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UM staff at the Awards of Excellence celebration.

Human Resources

Recognize outstanding COVID-19 response by nominating support staff for the 2021 Awards of Excellence

April 5, 2021 — 
Support staff employees to be honoured with these awards will demonstrated extraordinary efforts to maintain critical operations, to assist faculty and students in transitioning to online classes, to support critical research or facilitate the shut-down and restart of research activities, and to ensure the safety and well-being of others—all accomplished with emphasis on effectively supporting the academic mission of UM during the pandemic.

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#BlockHate

Actions to dismantle racism

March 23, 2021 — 
A new workshop examines the nature of systemic racism and how we can take anti-racist actions in our UM community and beyond

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An image of the new UM Intranet.

UM Intranet launches this spring

March 3, 2021 — 
An updated communications and work tool that will help you do your work better, faster, and more securely

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T2200S form for employees working from home in 2020

February 26, 2021 — 
To claim remote work expenses, employees have the option of using the Temporary Flat Rate Method or the Detailed Method

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2020 T4 and T4A are now available on ESS

February 17, 2021 — 
Quick and easy access to your information

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Sustainability

Sustainability Day: Taking action for the Sustainable Development Goals

February 17, 2021 — 
UM community invited to participate in full-day virtual program

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A dental student wearing personal protective equipment performs a dental procedure on a patient while a plastic funnel attached to plastic tubing vacuums aerosols away from the patient's chin area.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Saliva samples from UM dental personnel to aid COVID-19 research

January 27, 2021 — 
Students, faculty and support staff in dentistry and dental hygiene at UM will soon be asked to contribute their saliva to a research study of COVID-19 at Canada’s 10 dental schools.

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Sustainability

Gather your virtual team for the Jack Frost Challenge

January 26, 2021 — 
The Office of Sustainability is inviting the University of Manitoba (UM) community to get outside and enjoy the winter weather during the Jack Frost Challenge

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Arctic water. // Image from Pixabay.

Sustainability

UM commits to carbon neutrality by 2050

December 10, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba has officially signed the Global University and Colleges Climate Letter, which acknowledges that our planet and climate are in a state of emergency.

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Sustainability

Buy nothing, or buy local

November 24, 2020 — 
Our planet’s natural resources are being exhausted to meet the demand of over-consumptive societies, rather than being conserved to sustain future generations and ourselves.

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