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Global News: Humanitarian aid to Gaza delayed

October 23, 2023 — 
Humanitarian aid to Gaza delayed

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Global News Calgary: Calgary prayer breakfast hears anti-LGBTQ2 rhetoric, residential school denialism

October 23, 2023 — 
Calgary prayer breakfast hears anti-LGBTQ2 rhetoric, residential school denialism

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Faculty of Arts News

CityNews Winnipeg: Winnipeg businesses frustrated by long MPI strike: ‘It’s affecting our daily life’

October 18, 2023 — 
Winnipeg businesses frustrated by long MPI strike: ‘It’s affecting our daily life’

The Norway House Indian Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1920-1930. // Image from Library and Archives Canada

Faculty of Arts News

Conversation Canada: Fact-checking residential school denialists and debunking ‘mass grave hoax’

October 17, 2023 — 
What did Canadian news outlets actually report after the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation made their public announcements about their search for missing children? Two UM experts fact-check residential school denialists and a 'mass grave hoax' theory

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Neil McArthur

Faculty of Arts News

Maclean’s: The sexbots are coming

October 16, 2023 — 
In the next year or two, we’ll have sophisticated, purpose-built bots designed for relationships, sex and intimacy

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Paul Thomas

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CBC Manitoba: Departing premier Heather Stefanson apologizes for ‘hurting Manitobans’ with landfill-search ads

October 16, 2023 — 
PC leader expresses discomfort with campaign, says she had to take combative tone

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Students News

Congrats to UM’s newest Distinguished Professors

October 13, 2023 — 
Dr. Lori Wilkinson (sociology and criminology) and Dr. Can-Ming Hu (astronomy and physics) will be honoured as Distinguished Professors this fall.

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Students News

Two exceptional Manitobans awarded Honorary degrees at Fall Convocation 2023

October 13, 2023 — 
Two Manitobans who have changed how we view and approach our place in the world will be awarded honorary degrees at Fall Convocation 2023.

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Faculty of Arts News

The Canadian Press: Canadian universities face challenges navigating Israel-Hamas war

October 13, 2023 — 
Canadian universities face challenges navigating Israel-Hamas war

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Faculty of Arts News

APTN National News: Report on media coverage and residential school denialism

October 13, 2023 — 
Report on media coverage and residential school denialism

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