On Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 3:00 pm., Karina Cardona Claros, a student in the department of environment and geography, will be presenting a talk titled “Creative Skills for Confronting the Ableist City: Resisting Immobility Following Spinal Cord Injury.”
Cardona Claros will be telling the story of growing up with a visible disability, and how it […]

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The department of human nutritional sciences is hosting a public lecture on satiety and weight management by Dr. Susan Raatz, nutrition scientist with the USDA. In addition, attendees will have a chance to interact with experts from human nutritional sciences to discuss the role of food in maintaining health and to sample some healthier versions […]

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According to recent StatsCan data, at least a quarter of Canadian parents in dual-earner families said they were unsatisfied with the balance in their work and family domains. Parents are spending an increasing amount of time in the workplace, which often means less time with their loved ones.
The traditional nine-to-five schedule can be rigid and […]

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Manitobia, a resource-rich website that highlights the role of our province in the early history of the country, has completed phase one of a project aimed at providing internet access to local histories produced by communities across the province.
The publication of the histories of towns and municipalities goes back to the 1880s, with an estimated […]

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The work of a team of University of Manitoba researchers will be featured this week on a new episode of The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.
ZAPPED: The Buzz About Mosquitoes is the story of our ongoing struggle to conquer a little insect that is both delicate and deadly. As the program reveals, this beautiful […]

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University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work professors Drs. Maria Cheung and Tuula Heinonen won the 2012 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Film Festival Audience Choice Award. The CSWE Film Festival was held November 10 to 12, 2012, during the CSWE 58th Annual Program Meeting in Washington, DC.
The professors received the highest score for […]

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The University of Manitoba is hosting nearly 90 presidents and representatives of academic institutions from across the eight circumpolar countries for the University of the Arctic Rectors’ Forum. 2012 marks the first time a Canadian institution has been selected to host this event.
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges […]

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