On September 29 visiting professor Brian Iwata will deliver a lecture challenging our perceptions of how professionals diagnose behavioral disorders.
Dr. Iwata is this year’s Samuel Weiner Distinguished Visitor lecturer and his talk is titled “Experimental Approaches to Behavioral Assessment: Rebirth of the Medical Model?”
He will present it on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m. in […]

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“Politics was a worthy calling, and I described myself as a politician with some pride. Nowadays it seems that politics is a pejorative word…and the reputation of politicians has declined,” The Honourable Duff Roblin once said.
The decline in citizen interest and participation in civic engagement has resulted in what some describe as a “democratic deficit” […]

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The Faculty of Architecture is hosting a Cultural Events Lecture featuring guest speaker Diana Beresford-Koregerm, author of The Global Forest, Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet.
The lecture will take place tomorrow, March 24, in Centre Space in the J. A. Russell Building at 6 p.m.
Beresford-Koregerm is the author of other books including, A Garden […]

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The University of Manitoba is sponsoring a free public lecture on March 21 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery featuring Minqi Li speaking about climate change.
Minqi Li is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah and a Research Fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute. He is the author of “The Rise of […]

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Jochen Hellbeck, a Professor of History at Rutgers University, will be this year’s J.B. Rudnyckyj Annual Lecturer at the University of Manitoba on March 4.
Hellbeck’s interests lie in the study of autobiographical accounts and people’s self-understandings in historical perspective. One of his recent books, Revolution on My Mind (2006), explores personal diaries written in the […]

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The media is bombarded with stories about our aging population and how this will impact society. How do we meet the needs of this increasingly older population? What changes need to happen? How do we ensure a high quality of life as we age?
Dr. Verena Menec, Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging and Director of […]

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Civil engineering professor Ahmed Shalaby cringes when he drives by “Slippery When Wet” signs posted on the side of the road. He insists streets don’t need to be slippery, icy and potentially dangerous for motorists no matter what the weather is.

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