University of Manitoba researchers and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra have teamed up for the first time to bring a night of new music and new science to the stage.
In July of 2007 Professor David Barber, Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science, began the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System (CFL) study. Involving 300 researchers from around […]

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Prominent international scientists have gathered in Winnipeg and will share their preliminary findings from the largest Arctic climate change study ever conducted in Canadian history at a press conference tomorrow.
University of Manitoba professor and Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science David Barber, the lead investigator of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System study, which began […]

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When polar bears walk about your classroom, people take note. That’s why the University of Manitoba won the 2008 Canadian Excellence in Environmental Education Award.
Since 2003 the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources has run “Schools on Board,” a national program that takes high school students and teachers from across the country […]

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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence, Dr. Vincent Ho, has started documenting his experiences in the Arctic and his endeavor to translate that experience into music with video blogs.
The University of Manitoba is hosting Ho on the Canadian research icebreaker Amundsen as part of the Artists on Board program, a component of the U of M’s Circumpolar […]

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Visit the Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) system study blog here.

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