Duaa Kanan, a third-year science student at the University of Manitoba, was recently presented with the Volunteer Service Award (Youth leadership category) by Premier Greg Selinger at the Volunteer Manitoba 30th annual dinner.
Kanan received the honour because she founded the Students Offering Support Program at the University of Manitoba. The organization offers tutoring for students […]

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The fourth Visionary Conversations event of the 2012-2013 season will be held on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at the University of Manitoba. Held before live, interactive audiences in typically full theatres, Visionary Conversations features some of the university’s leading minds as they their insight on issues affecting our world and how the decisions we make […]

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A world-renowned critic of the excesses and the absurdities of our society will be giving a public presentation as a distinguished visiting lecturer on October 2 at the Fort Garry Campus.
Dr. Alphonso Lingis is one of the world’s leading critics. He is a philosopher, writer, theorist and translator. He received his Ph.D. from the Catholic […]

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The University of Manitoba and HSC will celebrate National Aboriginal Day on Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. with a feast, entertainment, artists and crafters, and activities in Brodie Centre Atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue, at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus.
A teepee will be set up all day and elders will […]

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The University of Manitoba is honoured to announce that Mark Hearson is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship for 2012. The U of M is one of the leading institutions in Canada for numbers of Rhodes Scholars, and continues to be the alma mater of more Rhodes Scholars than any other university in western Canada.
Hearson […]

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In a bold effort to establish itself as a leader in sustainability, the University of Manitoba is developing a new comprehensive sustainability strategy that will impact nearly every area of the university.
The rebooted strategy will include new initiatives in food services, water usage, waste diversion, energy, purchasing, land use, transportation and climate change mitigation and […]

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In the coming months a new community resource will take shape to help disadvantaged people deal with legal issues and assert their rights. At the Legal Help Centre, a joint initiative of The University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, students and volunteer professionals will help people who cannot afford a lawyer navigate the […]

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