UM in the News News Archive

April 2, 2019 — 
As the Donner Canadian Foundation has announced, Evelyn Forget an economist and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, has made the short list for the Donner Prize

March 28, 2019 — 
'Potholes are an ongoing problem for Manitoba drivers, but some of the province’s top thinkers are looking for an academic solution'

March 28, 2019 — 
Each year, the University of Manitoba bestows honorary degrees upon individuals who have achieved acclaim for their advancement of culture, communications, education, administration, scholarship, leadership philanthropy, mentorship, or business

March 27, 2019 — 
Israel Idonije has received a Meritorious Service Decoration the Governor General of Canada

March 26, 2019 — 
April 2 is Caregiver Recognition Day in Manitoba. Although the provincial government began to legislate support for them in 2011, the momentum seems to have been lost, leaving caregivers to continue to toil relatively unseen and unhelped.

March 22, 2019 — 
Teams of budding food scientists and nutritionists from the University of Manitoba duke it out to see who has created the tastiest and most marketable new food product

March 15, 2019 — 
'It is our job as a society to make sure that we are doing all we can to promote the best interests of our children, all of our children.'

March 14, 2019 — 
University of Manitoba Bisons blue-liner Erica Rieder has been named a U Sports first-team all-Canadian

March 7, 2019 — 
Medical students are pushing for the Pallister government to provide universal access to two-pill abortion drug Mifegymiso.

March 6, 2019 — 
The Captain Marvel movie will be Marvel Studios’s first female-superhero led film