A presentation and discussion about reported levitation phenomena associated with paranormal events will take place in the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections next week. The presentation will include photos and other materials from experiments conducted in Winnipeg by noted physician, civic leader and spiritualist Dr. T. Glendinning Hamilton early in the last century.
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North Americans listing the world’s genocides often forget to include their own. Over three days this week, experts from around the world will gather at the University of Manitoba to explore the suppressed stories of Colonial Genocide and Indigenous North America.
The workshop starts with a powerful triple keynote presentation that is open to the public: […]

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The Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives that have been acquired by the University of Manitoba Libraries are now available in Archives and Special Collections.
The collection was originally accumulated and catalogued by the Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Resource Centre which became the Rainbow Resource Centre in 1999. This new organization maintained custodial ownership over the Manitoba […]

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Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale University, will be this year’s 20th annual J.B. Rudnyckyj Lecturer at the University of Manitoba. The presentation will reflect upon his research on the history of mass murders in central and eastern Europe between 1933 - 1945.
Following his acclaimed book Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010), Snyder […]

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The new People’s Citizenship Guide, edited by two University of Manitoba professors, won’t help anyone pass the test to become a Canadian, but it might help make all of us more critical and thus better citizens.
In 2009, the contents of the official Canada citizenship guide that is given to all recent immigrants was changed to […]

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In an address to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today, University of Manitoba President and Vice-Chancellor David Barnard offered a statement of apology and reconciliation on the subject of the Indian Residential School System.
“We feel it’s important to stand with our Aboriginal students, staff and faculty in making this statement of reconciliation,” said Barnard. “Our […]

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Don’t have tickets to the games? The next best thing may be a remarkable collection of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia that is remaining on display at the University of Manitoba during the next few months.
A donor presented to the University a collection of 741 Jets hockey programs that document Jets home games from December 1975 to […]

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