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Research on residential schools catalogues student deaths at 3,000
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New research shows that at least 3,000 children died while attending the Indian residential schools (IRS) system in Canada.
The research was, and continues to be, conducted under the Missing Children Project, whose establishment...
Three Minute Thesis brings research to the public
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The last week of February brings the U of M’s first Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT), which aims to present graduate students’ research to the public in a coherent and interesting fashion.
Initially developed...
Temporarily displaced
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In an effort to raise awareness about homelessness and gather donations for a local non-profit organization, several University of Manitoba students are preparing to spend five consecutive days sleeping outside as a part of...
Hundreds gather to protest
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Along with five campus labour unions, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) held a rally at Chancellor’s Circle, outside the administration building, on Wednesday, Feb. 13 to protest various forms of privatization at...
Avast, me hearties! A look at the new documentary on The...
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n 2009 four Swedish men—Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, and Carl Lundström—were sentenced to a year in jail and fined US $4.5 million. The crime? Operating The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest...
The sky is falling: Meteor breaches Russian atmosphere, asteroid passes by...
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On Feb. 15 at 3:20 Coordinated Universal Time a meteorite exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk in central Russia. Travelling at a speed of around 18 km/sec (40,000 mph) when it broke the Earth’s...
The evolution of religion and morality: Researchers explore cultural evolutionary roots...
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC) have received a $3 million grant from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research...
