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"Winnipeg Riots," June 10, 1919

Faculty of Arts

Global Winnipeg: Echoes of Bloody Saturday: Winnipeg General Strike still relevant 105 years later

June 21, 2024 — 
Echoes of Bloody Saturday: Winnipeg General Strike still relevant 105 years later

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Faculty of Arts

CTV Winnipeg: Where is Louis Riel? Heritage Minute of Métis leader quietly removed

June 21, 2024 — 
Where is Louis Riel? Heritage Minute of Métis leader quietly removed

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a woman with long brown hair wearing a cream sweater, filling out her voting ballot.

Faculty of Arts

CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba Tories in difficult position following byelection loss: professor

June 20, 2024 — 
Manitoba Tories in difficult position following byelection loss: professor

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Mostafa Fayek

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt

June 20, 2024 — 
U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt

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Faculty of Arts

Winnipeg Free Press: Governments need to work together in addressing root causes of crime: Gillingham

June 19, 2024 — 
Governments need to work together in addressing root causes of crime: Gillingham

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The Conversation: ‘Decolonizing Lens’: Winnipeg and virtual film series reflects the beauty of Indigenous worldviews

June 19, 2024 — 
Decolonizing Lens is a film and discussion series based in Winnipeg that brings together Indigenous filmmakers, their films and audiences as a form of public education.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Winnipeg Free Press: Filling farm fertilizer footprint

June 18, 2024 — 
Filling farm fertilizer footprint

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Research and International

The Conversation: Respectful canoeing means acknowledging Indigenous authority over the land and water

June 17, 2024 — 
June 26 is National Canoe Day in Canada, and I think we should keep Taylor’s critique in mind as we consider how best to celebrate canoeing and all it offers. As an object and pastime that has been adopted and appropriated by settler Canadians as a national symbol, Taylor makes it clear there is a debt owed to Indigenous people for this appropriation.

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Faculty of Arts

Winnipeg Free Press: Licensed to fail

June 17, 2024 — 
Winnipeg Free Press: Licensed to fail

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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

CBC News: How Manitoba’s public guardian system leaves people feeling trapped, stripped of their rights and helpless

June 13, 2024 — 
How Manitoba's public guardian system leaves people feeling trapped, stripped of their rights and helpless

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