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 Faculty of Medicine has launched a lecture series to explore current issues and topics of relevance to improving the health of Manitoba’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. The 2012 Lecture Series in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health kicks off on Thursday, January 12, 2012, with “The Right Action at the Right Time,” […]

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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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Looking for something a bit different for that special someone on your Christmas list this year? The University of Manitoba has an abundance of framed moths, butterflies, and other insects-some exotic, some local-and now they are being offered for sale.
The University of Manitoba is home to Canada’s only department of entomology, and its memorial museum-the […]

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The University of Manitoba is hosting the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Governor General’s lecture: “We are all Treaty People: Accepting the Queen’s Hand,” by James R. Miller, Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations, and professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan. The lecture is fourth in a series of six lectures presented across […]

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The University of Manitoba and The University of Winnipeg are pleased to announce that they have been accepted as new joint members of the prestigious Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). The Consortium is based out of the Newberry Library, an independent research library in Chicago, Illinois. The membership provides access to significant historical […]

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In an address to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today, University of Manitoba President and Vice-Chancellor David Barnard offered a statement of apology and reconciliation on the subject of the Indian Residential School System.
“We feel it’s important to stand with our Aboriginal students, staff and faculty in making this statement of reconciliation,” said Barnard. “Our […]

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