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May 12, 2022

Board approves UWinnipeg’s 2022-2023 operating budget

On May 2, The University of Winnipeg’s Board of Regents approved a balanced budget of $159 million for 2022-2023.

May 11, 2022

Jennefer Nepinak Appointed Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships and Reconciliation with Legacy Bowes

The University of Winnipeg congratulates Jennefer Nepinak, Associate Vice-President, Indigenous Engagement, on her appointment as Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships and Reconciliation with Legacy Bowes. 

May 11, 2022

Dr. Jaime Cidro and her team receive $449,980 in SSHRC funding to support doula research

UWinnipeg's Dr. Jaime Cidro and her Indigenous doula research team are celebrating another successful grant application from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada that comes with $449,980 in funding.

May 10, 2022

UWinnipeg Professor Emeritus Dr. Neil Besner to release memoir

A literary meditation on memory, time, love, and loss, 'Fishing with Tardelli: A Memoir of Family in Time Lost' by UWinnipeg Professor Emeritus Dr. Neil Besner, will publish on May 24 by ECW Press.

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 29, 2022

Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills curates Asian Heritage Month reading list

UWinnipeg's award-winning writer Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills has gathered a list of Asian-Canadian creative writing published this year that includes queer writers and writers across forms and genres.

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 26, 2022

Undergraduate student aids in study on environmental impact of pipelines

Dr. Caleb Hasler's involvement of then-undergraduate Daniel Denton in a research project has helped shape the UWinnipeg graduate's career aspirations.