The University of Manitoba is again hosting the exhibit “100 Years of Loss – The Residential School System in Canada”.
100 Years of Loss was previously hosted by Indigenous Achievement and Faculty of Medicine at the Bannatyne campus last spring. This exhibit is being brought back, this time to the William Norrie Centre – Inner City […]

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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.
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.
The […]

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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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Justice Murray Sinclair will deliver a free, public lecture tomorrow titled, Residential Schools: Everyone’s a Victim.
Justice Murray Sinclair is the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His presentation is part of the Native Studies Colloquium Series.
Date:  Friday, February 17, 2012
Time:  12:30 - 1:30 PM
Where:  Migizii Agamik (Bald Eagle Lodge), 45 Curry Place, Fort Garry […]

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A mobile exhibit designed to raise awareness about the history and legacy of Residential Schools in Canada is arriving to the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne Campus tomorrow.
The exhibit, “100 Years of Loss – The Residential School System in Canada”, is a project of the Legacy of Hope Foundation, a national Aboriginal charitable organization.
The bilingual exhibit, […]

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The Faculty of Medicine has launched a lecture series to explore current issues and topics of relevance to improving the health of Manitoba’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. The 2012 Lecture Series in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health kicks off on Thursday, January 12, 2012, with “The Right Action at the Right Time,” […]

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The following University of Manitoba Native Studies professor is available to comment today on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to survivors of residential schools:
Dr. Peter Kulchyski, Professor, Department of Native Studies, Faculty of Arts;
* Related research interests: Aboriginal cultural politics; land claims and self-government;
* Contact: (204) 775-7670 or kulchysk@cc.umanitoba.ca.

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