sociology News Archive
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Faculty of Arts
Meet the 2024 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 3, 2024 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2024 undergraduate academic medal winners. Their achievements are recognized in the Spring 2024 convocation ceremony.
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St. John's College
Introducing St John’s College newest fellows
May 23, 2024 —
St John’s College is proud to welcome four academics to our fellowship this spring. The new fellows come from across UM, representing both the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Arts, and include a former Warden and Vice-Chancellor of SJC.
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Faculty of Arts
CP24: Child care cost less in 2023, but more parents say spots are hard to find: StatCan
December 6, 2023 —
Child care cost less in 2023, but more parents say spots are hard to find: StatCan
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Faculty of Arts
Celebrating undergraduate research
October 6, 2023 —
This past summer, the Faculty of Arts gathered to celebrate the efforts and contributions of undergraduate student researchers.
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Research and International
Six-part Canada Research Chair Symposium concludes, showcasing groundbreaking researchers
June 26, 2023 —
Last week concluded the six-part Canada Research Chair (CRC) Symposium at UM.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
‘Farmland Matters’ podcast hosted by UM master’s students
June 24, 2022 —
Four University of Manitoba Masters Students created a podcast based on their research into how patterns of farmland ownership are changing across the Canadian Prairies.
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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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Wpg Free Press — LGBTTQ+ students picked on, feel unsafe: report
March 31, 2022 —
'Student members of the LGBTTQ+ community are far more likely to be victims of targeted harassment and feel unsafe at school than their peers who are cisgender and heterosexual, Manitoba researchers have found — once again'
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Master’s student pursues research with support from the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
October 14, 2021 —
University of Manitoba graduate student Hanika Nakagawa is one of this year’s recipients of the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement.
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Research funding supports BIG ideas
June 15, 2021 —
Dozens of research projects have received over $6.5 million in funding to support research excellence in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and engineering fields