Inspirational speaker Spencer West will speak at the University of Manitoba tonight.
West speaks candidly about the struggles he overcame after losing his legs at the age of five. He speaks about overcoming stereotyping and bullying, about finding meaning and happiness in a material world and how he never lost the hope or courage needed to […]

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Would a virtual reality exhibit make museum visitors more empathetic to suffering? Are Aboriginal rights and human rights the same thing? What can Winnipeg’s new Canadian Museum for Human Rights learn from museums in other countries?
Those kinds of questions will be explored by some of the University of Manitoba’s most creative researchers in a series […]

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With the Canadian population getting older, the number of people with declining cognitive skills is on the rise. These skills include our ability to process spatial information.
Birds are an excellent model for understanding why, as people age, they get lost in environments, even ones that are quite familiar.  A University of Manitoba researcher has implemented […]

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Ryan Hreljac, the popular young activist who has been featured on high-profile programs such as the Oprah Winfrey Show and CNN, will be speaking at the University of Manitoba tomorrow (April 30) at 10 a.m.
Hreljac has made headlines over the years because of his early start as an activist. At only six years of age, […]

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Dubbed “the explainer” by popular geek publication Wired because of his viral YouTube video that summarizes Web 2.0 in under five minutes, cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch is bringing his Web 2.0 wisdom to the University of Manitoba on June 17.

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