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Moving beyond the bottom line
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The link between social capital and accounting transparency in public and private banks was uncovered in a recent lecture at the U of M, including its implication for contemporary Canadian society.
Closing the STEM gender gap
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When I was 13 years old, I was selected by my school to attend a “Women in Information Technology” seminar at the University of Winnipeg. The goal of the event was to encourage young...
In the spirit of Halloween
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The history of Halloween has been linked to ancient Celtic origins, when people would ward off ghosts with costumes and bonfires. Once designated as a time to honour saints and martyrs – in other...
Death on the syllabus
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Most students at the University of Manitoba wouldn’t consider death to be part of their curriculum. But for medical students, death is just that.
In the preclinical years of medical school, death is formally denoted...
A guide to modern-day embalming
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Death can be a very ugly thing. With dying comes decomposition, germs, and general grossness. So if you’ve ever seen a serene-looking dead person (or at least a photo of one), they were probably...
Three minutes until midnight
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The Doomsday Clock provides a symbolic measurement of how close humanity is to its own annihilation. Established in 1947 by the Science and Security Board of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Doomsday Clock...
