The next session of the award-winning Visionary Conversations series presented by the University of Manitoba will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Visionary Conversations is an engaging, interactive speaker series that brings together world-class minds to present and discuss issues with the audience that are critical to the future of our community, our country […]

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The University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is pleased to announce the arrival of Clare Muireann Murphy, its new Storyteller-in-Residence. Murphy will hold the position into early April 2013.
Of her new post, Murphy says, “I am utterly honored and delighted to be Storyteller-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative Writing and Oral […]

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The University of Manitoba is honoured to announce that Faculty of Arts student Thomas Toles is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship for 2013. The U of M is one of the leading institutions in Canada for numbers of Rhodes Scholars, and continues to be the alma mater for more Rhodes Scholars than any other […]

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The University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine presents the next lecture in the 2012 Lecture Series in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health: a theatrical monologue originally written and performed by Charlene Hellson for an audience of health care professionals.
This one woman show helps to deepen one’s understanding of the impact of recent historical events […]

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Opera Theatre students and the University Orchestra at the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music are collaborating for the first time ever in a condensed 90-minute version of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, which will take place November 30th and December 1st at St. Andrew’ s United Church in River Heights.
“Both the Opera Theatre and the […]

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Many fans will be glued to their TV sets tomorrow for the season premiere of the hit series Glee. The show about high school students and staff singing and dancing their way into the hearts of millions has garnered a large following over the past few years, but did you know that the University of […]

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The Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music Musical Theatre Ensemble presents one of their broadest spectrums ever at this year’s annual production on February 4th and 5th at the Gas Station Arts Centre.
Titled “Our Finest Dreams”, the evening features 33 students from five different faculties, including music, business, engineering, education, and science.
“Everyone is featured. The […]

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