University of Manitoba Faculty of Social Work professors Drs. Maria Cheung and Tuula Heinonen won the 2012 Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Film Festival Audience Choice Award. The CSWE Film Festival was held November 10 to 12, 2012, during the CSWE 58th Annual Program Meeting in Washington, DC.
The professors received the highest score for […]

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Marina Nemat remained silent for 20 years about details of her imprisonment as a teenager in Iran, quietly raising two children in Canada and working in fast-food restaurants. Now she travels the world speaking out on behalf of those who can’t.
The author of two acclaimed autobiographies will share her harrowing story of survival November 3, […]

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University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor David Barnard and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, celebrated inner city success stories today.
The Celebrating Inner-City Community Connections event showcased highlights of the University of Manitoba Connecting to Kids report. This report demonstrated that world-class scholars, researchers and staff are joining with community […]

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University of Manitoba professor Joan Durrant is the recipient of this year’s Humanitarian of the Year award by the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Red Cross. She is being recognized for her work to promote nonviolence in families and respect for the rights of our smallest and most vulnerable citizens – children.
The Humanitarian Award is […]

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Students from University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Social Work are holding a large community fundraiser to support Project Makoonsag (meaning “Little Bears”) today, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the U of M’s William Norrie Centre, 485 Selkirk Avenue.
All monies raised for this project will help fund a childcare centre on Selkirk Avenue for […]

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The Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba, is proud to present the “Strangers in New Homelands 2010 Conference: Creating ‘home’ away from ‘home.’”The Conference will be held November 12 and 13, 2010, in University Centre at the Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba.
Canada is one of the top ten receiving countries of foreign populations […]

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An academic symposium highlighting partnerships created between China and Canada during the past 40 years, will be held October 23, 2010, in Winnipeg. The focus will be on the numerous research and cultural partnerships that have been forged between China and the University of Manitoba during the past few decades.
The conference brings together Canadian academics […]

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