward to chat about how the Vanier Scholarship will support her research titled: Incarcerated mother’s experience with pregnancy and childbirth: A narrative inquiry.
Five Vanier Scholars will call UM home in 2020
June 19, 2020 —
Considered to be the Canadian equivalent of the United Kingdom’s Rhodes Scholarships, these $150,000 awards will help recruit and keep top doctoral students from across the country and around the world
CBC: Winnipegger in Greece fundraising to bring urgent care to Europe’s largest refugee camp
December 12, 2019 —
Centre needed to provide health care, ease tensions on Greek island, says co-ordinator Katie Muirhead
Wpg Free Press: U.S. Holocaust museum, local universities join forces to explore connections between Nazi atrocities, residential school trauma
October 23, 2019 —
"There’s at least a case to be made that there’s something to be learned by putting these two things side by side," UM's Adam Muller says
Research and International
Bridging the local and the global
May 6, 2019 —
Meet the 2019 recipients of the Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship