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June 2, 2017

Besner establishes memorial scholarship in creative writing

Dr. Neil Besner, Provost and Vice President, Academic has made a generous gift to The University of Winnipeg to create an endowment in support of...

May 31, 2017

UWinnipeg prof earns the 2016 Gabrielle Roy Prize

The 2016 Gabrielle Roy Prize (English section) has been given to 'Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives', edited by UWinnipeg’s Dr. Candida Rifkind and her colleague Dr. Linda Warley (Wilfrid Laurier University Press).

May 29, 2017

Jan Stewart receives RJ Cochrane award

The University of Winnipeg community congratulates Dr. Jan Stewart, Professor, Faculty of Education, who is being awarded the RJ Cochrane award.  CBC Manitoba presents a...

May 23, 2017

Marlys Koschinsky to receive Distinguished Alumni Award in June

  The University of Winnipeg Alumni Association is proud to recognize Dr. Marlys Koschinsky, alumna of both The Collegiate and The University of Winnipeg, as...

May 23, 2017

UWinnipeg student selected for feminist art residency in Toronto

UWinnipeg student and self-taught artist Christina Hajjar is in Toronto, ON, for a two-week residency with the Feminist Art Conference to work on her scholarly art project titled 'Iterations of Home, a multidisciplinary, multi-media project reflecting on her Lebanese-Canadian identity'.

May 22, 2017

Dr. Jan Stewart

Professor in the Faculty of Education, specializing in refugee research, counselling and education.

May 18, 2017

Longtime Library staffer awarded Stars of Spence Street Prize

Over the course of 34 years, John Dobson has worked in nearly every department of the Library. UWinnipeg will present Dobson with the Stars of Spence Street Prize at this year’s Spring Convocation.

April 24, 2017

Alumna Katherena Vermette wins top literary award

 The University of Winnipeg offers sincere congratulations to alumna Katherena Vermette, who this weekend won several prestigious literary awards. Her novel The Break, published by...

April 11, 2017

Inaugural Disability Studies Award

The University of Winnipeg has awarded its inaugural Disability Studies Scholarship to Evan Wicklund.

March 21, 2017

UWinnipeg undergraduate students presents at UC Irvine

UWinnipeg's undergraduate student Tapji Garba, presented at the graduate student conference, sponsored by the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine).