Marina Nemat remained silent for 20 years about details of her imprisonment as a teenager in Iran, quietly raising two children in Canada and working in fast-food restaurants. Now she travels the world speaking out on behalf of those who can’t.
The author of two acclaimed autobiographies will share her harrowing story of survival November 3, […]

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On Friday, October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Flight 571 with five crew and forty passengers crashed into the Andes Mountain range. After ten days, the survivors heard by radio that the search had been called off. On December 22, 1972, the world learned that despite seemingly insurmountable challenges, 16 individuals had defied the odds and were […]

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The Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, is proud to present the “Strangers in New Homelands 2010 Conference: Creating ‘home’ away from ‘home.’”The Conference will be held November 12 and 13, 2010, in University Centre at the Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba.
Canada is one of the top ten receiving countries of foreign populations […]

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An academic symposium highlighting partnerships created between China and Canada during the past 40 years, will be held October 23, 2010, in Winnipeg. The focus will be on the numerous research and cultural partnerships that have been forged between China and the University of Manitoba during the past few decades.
The conference brings together Canadian academics […]

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Starting April 28, 14 international and 28 Canadian students will begin a 10-day exploration of student leadership, international development and global citizenship in a unique and ambitious cross-cultural event organized by the University of Manitoba’s International Centre for Students and the World W.I.S.E. Resource Centre.
Called the Summer Institute for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship, the […]

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On March 11, 2010, His Excellency Mr. Farid Shafiyev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Canada, will visit the University of Manitoba. Shafiyev, a historian by academic training, is a Harvard graduate who has worked in the Azerbaijani Foreign Services Ministry and has held a posting with the United Nations.
Ambassador Shafiyev will arrive in Winnipeg from Ottawa […]

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The International Centre for Students and the World W.I.S.E. Resource Centre have once again collaborated with a variety of partners to present International Development Week events on the U of M campus from February 8 through 12th.
International Development Week (IDW) is an annual event held in February that allows Canada’s development community to showcase its […]

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