Whether they are reducing waste at events, embedding sustainability into their curriculum or promoting sustainability among their colleagues, there are many incredible individuals and teams making a difference in sustainability.

The UM Sustainability Awards recognize and celebrate the collaborative efforts of University of Manitoba students, faculty and staff in advancing our commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability. Sustainability Award winners create MomentUM by advancing knowledge that matters, empowering learners, and reimagining engagement through their campus sustainability efforts.

The UM Sustainability Awards recognize recipients in the following categories:

• Undergraduate sustainability award
• Graduate sustainability award
• Student group sustainability award
• Staff sustainability award
• Faculty sustainability award
• Collaborative sustainability award

Past sustainability award winners have woven environmental and social sustainability concepts into their teaching, focused on sustainable landscapes, energy and food systems in their research, and led impactful projects to advance sustainability on- and off-campus.

The deadline for nominations is March 7. Applications will be reviewed, and award recipients will be selected by the UM Sustainability Committee. The 2025 winners will be announced in Spring.

View the nomination form

Check out past winners of the UM Sustainability Awards
2024
2023

The UM Sustainability Awards recognize and celebrate the collaborative efforts of University of Manitoba students, faculty and staff in advancing our commitment to excellence and leadership in sustainability.

Past sustainability awards have recognized a collaboration of UM community members who transformed an underutilized courtyard into an ecologically sustainable garden, a long-time faculty member whose teaching on the Sustainable Development Goals has influenced countless graduates to enter the fields of planning and sustainability, an energetic student group that is helping to solve food inaccessibility in Canada’s northernmost communities, and many more impressive projects and community members.

The sixth annual UM Sustainability Awards offer the opportunity to be recognized in the following categories:

• Undergraduate sustainability
• Graduate sustainability
• Student group sustainability
• Staff sustainability
• Faculty sustainability
• Collaborative sustainability

The deadline for nominations is Mar. 27. Applications will be reviewed and award recipients will be selected by the UM Sustainability Committee. The 2024 winners will be announced on Earth Day, Apr. 22, 2024.

View the nomination form.

View past winners of the UM Sustainability Awards:
2023 Sustainability Award winners
2022 Sustainability Award winners

The Manitoba Medical Service Foundation and the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba invite applications from individuals, as candidates for the MMSF Shaun Lamoureux and Kerry Bittner Clinical Research Professorship in Population Health Award, effective July 1, 2024. The intent of the award is to attract and retain clinicians into population health research at the University of Manitoba for the general benefit of health research in Manitoba. Individuals who have previously held or currently hold such an award will not be eligible for the MMSF Award.

Candidates must be physicians or health care professionals licensed to practice inManitoba, have a faculty appointment at the University of Manitoba and must be engaged in research related to the health of populations in Manitoba. To be successful, a candidate must be considered to be in the early stages of a successful research career as a health care professional scientist. This judgment will be based on qualifications and experience. Candidates must have been engaged in independent research in population health for not more than 7 years, should have received one or more grants from a national granting agency, such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and should have a satisfactory publication record in peer-reviewed journals.

The Award is given for a period of three years. It may not be held concurrently with another personal career award and is not renewable. The award consists of a contribution of $55,000 per annum to the awardee’s salary during the three-year term. During the tenure of the award, the awardee must guarantee a 50% time commitment to research. The appointment will be subject to annual reviews. An awardee who receives the MMSF Shaun Lamoureux and Kerry Bittner Clinical Research in Population Health Award is not eligible for other MMSF Salary Awards.

A one-year term grant-in-aid to the appointee of up to $40,000 may be made during the first year of the appointment.

Applicants shall submit a completed Research Module (which has been included in this call notification), along with supporting letters of recommendation, and an up-to-date Curriculum Vitae to resmedgrants@umanitoba.ca no later than 4:00 PM, Friday, March 15, 2024.

The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is a $1,000,000 fund intended to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. For the next 5 years (2019-2023) up to 1/5th of the fund will be made available on an annual basis. The maximum level of support is $100,000 and may be less (applicants must develop their proposed budgets with these figures in mind). Once expended, unless renewed, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences fund will terminate.

The purpose of the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences between member departments and colleges. In so doing, it is intended to enhance the University’s national recognition in innovative interdisciplinary research with disruptive impact, as well as competitiveness in terms of national research funding. As such, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is not intended to provide continuing support for ongoing research projects/programs or to serve as a substitute for national funding (e.g. Tri-Agency, NGO, Industry, etc.). The grant team are expected to use the funds awarded to develop their research to the point where applications for
external funding can be made.

For full details and application form, please visit:
https://umanitoba.ca/health-sciences/research/supporting-research

You are encouraged to make nominations for the following annual and bi-annual honours:

1. Honorary Degrees (Deadlines: October 31 & March 31)
2. Distinguished Service Award (Deadline: December 31)
3. Peter D. Curry Chancellor’s Award (Deadline: October 31)
4. Distinguished Professor (Deadline: Extended to October 31)
5. Professor, Dean and Librarian Emeritus/Emerita (Deadline: March 31)

Nominations that reflect the full diversity of the University of Manitoba, and broader communities, are welcomed and encouraged.

More information, procedures, and nomination forms can be found on the Governance website

See a summary of awards, requirements, and deadlines (PDF)

The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is a $1,000,000 fund intended to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. For the next 5 years (2019-2023) up to 1/5th of the fund will be made available on an annual basis. The maximum level of support is $100,000 and may be less (applicants must develop their proposed budgets with these figures in mind). Once expended, unless renewed, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences fund will terminate. 

The purpose of the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences between member departments and colleges. In so doing, it is intended to enhance the University’s national recognition in innovative interdisciplinary research with disruptive impact, as well as competitiveness in terms of national research funding. As such, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is not intended to provide continuing support for ongoing research projects/programs or to serve as a substitute for national funding (e.g. Tri-Agency, NGO, Industry, etc.). The grant team are expected to use the funds awarded to develop their research to the point where applications for external funding can be made.

For full details and application form, please visit:

https://umanitoba.ca/health-sciences/research/supporting-research

The intent of the award is to promote clinical research at the University of Manitoba for the general benefit of health research in Manitoba by supporting clinical scientists in the early stages of a successful research career as a health care professional.

Candidates must be judged to be in the early stages of a successful research career as a health care professional, have been engaged in independent research for not more than 7 years and should have received one or more grants from a national granting agency, such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He/she/they should have a satisfactory publication record in peer-reviewed journals demonstrating his/her/their career potential.

Candidates must be physicians or health care professionals licensed to practice in Manitoba with a faculty appointment at the University of Manitoba and must be engaged in research related to the health field.

The Award is given for a period of three years. It may not be held concurrently with another personal career award and is not renewable. The Award consists of a contribution to the awardee’s salary (including benefits) of $55,000 per annum during the three-year term. Successful candidate(s) must guarantee a 50% time commitment to research. The appointment will be subject to annual reporting using the MMSF Final Report Form. A grant-in-aid to the appointee of up to $20,000 may be made during the first year of the appointment.

Applicants shall complete the Research Module, which can be found at:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/research/other_funding.html

The application, with supporting letters of recommendation and documents, must be submitted no later than Monday, April 25, 2022 to the Office of the Associate Dean (Research), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, at: resmedgrants@umanitoba.ca 

The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is a $1,000,000 fund intended to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. For the next 5 years (2019-2023) up to 1/5th of the fund will be made available on an annual basis. The maximum level of support is $100,000 and may be less (applicants must develop their proposed budgets with these figures in mind). Once expended, unless renewed, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences fund will terminate.

The purpose of the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is to seed innovative interdisciplinary research in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences between member departments and colleges. In so doing, it is intended to enhance the University’s national recognition in innovative interdisciplinary research with disruptive impact, as well as competitiveness in terms of national research funding. As such, the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is not intended to provide continuing support for ongoing research projects/programs or to serve as a substitute for national funding (e.g. Tri-Agency, NGO, Industry, etc.). The grant team are expected to use the funds awarded to develop their research to the point where applications for external funding can be made.

For full details and application form, please visit: https://umanitoba.ca/health-sciences/research/supporting-research

Faculty are encouraged to make nominations for the following annual and bi-annual honours:

1. Honorary Degrees (Deadlines: October 31 & March 31)
2. Distinguished Service Award (Deadline: December 31)
3. Peter D. Curry Chancellor’s Award (Deadline: October 15)
4. Distinguished Professor (Deadline: October 15)
5. Professor, Dean and Librarian Emeritus/Emerita (Deadline: March 31)

More information, procedures, and nomination forms can be found on the Governance Website.

See the summary of awards, requirements and deadlines.

For more information on any of the above honours, please contact shelley.foster@umanitoba.ca or  jeff.leclerc@umanitoba.ca

The position of Support Staff Assessor was created to enable the Board of Governors to benefit from a support staff perspective during its meetings. The Assessor attends meetings of the Board and its Executive Committee, and has the same rights and obligations as a member of the Board and the Executive Committee, except that an Assessor may not make or amend motions, or vote.

Duties to the Board include:

• providing a general support staff perspective on matters brought before the Board
• attending and contributing to debate at Board and Executive Committee meetings
• participating as a member of ad hoc committees that specify support staff membership
• reviewing agenda materials and preparing questions/comments, where appropriate
• representing support staff at Board and University functions, such as convocation Duties to Support Staff include:
• referring specific matters to the appropriate unit or officer in the University
• explaining the role, composition and operation of the Board of Governors

All full-time support staff are eligible to be elected and to vote, providing their names are on the employee list printed approximately 45 days prior to the election, which will be held on the third Friday in May.

The Nomination Form is here in an electronic, form-fillable version. It is also available at:

http://umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/forms/index.html

The Nomination Form must be signed by 5 support staff members and by the nominee to signify  his/her acceptance of the nomination.

To be eligible, the form must be returned to the Office of the University Secretary by emailing (Laura.Orsak@umanitoba.ca) by 12:00 noon on April 30.

Timeframe for consideration

The time frame for consideration of the nominations and ballots is as follows:

April 16, 2021       Memo and nomination forms to be sent to all eligible support staff members

April 30, 2021       Nominations to be received no later than 12:00 noon

May 7, 2021         Electronic ballots to be provided to all eligible support staff members

May 21, 2021       Ballots to be submitted no later than 12:00 noon

May 25, 2021       Ballots counted, confirmed and results announced

The Assessor will be the nominee who receives the highest number of votes. The Alternate  Assessor will be the nominee who receives the second highest number of votes.

For additional information regarding the Board of Governors, the role of the Support Staff  Assessor, and for the electronic copy of the Nomination Form, please see:

https://umanitoba.ca/governance/support-staff-assessor-board-governors

For any questions, you may contact the University Secretary Jeff.Leclerc@umanitoba.ca or at 204-474-6167