A mobile exhibit designed to raise awareness about the history and legacy of Residential Schools in Canada is arriving to the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne Campus tomorrow.
The exhibit, “100 Years of Loss – The Residential School System in Canada”, is a project of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, a national Aboriginal charitable organization.
The bilingual exhibit, […]

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On Feb. 10 students in the University of Manitoba’s Women’s and Gender Studies program will host their annual launch of “FAQ: The University of Manitoba Feminist and Queer Undergraduate Review”.
This book is part of the highly interdisciplinary program and is published annually by an editorial collective of Women’s and Gender Studies students.
This book launch is […]

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University president and vice-chancellor David Barnard was one of five people, all members of the broader University of Manitoba community, who received a special Diamond Jubilee Medal from Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee on Monday.
“I would like to congratulate all those from the University of Manitoba community including President Barnard who received this prestigious honour,” said Janice […]

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The University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute is hosting a free public seminar on hybrid air vehicles and their potential to replace Canada’s current reliance on winter roads, which are increasingly unreliable in our changing climate.
The issue of winter resupply is of critical importance to remote communities and governments tasked with the logistics of reapplying these […]

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The Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the Fort Garry campus will become the “Helen Glass Hospital for Sick Students” on Feb. 3, when students participate in Nightmare Night Care.
Twenty nursing students, fourteen medical students and three pharmacy students will play the role of patients and caregivers in a hospital setting.
The Faculty of Nursing has […]

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Professor Warren Cariou, Director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing/Oral Culture, and Lecturer Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair are launching an anthology of Manitoba Aboriginal Literature tomorrow at the Forks Market.
The book, Manitowapow:  Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, is a comprehensive collection of writing by Aboriginal people in Manitoba, from rock paintings […]

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The Center for Security and Defence Studies (CDSS) is proud to announce the 28th annual Political Studies Students Conference on “20 years of Western Military Intervention: Protecting Whose Right(s)?”.
This year’s special guest is Dr. Douglas Bland, Chair in Defence Management Studies at the Queen’s University School of Policy Studies. For 30 years he served in command […]

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