The University of Manitoba is hosting a new exhibit that will raise awareness of the Inuit experience of residential schools – an often untold or misunderstood perspective.
Justice Murray Sinclair, honoured Inuit survivors, and University of Manitoba President David Barnard will officially open the exhibit tomorrow, October 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. on the Bannatyne campus.
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The University of Manitoba is hosting a new exhibit that will raise awareness of the Inuit experience of residential schools – an often untold or misunderstood perspective.
The exhibit – “We Were So Far Away: The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools” – is a project of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, a national Aboriginal charitable organization.
Justice […]

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About 45 students from First Nations and Inuit communities across Canada are at the University of Manitoba this week to learn and experience science in an up close and personal way.They have a variety of activities planned for the week, including a visit to the Whiteshell to view petroforms, and a trip to Peguis First […]

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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 Manitoba Network Environment for Aboriginal Health Research (NEAHR) Program, in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, is hosting the inaugural First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health Research Symposium on December 1st and 2nd at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne Campus.
The NEAHR Program seeks to expand the pool of indigenous health researchers […]

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The Manitoba Network Environment for Aboriginal Health Research (NEAHR) Program, in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, is hosting the inaugural First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health Research Symposium on December 1 to 2, 2011 at the University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus.
The NEAHR Program seeks to expand the pool of indigenous health […]

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University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor Dr. David Barnard will be addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Thursday at its event in Halifax.
Winnipeg media who wish to attend a university event are asked to attend the live streaming video broadcast of the address at Migizii Agamik (formerly known as Aboriginal House) at the Fort Garry […]

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