Religion News Archive
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Faculty of Arts
Meet the 2022 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 7, 2022 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2022 undergraduate academic medal winners
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Faculty of Law
Making the Case for 2SLGBTQ+ student rights in schools
May 2, 2022 —
As the academic year ends, Professor Donn Short, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, spoke with Robson Hall regarding the publication of the third book in a series of volumes that concludes 15 years of his research.
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Faculty of Arts
Meet the new faces in Arts
October 6, 2021 —
The Faculty of Arts welcomes several new members with appointments beginning July 1, 2021.
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Faculty of Arts
New museum president privileged to lead transformation
February 18, 2021 —
When Isha Khan was a philosophy student debating ideas in the University of Manitoba’s Arts lounge or procrastinating in the nearby video game arcade, she had no grand plan for her career. Today, Khan is the chief executive officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
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A black pop cultural hero leaps onto the big screen
February 8, 2018 —
Pop culture expert and U of M professor of religion Kenneth MacKendrick sees the movie Black Panther as a complex but familiar story about the struggle of good versus evil
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Experiencing alternative holidays: awareness at its best
December 11, 2017 —
Edgar French, spiritual care coordinator at the University of Manitoba, explains why the best way to learn about other faith traditions is to experience them first-hand
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God can dance
August 14, 2017 —
How students from religion and music collaborated on a special interdisciplinary project
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Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction
January 24, 2017 —
A new exhibit that reclaims some of Germany's lost Jewish heritage has its Canadian premiere in Winnipeg on Jan. 28.
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Wpg Free Press: Rising from the ashes
January 23, 2017 —
German synagogue exhibit reconstructs aspects of Jewish history destroyed by Nazis
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Religion prof explains our love of Star Wars
December 16, 2015 —
Is Jediism a religion? 'My view is that I don’t care'