The University of Manitoba will receive a total of $1.6 million in funding to launch a new collaborative research initiative aimed at improving the emergency care of our nation’s youngest citizens.
Funded by the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Knowledge Mobilization (KM) program, the project will receive support over the next four years.
The Honourable Steven […]

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The federal government will announce today $4.6-million in funding for children and youth research at centres across Canada, including in Manitoba.
The Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State for Transport and Member of Parliament for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia will make the announcement. Scientific researchers will be introduced. The event will also feature a demonstration of a simulated […]

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To encourage young Manitobans to engage one another in the election, the University of Manitoba’s VoteAnyWay Project sponsored a YouTube contest and the winners have been chosen.
The winners of this year’s contest, and $400 each in prize money, are:
• Young Adult Category: Daniel Schipper and Alex Herbold (University of Manitoba), for their videos, “Bucket and Vote” […]

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In an average election, only about one-third of Canadians aged 18 to 25 casts a ballot – a rate far lower than their parents and grandparents. Many youth appear turned off by campaigns, and others seem tuned out of democracy altogether. Political scientists and students at the University of Manitoba aim to reverse this trend […]

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Instructors from the University of Manitoba’s WISE Kid-Netic Energy program have volunteered to entertain and educate hundreds of youth who were evacuated from their homes due to recent flooding.
Over the course of two days youth from Peguis First Nation, Fairford First Nation, and St. Martin, Mb., will dissect sea star fish, build coral reef dioramas […]

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On October 28, Healthy Minds Canada (HMC) and its national research partners are hosting “Open Minds Across Canada Mental Health Symposia 2010”, an event focusing on the mental health of children.
As a partner, the University of Manitoba is hosting a free public event with researchers addressing such questions as: Are watching TV, playing video games […]

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University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine hosts free Biomedical Youth Summer Camp
More than 220 Aboriginal, new Canadian and inner-city students will participate in hands-on science experiments and activities at the Faculty of Medicine’s week-long Biomedical Youth Summer Camp.
Students will conduct science experiments to detect cancer, study physiology of vision and sound, learn about soil analysis […]

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