UM Alumni Book Club
Looking for some literary lustre? Read A Gentleman in Moscow with us. From New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles, and set in 1920s Russia, it tells the peculiar tale of Count Alexander Rostov, who is sentenced to house arrest in the luxurious grand Metropol Hotel. Join host Chancellor Anne Mahon and a network of over 800 UM alumni, friends and fellow book lovers to connect and discuss ideas, literature, lifelong learning and more. Everyone is welcome to join at any time. This program is generously sponsored by the UM Alumni Association.
Ongoing until March 10 | Free
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT^®) Heats
In three exciting heats, 35 grad student challengers from 16 different departments will be going head-to-head (virtually) as they consolidate their ideas and research discoveries in just three minutes using only a single slide. The winners of each heat will go on to the final, on April 7, for a chance to place in the top three for cash prizes.
March 2-4, varying time | Free
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Education Graduate Student Research Symposium Keynote Address with Dr. Beyhan Farhadi
Dr. Beyhan Farhadi, a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ontario and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Education at York University will be speaking on the topic radical imagination, public education and organizing for freedom.

In this presentation, you will get insight into the promise and practice of public education, the contradictions of democratic governance under neoliberalism, and the potential of organizing for freedom.
March 3, 7 – 8:30 p.m. | Free
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UM Café Scientifique: Feeding Baby
Join us as expert panelists discuss allergies, the feeding of infants and new approaches that use ‘active introduction’ rather than avoidance. “Feeding Baby: What, when and how to introduce foods,” moderated by Mae Santos, registered dietitian and master’s student from the Protudjer lab and featuring Dr. Jennifer Protudjer, assistant professor, pediatrics and child health, Max Rady College of Medicine; paediatric allergist and clinical immunologist Dr. Elana Lavine (UToronto/Queen’s); and Dr. Edmond S. Chan, clinical professor and head, division of allergy & immunology, UBC.
March 3, 7 p.m. | Free
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Live on Middays
Desautels Faculty of Music
Middays are back! Every Monday in March you’ll have the opportunity to watch students perform on a livestream midday recital.
March 7, 12 p.m. | Free
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Economic and Business Development at Naawi-Oodena: Canada’s Showcase Urban Reserve
James W. Burns Leadership Institute and Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) at the Asper School of Business
Want to know more about Naawi-Oodena, why this urban reserve is important and how it contributes to economic development? Then join us for the second event in the 2021-22 season of the Leader in Our Times: The Critical Issues Series for a leadership discussion with Tim Daniels and Whelan Sutherland [BComm(Hons)/06] from the Treaty One Development Corporation. This talk is hosted by Suzanne Gagnon, director, JWBLI and Peter Pomart, director, Indigenous Business Education Partners.
March 8, 4 p.m. | Free
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The Surveillant University: Remote Proctoring, AI and Human Rights
Faculty of Law Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series
Exam surveillance (also known as proctoring or invigilation) has traditionally been carried out by human proctors who supervise exams in a shared physical space, such as a classroom. Since March 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic drove learning online, leading to a significant boost in demand for remote proctoring services. Dr. Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy and Full Professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, explores the privacy and human right issues raised by remote proctoring. It proposes a necessity and proportionality approach to assess what place remote proctoring has in the university context.
March 8 | 12-1 p.m.| Free
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Fireside Chat with Dragon Den’s, Michele Romanow
Join us for an exciting fireside chat with Dragon and tech titan entrepreneur, Michele Romanow. This event will take place virtually as part of our Stu Clark New Venture Championships, Graduate Edition. Learn more about Michele’s entrepreneurial journey and her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
March 12, 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m. | Free
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Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
The Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series highlights the research and expertise of Indigenous scholars, while providing new opportunities to learn about Indigenous perspectives and knowledges. In this talk, Anishinaabe assistant professor Dr. Amy Farrell will discuss Indigenous cultural conceptions of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
March 17, 12-1 p.m. | Free
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Canada West Track and Field Championships
Come and cheer on the Bisons as the top track and field student-athletes in the Canada West conference return to the James Daly Fieldhouse for two days of competition and their right to move on to the U SPORTS Championships. Game day COVID-19 protocols in effect.
March 18-19 | Free for fans 12 and under
Tickets start at $10

VLFL Climate Series Webinar: Green Liver and Plant Gills 
Join Dr. Stephan Pflugmacher Lima, dean, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, as he discusses how simple plants can help sustainable water purification in this Virtual Learning for Life climate series webinar.
March 23, 1-2 p.m. | Free
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Co-Curricular-Making’s Lessons: Education Conceived as Hopeful Journeys of Humane Becoming 
Faculty of Education
Hear from Dr. Margaret Macintrye Latta, professor and director of the Okanagan School of Education, UBC, as delivers the Joan Irvine Lecture. She will speak on the capacities to foster and sustain diverse learner/learning spaces, how to invest in co-curricular-making that is genuinely inclusive and attentive to equity, and how they are core professional capacities for educators to embody. Students and communities need to gain these habits and practices too. This presentation is an opportunity to reflect on the seriousness of what has happened in the name of education and the lived consequences of ignoring curricular enactment’s multiplicities manifesting through humane becoming.
March 24, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Free
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U SPORTS Men’s Volleyball Championship
Cheer on the Bisons as they welcome the country’s top USPORTS teams to the Investors Group Athletic Centre to compete for the national title. This is the first time the Bisons have hosted the event since 1976. Get your tickets today! Game day COVID-19 protocols in effect.
March 25-27 | Free for fans 12 and under
Tickets start at $10

Virtual 2S Talking Circles
2SLGBTQQIA+, allies, students, staff, faculty and community are welcome to join the Two-Spirit (2S) Virtual Talking Circle with Elder Charlotte Nolin.
March 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Free
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Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
UM Theatre Program
Arcadia is respected as Tom Stoppard’s finest play. Stoppard deftly combines a witty debate of challenging ideas with an attempt to solve a murder mystery involving some well-known historical figures.
March 30 – April 3, varying times | Free
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Stu Clark Webinar Series: Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset

In this webinar, we will talk about what the Entrepreneurial mindset is and how this mindset can help you, no matter what your career path is. Whether you are a full-time entrepreneur, working on a side hustle or working within an organization, having an entrepreneurial mindset will help you grow as a creative innovator, changemaker and leader. Join us to learn more about how you can start building your entrepreneurial mindset today and use these skills in other areas of your life.

January 12, 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Free 

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School of Art Gallery

Take part in presentations, workshops, and exhibitions that explore contemporary and historical arts practices and perspectives.

The School of Art Gallery supports the mission of the School by fostering creativity, supporting research, and encouraging critical thinking among undergraduate and graduate students alike

January 12 and onward | Free
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School of Art Gallery

Symposium: Deconstruction of Being

Participate in the presentations and conversation with Michèle Pearson Clarke, Canisia Lubrin, Péjú Oshin, and Pamela Woolford as they break down and synthesize notions of individual and collective identity, self-exploration, memory, the body, place, kinship, language amongst other themes.

January 22, 7-9 p.m. | Free
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The Desautels Lecture Series: Family Firm to Managerial Enterprise  

Get answers from Professor Matthew Bellamy, an associate professor of history at Carleton University, specializing in Canadian business, political and cultural history as he discusses the three generations of Labatt’s and the bootlegging manager-entrepreneur who saved the brewery from prohibition. The lecture will consider the nature of family relationships at Labatt’s and its effect on their business, amongst others.

Matthew J. Bellamy’s latest research has taken him into the realm of brewing history. His book Brewed in the North: A History of Labatt’s was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.

January 25, 12-1 p.m. | Free
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Stu Clark Webinar Series: Protecting your Intellectual Property

In this webinar, learn from our guest lawyer and expert on your intellectual property (IP), about protecting IP as an entrepreneur, the different types of IP and when to protect your IP.

January 26, 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. |Free

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Two-Spirit (2S) Virtual Sharing Circle

Join Elder Charlotte Nolin to share, heal and celebrate at the sharing circles and teaching open to the 2SLGBTQQIA+, allies, students, staff, faculty and community.

January 28, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Free
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UM information sessions for prospective students
Discover UM’s diverse campus community, opportunities outside of the classroom, undergraduate admission requirements, and so much more through our focus and feature webinar series.
November 1 – 27 | Free 
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School of Art Gallery
Take part in presentations, workshops, and exhibitions that explore contemporary and historical arts practices and perspectives featuring Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings, Robert Houle: The Sandy Bay Residential School Series, Thirza Cuthand: Medicine Bundle, Kaffeeklatsch: Elvira Finnigan and Jennifer Still in conversation, and Workshop: Salt Stories.  

The School of Art Gallery exhibits and collects contemporary and historical art addressing a range of practices and perspectives. Exhibitions and collections are complemented by engaging outreach programs and publications. 
November 1 and onward | Free 
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Virtual Fireside Chats
Learn from Elders and community members every second Tuesday as they come together to share Indigenous knowledges in this long-running series.
November 2, 16 and 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Free
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The Rod Senft Lecture in Family Business Law
Successful family businesses build strong economies and healthy communities: The advisor’s role in perpetuating the virtuous circle
Join Harvey Secter, O.M. for the Rod Senft Lecture in Family Business Law presented by the Faculty of Law’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series and the Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law. Mr. Secter [BComm/67, LLB/92] will explore how lawyers, as principal advisors to private family businesses can enhance the prospects for successfully transitioning a family business to the third generation.
November 2, 12 – 1 p.m. | Free
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Bisons Home Openers
Be a part of the excitement when the Bisons basketball and volleyball teams return to the hard court for their season home openers against their crosstown rivals, Winnipeg Wesmen. Bring the whole family, meet Billy the Bison and cheer on the herd at Investors Group Athletic Centre. Game day COVID-19 protocols in effect.
November 5 and 6 | Free for fans 12 and under
Tickets start at $5 

UM Alumni Book Club
Join host Chancellor Anne Mahon and a network of over 800 UM alumni, friends and fellow book lovers online to connect and discuss books on ideas, literature, lifelong learning, leadership and more. Everyone is welcome to join at any time. Our current reading period runs Oct 15 to Dec 17 and features From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. This program is generously sponsored by the UM Alumni Association.
November 5 and onward | Free
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Fall Convocation 2021- Bannatyne Ceremony
Join us as we live steam a virtual convocation celebration and honour the achievements of Bannatyne campus’s fall 2021 graduates. During the ceremony, we will also be conferring an honorary degree on Ms. Diana DeLaronde-Colombe, a dedicated community leader who is being recognized for her commitment to Manitoba’s northern communities and addressing issues such as food security.
November 10, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free
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Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series presents Dr. Nayha Acharya
Adjudication and Mediation are Cousins Playing in the Same Sandbox: Reflections on Mandatory Mediation
Be our guest online as Dr. Nayha Acharya, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, explores mandatory mediation as part of the Faculty of Law’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series. Dr. Nayha Acharya’s research interests include alternative dispute resolution, civil procedure and procedural justice, legal theory, dispute resolution and medical negligence.
November 18, 12 – 2 p.m. | Free
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Stu Clark Webinar series
Ideas Into Action: Defeat Procrastination & Unlock Breakthrough Productivity. With Guest, Hamza Khan
Ideas themselves aren’t worth much—it’s the ability to execute that matters. In this dynamic webinar, presented by the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business, you will receive the action-oriented insights that you didn’t get in school, highlighting real-world best practices for making ideas happen. You will be exposed to proven productivity hacks and best practices from some of the most successful and productive people on the planet. Ideas are easy, but doing stuff is hard. With the right tools and practices, you’ll be able to consistently turn your ideas into reality. Event sponsored by the Associates & Young Associates.
November 24, 11:30 a.m. | Free
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Canadian Labour International Film Festival
Join UM’s labour studies program for a free online screening of the 13th annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival. After the screening, letting us know which film you liked best and why to enter a draw to win a book by a labour studies faculty member.
November 30, 7 – 10 p.m. | Free
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