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A new symbol of access: How a social movement is changing the wheelchair icon

October 19, 2016 — 
Free public lecture on a guerrilla movement to change an icon

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Victoria Nolan, Meghan Montgomery, Andrew Todd, Curtis Halladay and Kirsten Kit win bronze in the LTA mixed coxed four at the Lagoa Stadium at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. Photo Scott Grant/Canadian Paralympic Committee

Q&A with alumna Meghan Montgomery, Paralympian medallist

October 17, 2016 — 
The paralympian recently returned to campus after winning bronze in Rio this summer

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Chantale Cenerini

Get to know our 2016 Vanier Scholars – Chantale Cenerini

October 16, 2016 — 
Chantale Cenerini is playing a part in the revitalization of Indigenous languages in Canada; her doctoral research focuses on understanding and supporting the vitality of Michif, the language of the Métis people

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Sun: Study ranks Winnipeg low on best places to be a woman

October 14, 2016 — 
“I think it’s important to be able to look at this through a gender lens but, as a woman, I’m troubled that we’re near the bottom,” University of Manitoba sociology professor Susan Prentice said

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Public lecture: Refugees in Canada, challenges and opportunities

October 14, 2016 — 
Sociology professor Lori Wilkinson has been studying the resettlement of refugees in Canada and on Oct. 17 she will share her latest research.

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The University of Manitoba is presenting an event at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever Music of the Impressionists Festival.

Making an impression

October 13, 2016 — 
Music students to perform at Centennial Concert Hall on Oct. 17

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Amber Leenders, posing with an animals bone she excavated and cleaned at a dig in Caere, Italy

CANDID: Meet Amber Leenders

October 11, 2016 — 
She's a slam poet who earned her black belt in karate last year. She's recently returned from an archelogical dig in Italy and is now co-curating an exhibit on papyri

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CBC: Winnipeg worker says no minimum wage hike could mean families like his go hungry

October 7, 2016 — 
"The least blunt instrument, the 'scalpel,' would probably [be] something that's really targeted at low income workers along the lines of a refundable tax credit," Simpson said.

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Bill Kerr at Arts Celebrating Arts

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Arts recognizes Indigenous alumni

October 5, 2016 — 
The Faculty of Arts held the 16th annual Arts Celebrating Arts luncheon on September 23, 2016, marking the occasion by celebrating the achievements of Karen Beaudin and Nahanni Fontaine

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Op-ed: I like to ride my bicycle

September 26, 2016 — 
The bikes-versus-cars story is an unfortunate one. How can Winnipeggers dislike cyclists yet encourage our children to learn to ride bikes?

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