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Women have been contributing to the sciences for a great number of years. Here is a brief list of only a small fraction of the well-known female minds who have bettered our world: Elizabeth Blackwell:...

Digvir Jayas, the University of Manitoba's vice president (research and international) has recently been appointed to the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). "I was thrilled to receive a call about my...

Indians Wear Red: Colonialism, Resistance and Aboriginal Street Gangs—a Fernwood Publishing book released last August—challenges the reader to look at the problem of Aboriginal street gangs in Winnipeg from a different perspective. Two of the...

Food Matters Manitoba (FMM) hosted its seventh annual Growing Local Conference in downtown Winnipeg last weekend. The three-day event saw participation from dozens of organizations involved with food issues –  including local food shares and...

On Feb. 28, Alejandro Baer gave a presentation titled “Globalised Holocaust” at the University of Manitoba. The presentation examined how a cultural memory can be appropriated into a global phenomenon, and how our use and...

Peter Nygård pursues immortality through stem cell research Winnipeg-raised fashion magnate Peter Nygård has claimed that he is growing younger through the use of stem cell injections – an area of research he claims is...

University of Manitoba student Sinan Leylek has been named a provincial champion of Enactus Canada’s Student Entrepreneur National Competition, which is currently in its 18th year. Leylek is the owner and founder of Party...