Medscape Medical News: Mental health worse after workplace injuries

Physiotherapist holding the elbow of a patient's extended arm

Medscape Medical News: Mental health worse after workplace injuries

February 28, 2025 —
Patients with workplace injuries have worse mental health outcomes over time than patients with non-workplace injuries: UM study

department of community health sciences, Department of Psychiatry, department of psychology, department of surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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Julie Lajoie, an assistant professor in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba, said government efforts to prevent HIV transmission require various measures, including clean needles, condoms and supervised injection sites. (Justin Fraser/CBC)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Swan Valley’s spike in HIV cases triggers outbreak-like response from Manitoba health officials

February 26, 2025 —
More than 40 new HIV cases reported in a few months, 'many more' than normal

AIDS/HIV, department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases

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Dr. Andrea Charron Director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Defence and Security Studies

Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: U of M defence, security experts urge Canadians to watch what Trump does, not what he says

February 26, 2025 —
Scholars parse U.S. president's warm overtures to Moscow, cold shoulder to Ottawa

centre for defence and security studies

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

CBC Weekend Show: 2 part series “Fighting for Sustainable Empowerment” through Karate

February 24, 2025 —
Listen to the two part series with Dr. Fabiana Turelli, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management on CBC's Weekend Show.

Faculty of Kinesiology and REcreation Management

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Ukraine flag is shown on flag pole. // Image from Piqsels

Faculty of Arts

CTV Winnipeg: Understanding relations between Ukraine, U.S. and Russia

February 24, 2025 —
Understanding relations between Ukraine, U.S. and Russia

Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, Faculty of Arts

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Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, associate professor and Head of the Indigenous Studies department

Faculty of Arts

The Tyee: Tackling Canada’s Discrimination Against Indigenous Language Education

February 21, 2025 —
Unlike English and French, instruction in Cree or Inuktitut isn’t enshrined. Scholar Lorena Sekwan Fontaine on how to fix that.

department of Indigenous studies, Faculty of Arts

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A missile launcher on the side of an aircraft. Photo credit: Orbital 101 Studio

Faculty of Arts

CBC News: An ‘Iron Dome’ for North America? Talk heats up about Canada joining U.S. missile defence

February 21, 2025 —
After decades of saying no, is Ottawa ready to say yes?

centre for defence and security studies, Faculty of Arts

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Fletcher Baragar, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, says Canada should join forces with other nations facing Trump tariff threats — like Mexico, China and potentially the European Union — in order to strengthen economic ties over the next four years. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Faculty of Arts

Global Winnipeg: Which Manitoba sector will tariffs hit the hardest?

February 20, 2025 —
Which Manitoba sector will tariffs hit the hardest?

department of economics, Faculty of Arts, tariffs, US tariffs

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Photo credit: JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Brandon Trask is an associate law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor.

Faculty of Law

Winnipeg Free Press: Petition calling for bail reform launched in wake of fatal crash

February 20, 2025 —
Man accused of causing crash was out on bail

Faculty of Law

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Asper School of Business

Winnipeg Free Press: De minimis exemption death watch puts small businesses on edge

February 20, 2025 —
For now, Sanjay Agarwal has stopped advertising in the United States.

Asper School of Business, supply chain management

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