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May 18, 2022

Celebrating UWinnipeg’s Indigenous graduates

On June 7, The University of Winnipeg will be celebrating First Nations, Métis, and Inuit graduates during a special Indigenous Graduation Ceremony.

May 4, 2022

UWinnipeg to host Consuming Justice Conference from May 11-13

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies at UWinnipeg, along with the Department of Criminal Justice and Centre for Access to Information and Justice, will be hosting the Consuming Justice Conference from May 11-13.

May 3, 2022

Students and faculty support Science Rendezvous’ trivia challenge

As part of Science Rendezvous' Science Chase trivia challenge, University of Winnipeg students and faculty members have created fun videos to pair with the questions. The nationwide virtual trivia challenge takes place May 4-7.

May 2, 2022

New research looks into maternal obesity and newborn development

UWinnipeg's Dr. Sanoji Wijenayake has received a Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Operating Grant to research the neurodevelopmental effects of maternal obesity exposure and to characterize the functional roles of milk exosomes, a new class of nanovesicles abundant in mammalian milk.

April 28, 2022

UWinnipeg to host Western Regional 3MT Competition

Some of the best student research in western Canada will be on display at UWinnipeg during the Western Regional Three-Minute Thesis Competition on May 6.

April 25, 2022

Forestry graduates receive their Silver Rings

UWinnipeg's Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences celebrated its fifth Silver Ring award ceremony on April 22. A bi-annual event, the ceremony highlighted students who graduated from the Forest Ecology and Forest Policy streams.

April 21, 2022

UWinnipeg supports research with more than $500,000 in internal grant funding

During the 2021/22 academic year, The University of Winnipeg's Research Office supported more than 120 faculty and student research projects with more than $500,000 in internal funding.

April 7, 2022

National conference to bring the Report into MMIWG2S ‘front and centre’

On June 17 and 18, University of Winnipeg faculty members Dr. Jacqueline Romanow, Department of Indigenous Studies, and Dr. Jane Barter, Department of Religion and Culture, will be hosting the Report into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirited Persons – The University Responds Conference.

April 6, 2022

Canadian Space Agency supports Dr. Ed Cloutis with funding grant

Dr. Ed Cloutis was one of four Canadian university researchers to receive a funding grant from the Canadian Space Agency to advance scientific knowledge of the Sun–Earth system, the solar system and the universe through participation in international science missions.

March 23, 2022

Improving employment outcomes for former refugees

UWinnipeg researcher and political scientist Dr. Ray Silvius has received more than $300,000 in funding from Immigration Research West at the University of Manitoba for the multi-year project Improving Employment Outcomes for Former Refugees in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.