With the Canadian population getting older, the number of people with declining cognitive skills is on the rise. These skills include our ability to process spatial information.
Birds are an excellent model for understanding why, as people age, they get lost in environments, even ones that are quite familiar.  A University of Manitoba researcher has implemented […]

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The media is bombarded with stories about our aging population and how this will impact society. How do we meet the needs of this increasingly older population? What changes need to happen? How do we ensure a high quality of life as we age?
Dr. Verena Menec, Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging and Director of […]

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Civil engineering professor Ahmed Shalaby cringes when he drives by “Slippery When Wet” signs posted on the side of the road. He insists streets don’t need to be slippery, icy and potentially dangerous for motorists no matter what the weather is.

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Why have a group of commercial sex-trade workers in Kenya remained uninfected with HIV despite years of exposure to the virus?
Microbiologist Keith Fowke and his University of Manitoba colleagues are part of a global team looking for answers to this question.

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What does treaty governance mean for Canadians and Indigenous Peoples? Indigenous nations never gave up their right to self-government by signing a treaty. Rather, treaties affirmed the rights and responsibilities of all nations to govern in this shared territory. Please join Dr. Kiera Ladner as she shares with the public how we are all […]

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