social media News Archive

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
CBC Manitoba: Doctors Manitoba warns about medical misinformation as it launches annual wellness campaign
January 31, 2025 —
Thirty-seven per cent of Canadian Medical Association survey respondents said they get health info online due to lack of doctor

Faculty of Science
CBC Manitoba: Do you remember when you got a Facebook account and who your first Facebook-friend was? The social media site is now 20 years old, if you can believe it
February 6, 2024 —
Do you remember when you got a Facebook account and who your first Facebook-friend was? The social media site is now 20 years old, if you can believe it

CBC Manitoba: An expert weighs in on how social media is being “weaponized” during world conflicts
October 12, 2023 —
An expert weighs in on how social media is being "weaponized" during world conflicts

Students
A new kid on the block: umstudent TikTok
May 16, 2022 —
Have you seen any familiar faces or buildings on your For You page lately? In case you haven’t, we’ve officially launched a UM student-focused TikTok account. Follow the account and watch upcoming contests!

Indigenous
Celebrating Indigenous brilliance for National Indigenous Peoples Month
June 17, 2020 —
Check out the artists, businesses, podcasts, books and films the Indigenous community at UM is supporting!

Has Marvel reinvented the film serial?
April 24, 2019 —
The release of Avengers: Endgame is a culmination, of a kind, for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Trending: For June 2018
June 15, 2018 —
Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces

#UManitoba2018: Spring Convocation in Photos
June 11, 2018 —
A curated gallery of convocation-related posts shared on social media

#UMIndigenous in Photos: The Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program
June 1, 2018 —
46 First Nations, Métis and Inuit students shared their experience on campus for this annual science program

Trending: For the weeks of May 28 – June 3
May 28, 2018 —
Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces