The University of Manitoba received a $10-million Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change today, transforming its sea ice research group into the world’s most comprehensive and innovative climate change institution.
Only 19 CERCs were awarded across the country and the University of Manitoba received this particular chair because of its […]

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A funding announcement today, May 17, will lead to the creation of a new position at the University of Manitoba that will transform its sea ice research group into the most comprehensive and innovative climate change research institute in the world.

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Cold water creature may be on the move�
Biologists at the University of Manitoba are hot on the trail of an elusive creature that lurks in the depths of the Canadian Arctic: the Northern Squid.
“We don’t know how many exist in the Arctic Ocean,” says Kathleen Gardiner, a PhD student in biology at the University […]

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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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Native Studies professors Christopher Trott and Peter Kulchyski teamed up with Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and environmental researcher Ian Mauro to produce a feature length film on Inuit perceptions of climate change.
A part of the film will be played at the Copenhagen climate conference on December 10.

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The University of Manitoba is a world leader in climate change research. As the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Copenhagen, Denmark  today, media are advised that the following University of Manitoba climate change, politics and policy, and ethics experts can be reached for comment:
Dr. Feiyue Wang, environment and geography, chemistry:
•    Research interests: Arctic, […]

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