Research and International News Archive
Improving science literacy
September 18, 2019 —
This week marks national Science Literacy Week, which provides an opportunity to highlight Canada’s outstanding scientists and science communicators from coast-to-coast
The future of work will still include plenty of jobs
September 18, 2019 —
There is now widespread anxiety over the future of work, often accompanied by calls for a basic income to protect those displaced by automation and other technological changes
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
International students use video to share First Nations community research
September 18, 2019 —
Two College of Nursing students originally from Nigeria took part in a workshop with youth in Little Saskatchewan First Nation this summer that explored video as a way to share the community’s continuing struggles following a devastating 2011 flood.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Manitobans are getting healthier overall, U of M study shows
September 17, 2019 —
Research by U of M’s Manitoba Centre for Health Policy reveals the overall health of Manitobans is improving across province’s five health regions.
Grain researcher recognized by Royal Society of Canada
September 17, 2019 —
Digvir Jayas, vice-president (research and international) at UM, has received the 2019 Sir John William Dawson Medal from the Royal Society of Canada
Health gap between First Nations and other Manitobans widening, study finds
September 17, 2019 —
A joint study by the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba and the U of M’s Manitoba Centre for Health Policy finds health inequities are getting worse.
#Fridaysforfuture: When youth push the environmental movement towards climate justice
September 17, 2019 —
In a time of climate catastrophe, after record-breaking temperatures scorched many parts of the world this summer and a devastating hurricane recently battered the Bahamas, school climate strikes are back
Research and International
The leaders of tomorrow
September 12, 2019 —
Supporting early career researchers through a lifecycle approach
With a federal election looming, an appeal for politicians to stop buying us off
September 10, 2019 —
With the federal election soon upon us, it’s time to issue a call for politicians to stop buying us off with our own money
One new RSC Fellow, one new RSC College member
September 10, 2019 —
Professor Dawne McCance has been named a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and professor Frank Deer has been elected a member of the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists