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Solitary confinement: a phenomenological perspective
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Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University associate professor and former Winnipegger, was in town last week to discuss solitary confinement – an issue touching on notions of class, race, and gender.
Guenther gave two talks on Thursday,...
United Nations director discusses international human rights with faculty of law
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The faculty of law at the University of Manitoba welcomed Marcia Kran to the school’s Fort Garry campus last week, where she gave a lecture on the subject of human rights law.
Kran, a distinguished...
U of M sustainability series highlights ethical consumption
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The office of sustainability at the University of Manitoba continued its brown bag lunch seminar series last Wednesday highlighting different forms of ethical consumption, as well as the role that the Fort Garry BookStore...
U of M prof presents on Thirty Years War
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Erik Thomson, associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s history department, presented a paper entitled “Arms Dealing, Finance and Diplomacy in the Thirty Years War” to a packed conference room in Tier Building last...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and you
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On Nov. 13, WikiLeaks released draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) chapter on Intellectual Property Rights. The document provides insight into the ongoing negotiations between the delegations from the United States, Japan, Mexico,...
Inquiry into the death of Brenda Moreside
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Nov. 18 marked the beginning of an inquiry into the 2005 death of Brenda Moreside, an Albertan who was killed by her boyfriend after calling 911 and receiving no help from the police, aside...
Elizabeth Dafoe Library houses extensive indigenous graphic novel collection
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Last Wednesday the University of Manitoba unveiled a new indigenous graphic novel collection, which is to be permanently housed at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library.
The extensive collection contains some 200 pieces from both native and...
