UM Today Archives

January 7, 2025 —  The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building on Jan. 9, 2025, in memory of Elder Valdie Louis Seymour.

January 7, 2025 —  Hope, Tears and Arrogance: Trudeau’s Indigenous legacy

January 7, 2025 —  Researchers measure emissions from the sky

January 6, 2025 —  Manitoba launches teacher registry, pledges future transparency

January 6, 2025 —  The 2026 Governance Master Schedule is now available and can be found on the University of Manitoba Governance website.

January 6, 2025 —  Canada PM Trudeau to resign as prime minister after nine years, blames party infighting

January 6, 2025 —  When they graduated from UM’s physical therapy program, neither Melanie Sabourin [BA/13, MPT/19] nor her friend Mikaela Hoeppner [MPT/18] had any plans to own a business. But within a few years, the pair teamed up to open a unique Winnipeg clinic.

January 6, 2025 —  I hope you had a restful break and 2025 has greeted you kindly. Whether you are beginning your studies or continuing on your UM journey, I hope you are ready for the upcoming term. At the University of Manitoba there are many personal and academic supports available for all undergraduate and graduate students, and I encourage you to check them out.

January 6, 2025 —  A new workshop series by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will help faculty put Universal Design for Learning into practice in the classroom.

January 6, 2025 —  When Lily Francis is presenting a case in competition, something clicks into place, and suddenly it’s just her and the judges. She isn’t thinking about the hours of practice and case preparation; she isn’t worried about being “too much” (a holdover from a lifetime of being a big talker); she isn’t fixated on the ideas that didn’t make the cut; and she isn’t second-guessing her delivery. No, as Francis puts it, when she is presenting, everything else goes away.