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New service in Winnipeg for those dealing with mental illness
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The Canadian Mental Health Association Winnipeg Region (CMHAW) opened its doors to the public the first week of October.
CMHA, established in 1918, is one of the first and longest volunteer run programs working...
Quebec student strike members tour Canada to discuss activism
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Students, activists, and faculty gathered at the University of Winnipeg on Wednesday, Oct. 3 to participate in the Maple Tour’s stop in Winnipeg, featuring Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Cloe Zawadzki-Turcotte, two former organizers of this...
Leading phenomenologist and social critic visits U of M
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Dr. Alphonso Lingis presented his newest work, “One’s Own Voice,” at the University of Manitoba on Oct. 2. Lingis travelled to Winnipeg from Pennsylvania University, where he is a professor emeritus of philosophy.
Lingis’...
Students raise concerns over U of M food
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) hosted an open forum on food services and meal plans on Oct. 4 at the Fort Garry campus, where students came to ask questions and voice their...
Science briefs: The fear factor and chocolate abuse
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Study shows fear can be erased from brain
A new study from Uppsala University in Sweden has shined light on the emotions involved with fear and its memory recall. Published on Sept. 20 in the...
Not your father’s Oldsmobile: The present, past, and future of self-driving...
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On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the state of California signed a bill into law that will allow self-driving cars on California roadways.
It sounds like science fiction, but it actually won’t be long until the technology...
The good and the bad: A profile of Canadian non-profit Bad...
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I care about science. I am fascinated by its attempt to systematically weigh evidence and weed out bias, ever striving to reach successively closer approximations of the truth. I also care about bad science,...
