2SLGBTQ+

April 1, 2024

Trans Day of Visibility 2024

Sunday, March 31 was Trans Day of Visibility in Canada. According to members of the University’s Trans Solidarity Collective, the most important thing the University...

August 29, 2023

UWinnipeg to host Building Trans Solidarity event series

An upcoming event series will bring academics, educators, students, and artists together at The University of Winnipeg to unpack contemporary issues facing transgender, Two-Spirit, and gender non-conforming communities, and work towards an inclusive, discrimination-free future.

May 16, 2023

UWinnipeg celebrates Pride Week

The University of Winnipeg is proud to celebrate Pride Week with a series of events on campus leading up to the Winnipeg Pride Parade on Sunday, June 4.

May 4, 2023

The National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People

Campus flags will be flown at half-mast, and staff, faculty, and students are encouraged to wear red to stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities across Canada as, together, we mourn the loss of the thousands of lives that have been tragically cut short.

March 17, 2023

Dr. Chantal Fiola recognized by Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

University of Winnipeg Associate Professor Dr. Chantal Fiola was one of five women honoured at the 'Âpihtawikosisân Iskwêwak: Honouring Métis Matriarchs' event in Ottawa, co-hosted by Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

June 2, 2022

2SLGBTQ+ Student Award “pushes back against the barriers we experience as queer students”

The 2SLGBTQ+ Student Award is given annually to an undergraduate student who’s active in community service and/or demonstrates academic promise in research on topics with particular relevance to the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

May 31, 2022

UWinnipeg celebrates diversity and inclusiveness

UWinnipeg has a longstanding commitment to being an inclusive community. While we join together this week to celebrate UWinnipeg Pride, we are dedicated to fostering and promoting diversity and inclusion both on- and off-campus throughout the year.

July 20, 2021

Research supports museums grappling with difficult histories

SSHRC awarded the Thinking Through the Museum (TTTM) research network a 7-year, $2.5 million dollar Partnership Grant for Thinking Through the Museum: A Partnership Approach to Curating Difficult Knowledge in Public.

June 23, 2021

Work still needed in ‘every class in every school’

When UWinnipeg Senior Scholar Dr. Catherine Taylor led the study, Every Class in Every School, more than a decade ago, it was the first report of its kind to reveal just how prevalent discrimination was for 2SLGBTQ+ students in Canadian secondary schools at the time. 

April 7, 2020

Capturing Transgender History

UWinnipeg English student Jase Falk was awarded the Abe and Bertha Arnold Oral History Grant to assist in the Transgender Oral History Project.