UM Today Archives

January 28, 2022 —  Asper alum Sinan Leylek [BComm(Hons)/14] is the President & CEO of Spark Rentals Inc., Canada’s first ice bike company that rents bikes designed to ride on frozen water.

January 28, 2022 —  Charter to address anti-Black racism and foster Black inclusion

January 28, 2022 —  Samar Safi-Harb is on the hunt for the biggest bangs since the “big bang.” She has just been named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Safi-Harb is the first woman to be appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in UM’s Faculty of Science.

January 28, 2022 —  A generous donation from the family of Laura Fyles (B.I.D./1993) and Brent Whitby (B.E.S./1990, M.Arch./1994) initiates Faculty of Architecture Indigenous Success Fund

January 28, 2022 —  The course was piloted in May 2021 and developed in collaboration with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business. It challenged students to generate ideas and address “Why” their ideas might succeed. It also covered the “How-to” with an introduction to business planning, market validation, and HR considerations, concluding in a group pitch event.

January 28, 2022 —  'Strategies for taking back control when you dread the challenging day ahead'

January 28, 2022 —  The university is encouraging all currently enrolled students, staff and faculty to use our multi-factor authentication (MFA) tool, Duo, to access all MFA-protected systems and services.

January 27, 2022 —  News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

January 27, 2022 —  The UM is hosting its first Indigenous Science Conference with a focus on the Indigenous approach to understanding the five elements of the world: fire, water, earth, air, and spirit. 

January 27, 2022 —  The University of Manitoba Arts Career Apprenticeship Program (UM ACAP) is a new initiative that will fund ten, twelve-month work placements to help arts grads launch their career journey.