Don’t have tickets to the games? The next best thing may be a remarkable collection of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia that is remaining on display at the University of Manitoba during the next few months.
A donor presented to the University a collection of 741 Jets hockey programs that document Jets home games from December 1975 to […]

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A remarkable collection of Winnipeg Jets memorabilia will be unveiled to the public tomorrow morning.
A donor has presented to the University a collection of 741 Jets hockey programs which almost exclusively chronicle the home games of the team for the period December 1975 to April 1996. A selection of these programs, many of which are […]

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On Thursday, June 9, 2011, the 22nd annual Sneakers In Motion Day will be held at the University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus. (The Bannatyne Campus will have its own parallel event on Thursday, June 16, 2011.)
At noon, the event begins with an enthusiastic mass warm-up at the Curry Place Pedway (located between Aboriginal House […]

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In anticipation of the Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games in British Columbia, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management has compiled the following list of Faculty contacts and their respective areas of expertise. The individuals listed below will be available to provide either comment or context for the duration of the Games.
Dr. Marion Alexander:
Sport […]

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At the University of Manitoba, kinesiology professor Sarah Teetzel has been researching cheating and doping in sports and cautions that the extent to which the Olympics is affected is not known.
“However, as past Olympic Games and scandals have shown us, it’s not unrealistic to think it could be prevalent,” she warns.
Teetzel says that athletes from […]

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Eleven staff members of the University of Manitoba were recognized for their outstanding community involvement through Outreach Awards at a special reception on Monday, December 7, 2009. This year, recipients included individuals who: worked within Winnipeg’s Inner City; coached young athletes; and helped University of Manitoba students reach for the stars.
The recipients for 2009 are:
Mario […]

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“We thought it was bizarre that Manitoba is known for its fresh water, yet they didn’t have any in the Skownan First Nation School,” says Pam Danis, coach of the Bison Women’s basketball team of the University of Manitoba.
Danis and her team travel to Skownan for retreats and community service every year, reading to the […]

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