UM Today Archives

March 17, 2025 —  For the first time in 11 years, the Bisons women's volleyball team are national champions.

March 17, 2025 —  Monika Touzin, MSW student, shares her experience taking an advanced practice field placement at the Legal Help Centre. How did you select the right placement for you? When first meeting with staff of the Legal Help Centre (LHC), I knew that their organization would be the right fit for my final social work practicum placement. My conversation reflected LHC’s vast knowledge on the social issues commonly confronted by clients at LHC and the care the staff put into the work they do. Furthermore, they showed how much they valued the role of the social work student in the organization.   What would a day at your placement look like? What role did you play? One of the main points of contact for clients is through drop-in clinics. These clinics are offered twice a week on a first-come, first-served basis. Clients meet with a law student, discuss their legal issue, and are provided with legal information and referrals. Due to the interrelated nature of social and legal issues, clients may also meet with me as the social work student. Once I gain an understanding of the social issue, I then provide them with a referral to a community organization that can help address the issue.

March 17, 2025 —  UM’s International Centre has expanded its services on the Bannatyne Campus! After being put on pause during COVID, in-person International Student Advising has returned to the Bannatyne Campus.

March 17, 2025 —  Nursing student Jordan Braun was already at the end of his degree program when he departed for an international mobility experience to New Zealand, but it turned out to be the perfect cap to his undergraduate education.

March 17, 2025 —  The Faculty of Graduate studies recently developed a new lead role designed to support units in supporting postdoctoral fellows.

March 17, 2025 —  For Rebecca Asham, the Field Ecology of African Mammals course brought new inspiration to continue her studies along the path of animal research.

March 17, 2025 —  As written in The Conversation by Nicole Rosen, Canada Research Chairs in Langage Interactions, University of Manitoba.  United States President Donald Trump has recently been commenting on accents while meeting foreign leaders and taking questions from foreign journalists. 

March 17, 2025 —  A corrections officer at the Manitoba Youth Centre, who is charged with sex offences involving a teenage inmate, has been put behind bars after she allegedly contacted him.

March 17, 2025 —  A group of bowhead whales were sighted by researchers in the Churchill River Estuary.

March 17, 2025 —  His research focuses on links between parent mental health and the mental health of young children.