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Is there a right to sex?’
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Beginning in 2010, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) has held a series of Critical Conversations seminars, each of which examines a contemporary human rights issue. This year’s focus: sexual...
Bison briefs
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Golf
The U of M golf team is off to a flying start, winning back-to-back team titles through their first two tournaments of the 2013 fall season.
On August 30-31, the team participated in the 2013...
U of M, ICM both see enrolment increases this term
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The University of Manitoba recently released its preliminary enrolment figures for the fall 2013 term, showing an overall increase of 1.8 per cent, to 29,321 students, alongside a 17.1 per cent increase in international...
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Winnipeg athlete files multi-million dollar lawsuit
Kevin Kwasny, a football player from Winnipeg, has permanent brain damage as a result of an injury on the field. An alumnus of St. Paul’s High School and the...
Deciding to die
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The evening was warm on Sept. 10. At Riverview Community Centre, around 50 people gathered to hear a lecture about death. The talk, entitled “The Great Canadian Euthanasia Debate: Where are we now?” was...
U of M (re)designed
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On Thursday, Sept. 19, urban design professionals from around the world will gather at the University of Manitoba for a Visionary (re)Generation conversation. Panelists and audience members will discuss the question: “What should universities...
11th annual Moon Festival held at U of M
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Traditional Chinese moon cakes, songs, and dances were all in abundance last weekend at the 11th annual Moon Festival, held inside the University of Manitoba’s Investors Group Athletic Centre. The festival, organized by the...