The Stu Clark Investment Competition, Canada’s premier graduate level business competition, is going on right now at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. The competition’s last day is March 31, 2012.
Business students from around the world are competing against the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business, which holds a world-record number of business competition […]

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Their aim is to develop an Indigenous-based social work, find new ways to diagnose and treat life-threatening disorders, extend the lives of people with brain tumours, and improve the Canadian economy by helping entrepreneurs become more successful.
They have big research goals and now they have a combined $2 million to help make them reality.
Three new […]

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Starting on March 11, for the fourth consecutive year, five students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business will join 26 universities in a national campaign called 5 Days for the Homeless.
From March 11-16, Kate Armstrong, Maria Gluskin, Sam Holloway, Jaysa Nachtigall, and Jill Stevens will live outside on the University of Manitoba […]

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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 University of Manitoba’s actuarial program, one of the oldest and most successful in North America, is among the first programs to earn accreditation from the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA).

The CIA accreditation applies to courses beginning on or after Sept. 1, 2012, and such accreditation will provide students with the option to apply to […]

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On Monday, December 19, 2011, the first Manitoba-built airship will be unveiled to media and the public.
Built by Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI) and ISO Polar, a non-profit research institute, the unveiling of the large aerial craft is expected to encourage the development of airship technology for sustainable transportation and logistics applications in the North.
The […]

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The Warren Centre for Actuarial Studies and Research at the University of Manitoba has received accreditation by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA). This is the first time that Canadian universities are being accredited by the CIA.
“We are proud to be included as one of the inaugural partners of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, says […]

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