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 UWinnipeg’s Global College Offers Unique Spring & Summer Institutes

WINNIPEG, MB – Students can earn university credits in a condensed format in class or on-line while tackling a variety of important topical issues through The University of Winnipeg’s Global College this spring and summer. Renowned guest lecturers teaching the 2013 Institutes include Professors Laura Balbuena and Teofilo Altamirano, both from the Catholic University of Peru;  Srila Roy from the University of Nottingham, UK and José Luis Renique, from New York University.

Students can register and attend from anywhere in the world –all that is needed is a high speed internet connection to watch the lectures online at any time of day. Courses are open to students from other universities around the world, and can be taken for credit or for audit.

Hear what our students have to say about the Spring and Summer Institutes here.

Complete course and registration details here. Or contact global.college@uwinnipeg.ca or 204.988.7105.

SPRING AND SUMMER INSTITUTES 2013

May

  • Climate Change: A Revolutionary Response, May 6th to May 17th
  • Gender Revolution & Armed Conflicts, May 3rd to May 16th
  • Revolutionary Movements in South Asia, May 21st to May 31st
  • Revolutionary Movements in Latin America in the 20th Century, May 13th to May 27th

June

  • Global Food Security-Rights & Responses, May 30th to June 27th
  •  Post-Conflict Truth, Memory and Reconciliation, June 15th to 29th

August

  • Adventures in Global Citizenship, August 6th to August 16th

MEDIA CONTACT
Diane Poulin, Communications Officer, The University of Winnipeg
P: 204.988.7135, E: d.poulin@uwinnipeg.ca