Research and International News Archive

March 13, 2025 — 
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has award $125,000 in funding for a community-led project that aims to tackle the harmful effects of racism and colonialism in Manitoba’s systems that are leading to increased HIV risks. UM researcher Dr. Rusty Souleymanov, associate dean and associate professor, faculty of social work, and director, Village Lab, is leading a team of stakeholders, scholars, and community leaders from across Canada in research that will drive structural change by fostering policy reforms, anti-racist health systems, and community-led solutions. This project titled “Community-Led Structural Interventions to Improve HIV/STBBI Outcomes and Dismantle Structural Racism and Colonialism Affecting Indigenous, Black, and Racialized Communities in Manitoba” was ranked top 3rd in applications submitted to CIHR’s Moving Upstream: Structural Determinants of Health - Catalyst Grants.

March 10, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, online and in print. The cover story introduces the new College of Community and Global Health – soon to be the sixth college encompassed by the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

March 6, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking research from PrairieGen is redefining how chronic and genetic diseases such as cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pediatric disorders are detected and treated.

March 5, 2025 — 
Amid soaring rates of HIV and syphilis in Canada – with Indigenous communities in the Prairies being hardest hit – a team of Indigenous leaders and HIV advocates, researchers, health-care workers and people with lived experiences, including HIV, have created the Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre. 

March 3, 2025 — 
Groundbreaking study warns of rapid and dramatic changes in the Arctic accelerating global temperatures with potentially irreversible consequences by the end of the century.

February 25, 2025 — 
Two University of Manitoba political studies researchers have won the John McMenemy Prize for best academic article from the Canadian Journal of Political Science. The article, “Indigenous Political Representation in Canada” analyzes how aboriginal people elected to provincial legislatures and federal Parliament negotiate the driving force behind their political commitment to the challenge of providing aboriginal representation in Canada’s legislative institutions.

February 24, 2025 — 
February is Psychology Month, and it's a time to celebrate psychologists and the vital work they do, including research.  

February 24, 2025 — 
On his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze foreign aid funding. This was followed by a stop-work order for dozens of life-saving humanitarian programs.

February 24, 2025 — 
UM researchers are developing a ground-breaking approach to diabetes management with the development of non-invasive glucose biosensors made from natural egg white. This innovation could provide an affordable and painless alternative to traditional glucose monitoring, improving accessibility for millions worldwide.

February 24, 2025 — 
Science, Engineering and Technology Day sets a new attendance record, welcoming 220 students from 39 high schools across southern Manitoba.