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UWinnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Annette Trimbee, MMF President David Chartrand, and MMF Provincial Education Minister Joan Ledoux at the agreement signing on September 23.
September 21, 2017

Métis research gets $600,000 boost

WINNIPEG, MB –The University of Winnipeg and the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) have a strong history of collaboration, and today that was strengthened with the...

September 15, 2017

INSURGENCE at the WAG curated by UWinnipeg’s Dr. Julie Nagam

There is an INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE, groundbreaking exhibition focused on leading and emerging Indigenous artists from across Canada at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) co-curated by UWinnipeg's Dr. Julie Nagam. This exhibition opens on September 22, 2017 and runs until April 2018.

August 30, 2017

Lamoureux takes leave to join NCTR

Kevin Lamoureux, UWinnipeg’s Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Affairs, is taking a one-year leave for an interchange with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Lamoureux will...

August 29, 2017

A step towards reconciliation

The Indigenous Course Requirement came into effect for all new undergraduate students in September 2016. Read about the initiative's first year.

MDP poster
August 25, 2017

MDP Field report annual symposium

MDP students will share their field stories from far and wide at the MDP Annual Symposium on Friday, September 8, 2017. Students travelled to as far as New Zealand and as close to neighbourhoods in our province.

August 1, 2017

Learn to Speak Ojibwe at UWinnipeg

This month UWinnipeg is offering an intensive Ojibwe course that includes a land-based that portion takes place at Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation near Riding Mountain National Park.