What are human rights and where do they come from? And how would a museum convey this kind of information to a visitor?
Critical Conversations: The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is a seminar series designed to discuss issues surrounding the Canadian Museum of Human Rights now under development in Winnipeg.
The next public event is […]
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Where do human rights come from?
January 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Architecture, English, History, Indigenous, Law, News Release, Outreach, Peace and Justice, Research, arts, political studies
Tags:Canadian Museum for Human Rights·Sociology
New Campus Planning Office Opens
July 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Architecture, News Release, Smartpark, infrastructure
University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor David Barnard today announced the establishment of the new Campus Planning Office (CPO) to guide the development of university properties and establish a vision of creating liveable communities.
“We have an unprecedented opportunity to develop our properties to make the University of Manitoba and surrounding neighbourhoods even better places to […]
Tags:campus·infrastructure·planning
Canada Goes to Venice
May 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Architecture, News Release
“Migrating Landscapes,” a project developed by a faculty member in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture, will represent Canada at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, the world’s most prestigious architectural exhibition.The announcement came today from the Canada Council for the Arts and Architecture Canada|RAIC. The exhibition takes place in Venice, Italy, from late […]
Tags:Architecture·award·environment·europe·exhibition·landscape
A Lecture on the Global Forest
March 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Advisory, Architecture, News
The Faculty of Architecture is hosting a Cultural Events Lecture featuring guest speaker Diana Beresford-Koregerm, author of The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet.
The lecture will take place tomorrow, March 24, in Centre Space in the J. A. Russell Building at 6 p.m.
Beresford-Koregerm is the author of other books including, A Garden […]
Tags:Cultural Events Lecture·Diana Beresford-Koregerm·Faculty of Architecture·global forest·lecture
News Release: Calling All Graduates!
September 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Agriculture, Alumni, Architecture, Asper School, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Extended Education, Fine Art, Kinesiology, Law, Medicine, News, Nursing, Outreach, Pharmacy, School of Art, Science, Social Work, Sports, Students, arts, human ecology, libraries
CALLING ALL GRADUATES! COME HOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA!
Homecoming 2010 activities include recitals, displays, lectures, tours, teas and gala dinner
From Thursday, September 23, to Sunday, September 26, many activities in honour of more than 181,000 alumni will bring hundreds of classmates together to reminisce and salute the memories and good times they had while […]
Tags:Alumni·concert·graduates·homecoming·recital
News Release: Students Help Ghana’s Girls
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Architecture, Outreach
Nine students from the Faculty of Architecture will travel to Ghana on May 4 to take a course called Service Learning in the Global Community.
Tags:architectre·course·Faculty of Architecture·Ghana·Service Learning in the Global Community·Students·Tools for Schools
Media Advisory: An Evening with a Blueprint
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Advisory, Architecture, Students
The Faculty of Architecture’s annual end-of-year student exhibition, which allows the public to view hundreds of visionary designs created by students throughout the year, begins today.
Tags:CAST·design·end-of-year·event·Faculty of Architecture·projects·showcase·student exhibition