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Many competing interests drive the food system at the University of Manitoba. Here the Manitoban attempts to break down some of the complexities of competing interests and concerns, barriers, and drivers of what has...

Some people look down on food service jobs. “I would never work in a restaurant” – a phrase I have heard many times in my life. As someone who has worked in restaurants since...

We all have to eat; we might as well eat well. Eating well can be more than a strict fixation on carbs, sugars, gluten, or whatever else it is we’re supposed to be extra-worried about...

It’s common knowledge that human beings, especially those living in the industrialized world, have seriously impacted the Earth’s environment. We know that the cars we drive and the factories we build have harmful effects...

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...

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...

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...