psychology News Archive
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts 2021 Teaching Awards announced
August 3, 2021 —
The 2021 Faculty of Arts annual teaching awards have been announced. Arts congratulates the award winners on their commitment to students, higher learning and quality instruction.
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Faculty of Arts professors named Professor Emeritus
July 19, 2021 —
Three professors in the Faculty of Arts have been honoured with the title Professor Emeritus/Emerita for their many contributions to teaching, research and scholarship during their years of service to the University of Manitoba.
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Meet the 2021 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 15, 2021 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2021 undergraduate academic medal winners
Why words matter: The negative impacts of racial microaggressions on Indigenous and other racialized people
April 13, 2021 —
Microaggressions may seem small or 'micro,' but as incessant forms of racism, they can have big impacts on mental health, physical health and social life
Bilingual babies prefer baby talk, new study shows
March 29, 2021 —
A unique study of hundreds of babies involving 17 labs on four continents showed that all babies respond more to infant-directed speech – baby talk –than they do to adult-directed speech
COVID-19’s parallel pandemic: Why we need a mental health ‘vaccine’
March 23, 2021 —
The pandemic’s impact on mental health throughout our society will likely outlive COVID-19
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Discover your future in Arts – March 16-April 7
March 5, 2021 —
Are you a current Arts student or thinking about becoming one? Are you still deciding what to choose as your major? Or, are you already wondering what to do after graduation? If any of this sounds like you, you’ll want to attend the Discover Your Future in Arts series to see how earning a Bachelor of Arts degree can lead to an exciting career.
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New Centre opens in the Faculty of Arts
February 3, 2021 —
A new research centre at the University of Manitoba hopes to connect and serve social science researchers in the academic, private industry and non-profit communities.
Three UM researchers to work with community partners to address mental health needs of overlooked populations
January 27, 2021 —
Projects to focus on the people with hearing loss, parents, and frontline health care workers
The Conversation: Beyond self-care –Try these 5 therapeutic tools to manage stress better during COVID-19 restrictions
December 16, 2020 —
Here are five key Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) strategies that validate difficult emotions invoked by the pandemic and make the case for changing automatic reactions that may be driven by strong emotions, such as self-medicating with substances, starting an argument or eating a pint of ice cream to feel better.