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Cover graphic of Robson Rundown magazine showing athletic feet running in racing track runners.

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law class publishes Sports Law magazine, Robson Rundown

June 26, 2024 — 
Knowing that their class assignments would be published in a glossy magazine to be read by all at the end of the year was a brilliant way for Assistant Professor Martine Dennie to get her Sports Law class students to step up to the plate and deliver their best.

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Toronto Star: Hazing or team building? New playbook aims to help coaches understand where to draw the line

April 12, 2024 — 
Hazing or team building? New playbook aims to help coaches understand where to draw the line

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Wayne Fleming Arena

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Winnipeg Free Press: A day in the life of a buzzing Bisons sports campus

February 5, 2024 — 
A day in the life of a buzzing Bisons sports campus

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Watch former Bisons football player, David Onyemata, on TSN

September 28, 2023 — 
You can watch former Bisons football player, David Onyemata on TSN in a feature that tracks his path from never having played football to his time at UM and path to the NFL. You may even see a guest appearance or two from Coach Brian Dobie.

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Canadian athletes waving banners coming into a stadium at the World Police and Fire Games opening ceremonies in Rotterdam in summer 2022

Athletes from around the world coming to Fort Garry campus July 28-August 6

July 25, 2023 — 
Every year, UM rents space to approximately 80 sporting events and this year, between July 28 and August 6, four sites on the Fort Garry campus will play host to key events at the 2023 World Police and Fire Games (WPFG).

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Keegan Slijker smiling.

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Bisons athlete combines love of basketball with community development programming

June 27, 2023 — 
Keegan Slijker uses his love for basketball to help develop the community through his creation, "Fitness Up North."

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

From rejected bids, to political moves, and more…

February 4, 2022 — 
As Canadians, we like to think we know the Winter Olympics, but how well do we actually know them?

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Hockey in Canada

Is hockey possible this summer, despite COVID-19?

April 28, 2020 — 
A UM infectious disease expert has offered some hope for sports fans, saying that the NHL might be able to return this summer or fall.

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Five rings

Postpone Olympics until 2022, suggest disease experts

April 20, 2020 — 
Among those cautionary voices is Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, UM medical microbiologist and Canada Research Chair in emerging viruses.

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Hockey goal score light

The Conversation: How an NHL street party caused a social media storm about racism

April 18, 2019 — 
'We — and our media outlets — need to think about the ways we use language and how that language may perpetuate bias'

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