Today the 8th Annual Elders & Traditional Teachers Gathering at the University of Manitoba gets underway with the theme, the 13 Grandmothers. This year the two-day event will celebrate and explore the 13 full moons of the calendar year. Aboriginal people consider the moon ‘Grandmother’ and women are considered to have a special relationship with […]

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Dr. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, and Dr. Eliot A. Phillipson, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, will make a funding announcement at the University of Manitoba on January 6.
The event will feature a news conference followed by a laboratory tour.
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Time: 10:00 -11:00 a.m.
10:30 -Tour of […]

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The Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba will announce tomorrow one of its largest gifts ever by a Faculty of Medicine alumnus. The donor, who grew up in Winnipeg’s inner city, is now a respected and successful pathologist in Ontario.

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Staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the university’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday Nov. 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in the Brodie Centre Atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue at the Bannatyne Campus.
The annual event pays tribute to University of Manitoba students, graduates, faculty and staff who have served their country during […]

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Today marks a historic day at the University of Manitoba as the state-of-the-art Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre at St John’s College was officially opened. It becomes the third largest theatre on campus. The theatre’s lead donor, graduate and successful business leader Robert B. Schultz, was joined by St John’s College and university administration, staff, […]

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The University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine was founded when 13 Manitoba physicians and one school inspector came together to organize the first medical school in Western Canada. The inaugural lecture was given November 21, 1883… and thus began the future of medical education in Manitoba.

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The third annual Poster Competition features research conducted by undergraduate student research assistants, and is a great opportunity for members of the university community, industry and the general public to see the relevance, value and outstanding calibre of research being done by the next generation of University of Manitoba scientists and engineers.
The research posters will […]

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