Research and International News Archive
CBC: ‘Everything is connected’: Aklavik’s beluga whale harvest challenged on multiple fronts
July 24, 2020 —
A recent study out of the University of Manitoba documents what's behind the decline of the Aklavik beluga whale hunt.
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Canadian universities partner to fight COVID-19 at USask’s VIDO-InterVac
July 22, 2020 —
Infectious disease experts from Dalhousie University and University of Manitoba join the leading-edge research team at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre.
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Protecting children from maltreatment
July 22, 2020 —
Professor Tracie Afifi, a world-renowned expert in child maltreatment and mental health, has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Childhood Adversity and Resilience.
UM researchers find new targets for deadly children’s brain tumour
July 20, 2020 —
After discovering how a specific gene fuels a deadly form of children’s brain tumour, University of Manitoba researchers have successfully decreased this cancer in mice.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Scientists cautiously reopen labs on Bannatyne campus
July 16, 2020 —
The lights are back on in some of the labs and world-class experiments have resumed.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Experts must track mutating COVID-19 to develop effective vaccine: UM study
July 14, 2020 —
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researchers determined that scientists must track the genetic diversity of COVID-19 in order to develop an effective vaccine. They also determined that testing for the virus may produce false negative results if experts don't track how it's changing around the world.
Churchill Marine Observatory nearing completion
July 14, 2020 —
Stories in media this week noted that the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO) is nearing completion.
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Latest issue of ResearchLIFE magazine
July 13, 2020 —
A message from Vice-President (Research and International) Digvir S. Jayas, on the new issue of ResearchLIFE
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Freehand
July 13, 2020 —
What if instead of offering objective answers, design was a method of engaging with and caring about others, of discerning problems? What if design freed itself from its conventional context and became a way of thinking, a way of questioning and gathering insights?
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Ice Ice Maybe
July 13, 2020 —
Surprisingly, there are few studies on river ice dynamics, despite prominent public and industrial concerns associated with flooding and other impacts of river ice processes.