U of M and faculty narrowly avoid strike
A potential faculty strike loomed over the University of Manitoba last week, and both sides were hesitant to share negotiation details. After the University of Manitoba…
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U of M re-envisioning food systems on campus
The Campus Food Systems Project wants to change the approach to food consumption and food services on campus. The U of M was selected in…
John Greyson and Tarek Loubani: home at last
After seven weeks in an Egyptian prison, Tarek Loubani and John Greyson have returned home to Canada to find themselves once again under fire. Reporters…
UN special rapporteur highlights First Nations issues in eight-day Canadian tour
A UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples’s recent visit to Canada has thrust First Nations issues back into the national spotlight. Special…
Conservatives seek fresh start with Speech from the Throne
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Conservatives kicked off a new session of parliament with the Speech from the Throne. The speech came after an extra-long…
Left out in the cold
What does the thought of the changing seasons bring to mind? When hearing of winter, do you in your mind’s eye see visions of snowmen…
Time’s arrow: Antoine Lavoisier
In the late eighteenth century, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier discovered fire.” This is how the futurist and artificial intelligence researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky described it, and he’s…
The Once and Future World
Have you ever examined your relationship with the natural world? J. B. MacKinnon visited the U of M campus on Tuesday, Oct. 15 to promote…
The cellular post office
Earlier this month, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet announced the winners of the 2013 Nobel Prizes. The prize in Physiology or Medicine was…
Controversial stem cell therapy refused clinical trials in Italy
Italy’s minister of health has announced that the Italian government will not permit human clinical trials of a controversial stem cell therapy. The Stamina Foundation,…