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National Chief speaks to campus community

September 22, 2015 — 
National Chief Perry Bellegarde is calling on Canadians to “close the gap” between First Nations people and non-Indigenous Canadians

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National Chief to speak on campus on Sept. 22

September 18, 2015 — 
National Chief Perry Bellegarde is calling on all Canadians to “close the gap” between First Nations people and non-Indigenous Canadians

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Free Press: Alumna transforming city into centre for Indigenous art

September 1, 2015 — 
Alumna transforming city into centre for Indigenous art

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Metro: Explaining Aboriginals’ mixed feelings on voting in Canada

August 27, 2015 — 
Niigaanwewidam (Nigaan) James Sinclair is the Department Head of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, and a new columnist at the Metro newspaper

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First Nations and Inuit youth on campus for National Summer Science Camp

August 7, 2015 — 
Students from across Canada coming to learn and experience science

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From Mazinbiige, Indigenous graphic novel collection. // Photo by Katie Chalmers-Brooks

Sharing and celebrating Indigenous knowledge, memory and culture

August 4, 2015 — 
From August 4-7 Indigenous Knowledge keepers will come to the University of Manitoba to participate in the ninth annual International Indigenous Librarians Forum.

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Scholars come to Winnipeg to discuss rights of humans, and animals

July 31, 2015 — 
Over 230 academics from around the world are expected to arrive in Winnipeg for a major conference in August: Romanticism and Rights

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Asper student builds cultural bridge between Indigenous community and Winnipeg Blue Bombers

July 29, 2015 — 
Traditional Indigenous territory to be acknowledged at every Bomber home game.

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Biomedical Youth Camp

Biomedical Youth Camp engages youth in science, health workshops

July 21, 2015 — 
Over 100 students from Grades 6-12 doing hands-on activities in labs, like testing sunscreens

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Guardian: Headdress ban shows festival’s zero tolerance for cultural appropriation

July 20, 2015 — 
“Stupidity and ignorance never last in the face of reasoned arguments.”

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