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CBC: Cree doctor honoured for 30 years of service on First Nations reserves

October 1, 2018 — 
Alum Marlyn Cook has spent decades combining Western medicine with traditional, Indigenous healing practices

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YouTube: Engineering student with a great track

October 1, 2018 — 
Faouzia singing on a track with acclaimed DJ and producer David Guetta

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Coins on a table.

Op-ed: Can we accelerate pay equity through legislation?

October 1, 2018 — 
This sounds good, and if it eliminates pay discrimination, who is to object? But will it work? And what unintended consequences might result?

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Classroom chalkboard

University Affairs: Teaching tips to consider for your classroom

September 27, 2018 — 
University Affairs has published seven teaching tips from its readers -- professors -- about teaching tips or tools they can't live without. U of M professor Sri Ranjan offered his: the iPad.

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Canadian Business: Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

September 25, 2018 — 
As Canadian Business reports, Manitoba’s TREK Geotechnical Inc. (TREK) has been named as number 383 on the 30th annual Growth 500. The company was started by three U of M engineering grads

"Fathers of Confederation" By Robert Harris

Op-ed: Bernier’s party likely won’t last

September 21, 2018 — 
'Canadian history is littered with wreckage of small parties that started with a bang and ended shortly thereafter with a fizzle.'

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Decorating U of M windows with window decals and liquid chalk to protect birds in areas identified as high risk.

Global News: U of M staff and students use artwork to prevent fatal bird collisions

September 21, 2018 — 
A group of bird researchers and artists at the University of Manitoba are painting campus windows in the hope of lowering the number of birds killed each year

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Globe and Mail: The drive to my mom’s residential school was a road trip to remember

September 19, 2018 — 
'Most of us have taken at least one memorable road trip in our lifetime. I have certainly done my share. But the one I remember most is the last trip I took with my mom to her residential school in Dauphin, Man.'

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Canada's parliament building

The Conversation: Canada’s growing challenges with economic sanctions

September 17, 2018 — 
Canada is an enthusiastic supporter of economic sanctions.

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Smithsonian, Teen Vogue: These teen birds love sleeping in, too

September 13, 2018 — 
A new study suggests young grassland songbirds postpone fledging in order to mooch off mom and dad as long as they can

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