Saying “no” to Russian vodka
In June this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a constitutional law banning “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations,” and laying fines on those demonstrating at…
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Controversy over Canadian Human Rights Museum continues
A recent controversy regarding the Canadian Human Rights Museum (CHRM) ensued over whether or not to label the residential school system, an aspect of European colonization,…
Not your average burger
Do you know where your meat comes from? Mark Post from Maastricht University in the Netherlands is adding “the laboratory” to an ever-growing list of…
U of M professor links physical punishment of children to lasting health conditions
An association between the physical punishment of children and chronic health effects has been discovered in one of the first comprehensive studies of physical punishment…
U of M art students win monetary prizes
Erika Dueck and Hillary Smith, recent graduates of the University of Manitoba’s school of art program, won prizes from BMO Financial Group’s 2013 1st Art!…
The right to not be spied on
In a world increasingly driven by the exchange of data over the Internet, the issue of online privacy is never far from the public eye….
A day in the life: PCR redux
Welcome back! This issue, we’ll be finishing up the PCR experiment. Last time, we left off with our extracted mouse DNA samples sitting in the…
Tasting numbers
Imagine a world where you could see noises and taste words – a place where Thursday is stubborn and the number three is always found…
Approaching prenatal education
Lennon’s interest in nursing first came about after completing an arts undergrad from the University of Winnipeg.
To feed or not to feed
On Sunday, July 21, a Google search for “Mos Def force-feeding” yielded 10.6 million results. Such has been the global impact of a recent video…