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A large bentwood box shaped from a single piece of red cedar was created by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston as a lasting tribute to the students of Canada’s former residential schools.
Gallery of Student Art hit hard by cutbacks
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Artists and students (financially burdened or otherwise) are among those most impacted by the UMSU executive’s decisions to cut financial support for the Gallery of Student Art and other UMSU student services.
Co-ordinator of...
If a wheel is placed in the wild, will the mice...
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When a mouse is placed in a cage with a wheel, why does it choose to run?
Does the mouse enjoy running, and do so unconditionally? Or is this running a habituated or stereotyped activity...
Ebola and ZMapp questions answered
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The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has placed pressure on pharmaceutical labs worldwide to develop a treatment for those infected and to prevent the spread of the virus.
On July 31, a highly experimental...
University of Manitoba Bison busted
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For the first time in over a decade, and just the second time in the program's history, a Manitoba Bison athlete has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Ranji Atwall—former two-time British Columbia Football Conference national...
Researchers examine the question of genocide in Canada
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How will it be determined whether indigenous people were the victims of genocide in Canada?
These types of questions were raised in front of the largest group of indigenous scholars from around the world...
Fighting for water rights in First Nation communities
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On June 25 to 26 the University of Manitoba faculty of law hosted the CREATE H20 and Water Rights Conference, which focused on the struggle for securing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in...