Virtual Learning for Life Program | University of Manitoba

Spring 2021

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Virtual Learning for Life - Spring 2021 Series incredible lectures from UM experts on a variety of topics. Explore new ideas, hear about innovative research happening around the globe!

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May 5 Leona Star & Dr. Mariette Chartier [BSc/89, MSc/99, PhD/06]

Our Children, Our Future: The Health and Well-Being of First Nations Children in Manitoba.

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Dr. Chartier is a Senior Research Scientist at MCHP and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Her career extends from clinical nursing, mental health research, early childhood policy development, to population health.

May 12 Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair

Where Reconciliation Lives

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Dr. Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter's/Little Peguis) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. He is a regular commentator on Indigenous issues on CTV, CBC, and APTN, and his written work can be found in the pages of The Exile Edition of Native Canadian Fiction and Drama, newspapers like The Guardian, and online with CBC Books: Canada Writes.

May 19 Dr. Soheila Karimi

Research Advances in Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Development for Multiple Sclerosis

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Dr. Karimi is a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology at the Max Rady College of Medicine Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. She is an instrumental member of the Regenerative Medicine Program, Spinal Cord Research Center and the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.

June 2 Dr. Robert Mizzi

LGBTQ2 Educators Teaching Overseas

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Dr. Mizzi is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education. He has published over 50 chapters, articles, and reviews in academic journals and books, including the Journal of Homosexuality and the Journal of Studies in International Education. His areas of research interest include two-spirit, trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer-inclusive schools, and minoritized and/or migrant educators.

June 9 Dr. Cary Miller

Anti-Racism Practice

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Dr. Miller is Anishinaabe and descends from St. Croix and Leech Lake communities. She is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Native Studies. Her research is in Anishinaabe leadership in the early 19th century, Anishinaabe women’s history, Treaties and sovereignty, Wisconsin Indian History, and Cultures of the Great Lakes Region.

June 16 Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, [BSc(Hons)/81, PhD/86]

Preparing to restore Manitoba's Netley-Libau Marsh, the largest freshwater coastal wetland in North America

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Dr. Goldsborough, [BSc(Hons)/81, PhD/86]; Professor, and President of the Manitoba Historical Society, who was named to the Order of Manitoba on May 12, 2021, the province’s highest honour. Dr. Goldsborough is an aquatic ecologist and has guided conservation policy for wetlands across the country

June 21 Dr. Annette Desmarais

Why does food sovereignty matter?

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Dr. Desmarais is Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty. She is the author of La Vía Campesina: Globalization and the Power of Peasants (2007) that has been published in French, Spanish, Korean, Italian and Portuguese. She also co-edited Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food, Nature and Community (2010) and Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems (2011).

JUNE 23 Dr. Esyllt Jones [MA/97, PhD/03]

Public Health History and Pandemic Planning: the Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 Taskforce

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Dr. Jones is the Dean of Studies, St. John's College and Department of History Professor. Her research interests include the history of health and disease in Canada and the modern world, 20th century health activism and politics, transnational social movements, working class history, and the history of Winnipeg.

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Virtual Learning for Life Program: Spring 2021