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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Manitoba Protein Research Strategy a blueprint for province’s protein industry

March 3, 2022 — 
Dr. Jim House authored a comprehensive research plan that will help Manitoba become a global leader in sustainable protein production.

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Dr. Deanna Santer, wearing a white lab coat and a surgical mask, sits in front of a microscope.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM research teams awarded funding for cutting-edge equipment

March 2, 2022 — 
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has invested $1.3 million in infrastructure support for six UM research teams, ensuring that the researchers have the equipment and technology they need to drive innovation in their fields

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Faculty of Architecture

Dr. Sarah Cooper and City Planning students call for ‘just recovery’

March 2, 2022 — 
Dr. Sarah Cooper and graduate students in the Department of City Planning have co-authored The State of the Inner City Report: Placing Community at the Heart of the Recovery from COVID.

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Feeding baby: New approaches use ‘active introduction’ rather than avoidance

February 28, 2022 — 

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A woman holds a baby as another woman looks on.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM health researchers secure nearly $8 million in federal funding

February 22, 2022 — 
Research teams aiming to promote healing in a displaced First Nation community and to enhance First Nations prenatal education are among the recipients of recent grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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The Barometer Project

Canadian Reconciliation Barometer Project releases its first report—highlights the path forward

February 15, 2022 — 
The first report from the Canadian Reconciliation Barometer, which measures progress toward Reconciliation, has been released

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Illustration of COVID-19 virus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New study finds COVID-19 hotspots in Canadian urban centres

February 14, 2022 — 
A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections in Canadian cities across four provinces, linked to occupation, income, housing and proxies for structural racism

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desk with a open notebook and open laptop. the screen is open to athe university of manitoba libraries webpage.

Faculty of Arts

Student’s passions for activism, feminism and history connect with Undergraduate Research Award

February 10, 2022 — 
Hannah Guenther-Wexler, a third year political studies student talks about her experiences as an Undergraduate Research Award recipient.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Three Minute Thesis challengers announced – mark your calendars!

February 9, 2022 — 
Come support our graduate students at three exciting heats!

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The endangered chestnut-collared longspur // Photo: Jennie Horvat

Rattle and hum: our regulation of noise pollution needs to change, new study finds

February 9, 2022 — 
Loud, consistent noises are not the problem we once thought

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