It’s the 400th Birthday of the King James Bible!
In 1897, the Reverend Daniel Greatorex, Vicar of St. Paul’s Whitechapel, donated a rare edition of the 1611 King James Bible to St. John’s College, now part of the University of Manitoba.
This year, 2011, is therefore the 400th anniversary of the printing of that Bible, now one […]

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Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, will visit the University of Manitoba to discuss Norway’s High North Strategy and to open a photo exhibit of famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
On October 26, 2011, Her Excellency will open an exhibit featuring stunning photos from Amundsen’s stay with the Inuit at Gjoa Haven. The […]

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Don’t have tickets to the games? The next best thing may be a remarkable collection of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia that is remaining on display at the University of Manitoba during the next few months.
A donor presented to the University a collection of 741 Jets hockey programs that document Jets home games from December 1975 to […]

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Many fans will be glued to their TV sets tomorrow for the season premiere of the hit series Glee. The show about high school students and staff singing and dancing their way into the hearts of millions has garnered a large following over the past few years, but did you know that the University of […]

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A remarkable collection of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia will be unveiled to the public tomorrow morning.
A donor has presented to the University a collection of 741 Jets hockey programs which almost exclusively chronicle the home games of the team for the period December 1975 to April 1996. A selection of these programs, many of which are […]

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This month, after 100 years, Taché Hall at the University of Manitoba will cease being a student residence. An open house will be held this weekend to celebrate the building’s history.
The open house runs Friday, May 6, 2011, and Saturday, May 7, 2011, from 10 am to 2 pm on both days. Everyone is welcome.
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This week, historians from across Canada will gather in St. John’s College to discuss what it means to live on the prairies.
In 2008, a group of historians at the University of Alberta and Athabasca University revived the traveling, bi-annual Western Canadian Studies Conferences of the 1970s and 80s. The University of Manitoba’s St John’s College […]

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