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Visionary Conversations panel discussion to focus on Syrian refugee crisis
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The next edition of the Visionary Conversations series at the University of Manitoba will focus on Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis, with expert panelists attempting to find common ground on Canada’s humanitarian...
Student housing unit proposed near U of M campus
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A 14-storey apartment complex planned for a property adjacent to the University of Manitoba campus is expected to add more than 200 units to the student rental market.
Developer Rise Real Estate is leading the...
U of M prof slams corporal punishment in damning op-ed
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University of Manitoba professor and activist Tracie Afifi is calling on the Canadian government to enact recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and close legal loopholes allowing the use of force when...
U of M parking fines set to increase this spring
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The University of Manitoba will be increasing its parking ticket rates beginning on May 1 in response to what parking services describes as a rash of violations over the last five years.
The proposal for...
Université de Saint-Boniface faculty and students push for campus child care...
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Students of the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) – the only publicly funded post-secondary institution in Manitoba without on-campus day care – are hopeful the university’s administration will commit to establishing on-site care in the...
Chemicals released in near-death situations may lower our chances of surviving
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Recent studies have shed some new light on why almost dying feels like it does, but it’s not what you might think.
The study on the link between near-death experiences and cardiac arrest explains that...
Robosperm
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A major cause of male infertility is the production of sperm that are unable to complete the long, arduous journey to the egg. They’re not strong swimmers.
Enter the spermbot,an invention of German scientists from...
