It may seem a bit idiosyncratic for a Canadian university to build a special experimental facility for making ice (and hockey is not involved), but this research laboratory may be the key to helping scientists better understand climate change.
The Sea-ice Environmental Research Facility (SERF) is the first of its kind in Canada: a large, outdoor, […]

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The new People’s Citizenship Guide, edited by two University of Manitoba professors, won’t help anyone pass the test to become a Canadian, but it might help make all of us more critical and thus better citizens.
In 2009, the contents of the official Canada citizenship guide that is given to all recent immigrants was changed to […]

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The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced today it has awarded $2,197,648 to eight University of Manitoba researchers from the Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF). The projects range from advancing knowledge about Arctic climate change to the control and prevention of infectious diseases to improving cereal crop yields.
“Canadians from coast to coast to coast can be […]

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University of Manitoba researchers are available to speak to members of the media today about our warm and dry winter.
It’s expected to reach 7 C in Winnipeg today and so little snow has fallen you could mow a lawn. Is this weather indicative of our new climate? Is it even fair to say this weather […]

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On Monday, December 19, 2011, the first Manitoba-built airship was introduced to the public. The 80-foot behemoth was built by Buoyant Aircraft Systems International (BASI) and ISO Polar, a non-profit research institute that was founded in March 2005 to encourage the development of airship technology for sustainable transportation and logistics applications in the North.
Barry Prentice, […]

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Visionary Conversations is a speaker series at the University of Manitoba hosted by president and vice-chancellor Dr. David T. Barnard. Some of the university’s leading minds share their insight on issues affecting our world and how the decisions we make today will shape our future.
For the next event, titled “‘Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful’: […]

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Northern communities, such as Attawapiskat, have unique demands and University of Manitoba researchers have long been focused on how to improve quality of life and the delivery of essential services to northern and remote communities.
• Shirley Thompson, Natural Resources Institute. She investigates how the delivery of essential services, including drinking water, housing, waste water treatment and […]

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