Campus News News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada launches a new project in partnership with UM
March 25, 2021 —
Aims to increase access to tailored mental health, diet and nutritional care for people living with inflammatory bowel disease
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nursing students adapt workshops to inspire youth virtually
March 24, 2021 —
Despite having to take an entirely new approach, a team of volunteer students from the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, welcomed nearly 80 youth from across the city to explore nursing careers as part of the CanU Inspire and Explore programs this past fall and winter.
Indigenous
Graphic novel aims to educate K-12 learners on residential school history
March 24, 2021 —
Sean Carleton will collaborate with the Native studies department, NCTR and the University of Manitoba Press to create a graphic novel on residential school history
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
A new virtual experience for Arctic Science Day
March 23, 2021 —
More than 1,500 students attended the unique Arctic and climate science workshop with in-field subject matter experts with backgrounds in physical and chemical oceanography, sea ice optics, marine mammals, remote sensing, contaminants and oil spills.
Now you can recycle masks and other personal protective equipment
March 23, 2021 —
New PPD recycling bins to discard disposable masks and other disposable PPE items that cannot or should not be worn anymore
Actions to dismantle racism
March 23, 2021 —
A new workshop examines the nature of systemic racism and how we can take anti-racist actions in our UM community and beyond
President Benarroch’s update on Fall Term
March 17, 2021 —
Fall Term 2021 will include more in-person instruction
UM Together: Reflecting on a year of COVID-19
March 17, 2021 —
On Tuesday, March 23, the university community is invited to come together virtually
Faculty of Social Work
Students provide housing to victims of domestic violence and youth aging out of care
March 16, 2021 —
UM students Jamie Pfau and her partner Kevin Pfau, saved up for over a year to purchase safe and affordable housing for two underserved populations in Manitoba — female survivors of domestic violence and their children and youth aging out of care. The idea for their project, Peace for All of Us, partly began when the couple were social work research assistants at the University of Manitoba.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice, indicating an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate
March 15, 2021 —
The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland ice has melted off entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—periods like the one we are now contributing to with human-caused climate change.