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Join artist Mike Valcourt for conversation on new Dafoe mural – UM Today News
November 28, 2025 Indigenizing places and spaces within UM Libraries Join artist Mike Valcourt for a conversation about the process and vision behind his new mural, Echoes of the Earth. Artist Talk with Mike Valcourt December 15, 2025 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: Elizabeth Dafoe Library, 2nd floor by Echoes of the Earth mural Light […]
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Read More‘When you succeed, we succeed’ – UM Today News
November 27, 2025 Indigenous Student Recruitment strives to deliver support in a ‘good way’ Aliyhia Bushie still remembers the day she shadowed an Indigenous UM student on campus. “It was one of my most memorable experiences,” she told Indigenous high school students at the University of Manitoba (UM) New Buffalo Education Gathering. “Some of the […]
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Read MoreMKO Calls for Meaningful Partnership as Province Identifies Northern Manitoba as Economic Priority
November 21, 2025 Treaty 5 Territory, Opaskwayak Cree Nation – Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) acknowledges the provincial government’s recognition of Northern Manitoba as a key economic driver in the Throne Speech, particularly through the Port of Churchill project, a multi-billion-dollar opportunity of national importance. MKO supports economic development in the North and recognizes that several […]
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Read MoreAsper School of Business | Celebrating Indigenous Entrepreneurs at the 2025 VIBE Awards – UM Today News
November 17, 2025 Before the Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) awards reception began at the Fort Garry hotel, Gabe Petrie gave an impactful speech to a private VIP group of supporters. As a student with the Asper School of Business’ Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) and the president of the University of Manitoba Indigenous Commerce […]
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Read MoreRady Faculty of Health Sciences | Women must be equitably included in health research, WISDOM speakers say – UM Today News
November 10, 2025 Women’s health continues to be negatively affected by the fact that most medical research is conducted on men, experts said at a recent UM symposium. The field of neuroscience has a particularly male-centric track record, two speakers said in their presentations to about 85 attendees at the 2025 Equity Symposium organized by […]
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Read MoreBe proud of who you are’; Dakota Tipi teacher champions Indigenous language learning – PortageOnline
Oct 30 2025 At Dakota Tipi School, Garrett Tacan is on a mission to keep Indigenous languages and culture alive among students from nursery to grade 12. As a Language and Culture Teacher, he sees firsthand the impact of learning the Dakota language on young people’s identity and pride. “I think it’d be very beneficial […]
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Read MoreManitoba Government Adds 800 Teachers in Two Years
October 29, 2025 The Manitoba government has added 832 teaching positions across the province since October 2023, increasing the number of funded teachers to 13,903 total teachers this fiscal year from 13,071 in 2023-24, Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt announced today, adding this major investment is part of a broader commitment to […]
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Read MoreFrom Resistance to a House of Knowledge – UM Today News
October 29, 2025 50 Years of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba What began as a small student movement at UM in the early 1970s is now the heart of Indigenous academics and research in Western Canada. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Indigenous Studies – a milestone born from […]
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Read MoreSCO Calls for Province to Include First Nations Languages in Manitoba’s School Curriculum
October 27, 2025 “Our children deserve to learn the languages of their ancestors—Anishinaabemowin, Dakota, and other First Nations languages—as a regular part of their daily education, not as electives or afterthoughts.” – Grand Chief Daniels ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is calling on the Governments of Canada and Manitoba […]
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Read MoreRed Sucker Lake First Nation celebrates grand opening of new school
From: Indigenous Services Canada October 21, 2025 — Red Sucker Lake First Nation, Treaty 5 Territory, Manitoba — Indigenous Services Canada Indigenous Services Canada is working in partnership with First Nations to help establish educational facilities that will deliver quality and culturally appropriate programs and services for students. Today, Red Sucker Lake First Nation celebrated […]
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