Reconciliation News Archive
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Meet Janesca Kydd, UM’s new top lawyer, dedicated to advancing Reconciliation
July 22, 2021 —
Her father immigrated from Scotland in the 1950s and met her mother, a residential school Survivor. And after Kydd was born the family moved north to run a general store on an island near Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein First Nation).
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A message from President Michael Benarroch on the recent discovery at Cowessess First Nation
June 25, 2021 —
'This breaks my heart and reminds me of the responsibility I have, and that we all have to learn more and to support the process of Truth and Reconciliation and the Calls to Action'
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Indigenous
Top 10 recommended media list from Indigenous community at UM
June 16, 2021 —
As part of National Indigenous History Month, engaging with Indigenous media can be an active step towards reconciliation
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Research funding supports BIG ideas
June 15, 2021 —
Dozens of research projects have received over $6.5 million in funding to support research excellence in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and engineering fields
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Indigenous
NCTR launches a new website and archive database – nctr.ca
March 29, 2021 —
Multiple resources for all of Canada to learn and create educational programs and reconciliation initiatives
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President’s message on becoming an anti-racist community
March 22, 2021 —
'Our commitment must be to closely examine our past, current, and future actions to ensure that we are working towards the dismantling of racism in all its forms'
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Our shared future: two alumni behind important new book
July 29, 2020 —
"Our Shared Future" contains contributions from some of Canada's leading scholars and leaders in positive reconciliation
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New book club encourages conversations of anti-racism, decolonization and reconciliation
October 7, 2019 —
Unsettling Ideas originally launched in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2016. It received consistent interest, and now, the book club will host meetings at the U of M and in the Winnipeg community.
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UM to establish university-wide Indigenous leadership structure
October 2, 2019 —
Vice-President (Indigenous) position has been approved as first step
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President’s message on National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 19, 2019 —
'As a community, we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, honouring the rich histories, cultures and traditions, as well as the many contributions, of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of Turtle Island'