Staff News Archive

April 17, 2018 — 
All University of Manitoba students are invited to use their creativity to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to reduce accessibility barriers at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses.

April 11, 2018 — 
For Wanbdi Wakita, the right words are important. The Dakota Spiritual Leader and Sundance Chief started his two-year term as Access Program Unkan (Grandfather or Elder)-in-Residence, at the University of Manitoba in March. His office door is open to Access students and staff at Migizii Agamik, on the U of M’s Fort Garry campus.

April 11, 2018 — 
UM Today sat down with Eliya Ichihashi, longitudinal course administrator, Max Rady College of Medicine, to interview him for the Meet Our Community: Coffee with a Co-Worker series.

April 9, 2018 — 
For an event that only started a year ago, the March for Science has a lot of momentum behind it

April 2, 2018 — 
The University of Manitoba Re-Shop: a campus waste diversion program dedicated to repurposing office furniture and supplies with no home. With no further details, you might already be picturing piles of broken chairs, dusty bookshelves, and tacky couches from some bygone day. However, with a quick visit to the Re-Shop you discover rows of pristine office desks, gleaming filing cabinets, a huge variety of comfortable office chairs, and maybe even stumble upon some strange yet wonderful treasure.

March 28, 2018 — 
Recently, Information Security & Compliance sent all U of M employees a simulated phishing email during National Fraud Prevention Month in March. The simulated phishing email pretended to be from the university’s payroll department and contained the subject line, “Important notice regarding your tax information.”

March 12, 2018 — 
All students, staff and faculty can nominate a peer, colleague or team that provides exceptional service.

March 2, 2018 — 
“We are seeing significant increases in online learners from Toronto, other Canadian cities, and even outside of Canada,” Gary Hepburn, dean, extended education, University of Manitoba, recently told the Toronto Star. “Even many of our local students here in Winnipeg attend online.”

February 27, 2018 — 
Human resources is piloting a secondment for university staff, with the first opportunity taking place in the office of change management and project services, human resources.

February 27, 2018 — 
There are many folks on campus who play important but unrecognized roles “behind the scenes.”