Stories celebrating UWinnipeg's Indigenous community.
This past summer, UWinnipeg celebrated 10 years of the Indigenous Summer Scholars Program (ISSP), a 12-week program which gives undergrad students the opportunity to explore the academic career and possibilities of graduate studies through Indigenous research.
The University of Winnipeg community mourns the loss of former Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) cabinet minister Joan Ledoux.
UWinnipeg celebrates 10 years of committing to Truth and Reconciliation through education, and the mandatory Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR).
Leslie Kirkness is a First Nations student from Opaskwayak Cree Nation who had the opportunity to complete two international field placements to work and learn in Indigenous communities in Dominica and Colombia.
The University of Winnipeg is pleased to share that Dr. Alex Wilson has been appointed to the role of Indigenous Academic Advisory Lead to the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic. She will also join the Faculty of Education as a Professor.
Celebrate the launch of Book 3, māskīkīy miskanaw: The Medicine Way, on September 1 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Leatherdale Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Guests will include many of the Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have worked to create the book and its related materials.
A total of 116 scholars have completed the Indigenous Summer Scholars Program since its launch in 2017.
The Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR) is marking its 10th anniversary at UWinnipeg. To celebrate, Dr. Mary Jane McCallum and the UWinnipeg Archives are leading a project to document and preserve the history of the University’s ICR.
Taylor Wilson's PhD research explores the revitalization of Cree agricultural knowledge as a path to Indigenous food sovereignty, ecological justice and community wellbeing.
With new funding, a new book, and recently speaking at the 2026 Big Thinking Summit in June, Dr. Laura Forsythe is adding to her growing list of contributions toward centering Métis ways of knowing in academic spaces.
