The C. D. Howe Memorial Foundation Fellowships in Creative Writing and Oral Culture fund graduate students working in the areas of creative writing and/or oral culture. The recipients are chosen based on their record of academic achievement, plan of research and letters of reference. Co-funded by the C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation and the University of […]

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On Monday, March 14, 2011, a delegation of officials from the government of Poland visited the University of Manitoba.The department of German and Slavic studies welcomed several delegates, including: the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, Zenon Kosiniak-Kamysz; Consul-General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto, Marek Ciesielczuk; President of the Canadian Polish Congress (Manitoba […]

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Asians and North Americans view gift exchanges differently and that could potentially harm their relationships with each other
A series of five experiments confirmed that Asians are more likely than North Americans to refuse a small gift that is offered to them by a casual acquaintance.
The study provides one of the first demonstrations of a cultural […]

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Ever wonder why we dress up in costumes on Halloween? Or where the tradition of giving out treats came from? How about pumpkin carving, what’s up with that?
History professor Gerry Bowler, who researches the history and traditions behind holidays such as Christmas and Halloween, answers those questions in two new videos posted to our YouTube […]

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This week, historians from across Canada will gather in St. John’s College to discuss what it means to live on the prairies.
In 2008, a group of historians at the University of Alberta and Athabasca University revived the traveling, bi-annual Western Canadian Studies Conferences of the 1970s and 80s. The University of Manitoba’s St John’s College […]

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This summer the University of Manitoba’s Summer Institute is offering a new and unique series of courses called Cree Language and Narrative.The three-week interdisciplinary session, under the umbrella of University of Manitoba Extended Education, focuses on language structure, the teaching and speaking of Cree and the Cree oral storytelling tradition.
Between July 26 and August 13, […]

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The University of Manitoba Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is pleased to announce the arrival of Roberta Kennedy, its new Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence.
A Haida performer, writer and storyteller from British Columbia’s Haida Gawaii, (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands), Kennedy will visit with students, mentor writers and storytellers and give several performances over the winter term. […]

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