Research

A steady increase in research funding has paved the way for innovative projects that help to solve complex problems including UWinnipeg's Indigenous research and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) research that is helping to shed light on key issues.

Gracie Grift, Ava Stokke standing in front of a painting, and Corey Sanderson working in a lab.

September 14, 2022

Highlighting undergraduate research

In August, University of Winnipeg students who received NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards in 2021 and 2022 were celebrated during a special hybrid event.

September 13, 2022

SSHRC-funded research on drinking water advisories in First Nations

As part of new research into the issue of water and sanitation in the province, The University of Winnipeg’s Dr. Melanie O’Gorman is examining the impact of the lack of clean drinking water on Manitoba First Nations.

August 12, 2022

UWinnipeg Library announces new Borealis Data Research Repository

The University of Winnipeg Library announced the opening of a new Data Research Repository that will help researchers share their work across the globe.

August 11, 2022

UWinnipeg eclipses $1 million in Mitacs internships

The University of Winnipeg exceeded the national average of Mitacs submissions, receiving more than $1 million in Mitacs internships in 2021-22.

Aileen Friesen standing in front of a window.

July 29, 2022

SSHRC funding helps History prof fill gendered gap in Mennonite history

Aileen Friesen, associate professor of History and executive director of the Plett Foundation, is utilizing SSHRC funding to uncover the gendered experience of Mennonite migration to Canada from the Soviet Union.

head shots of Olya Bryksina, Aileen Friesen, Jason Hannan, Melanie O'Gorman, Kelly Gorkoff

July 27, 2022

Over $4 million in SSHRC grants enables UWinnipeg researchers

The University of Winnipeg received research funding from SSHRC that totals close to $4,600,000 in grants that will enable talented UWinnipeg researchers from across disciplines in a variety of projects.

July 18, 2022

Searching for the nature of dark matter

Assistant professor of Physics Dr. Evan McDonough is looking to answer one of the questions that has long puzzled the scientific community: what is dark matter?

Black and white photo of udy McConill standing in front of garden after her arrival to Canada.

June 23, 2022

UWinnipeg researchers share stories of German women immigrants

UWinnipeg researchers in the Department of German-Canadian Studies receive the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Diversity and Inclusion Grant for a new project titled “What They Can Teach Us: Stories from German Canadian Women 1950-1993."

Dr. Sanoji Wijenayake in the lab with students Corey Sanderson and Fran Obtial.

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.

Separate head shots of Dr. Jessica Riley outside and Dr. Jean-Pierre Desforges in front of a shelf of books.

April 21, 2022

UWinnipeg supports research with more than $500,000 in internal grant funding

During the 2021/22 academic year, The University of Winnipeg's Research Office supported more than 120 faculty and student research projects with more than $500,000 in internal funding.