Research & Technology
Pandemic lifts restrictions on biodiversity research
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous global impact, humans aren’t the only ones who found their daily lives disrupted. Two University of Manitoba researchers from the faculty of environment, earth and resources’s...
Manitoba Rural Northern Juried Art Show goes online
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manitoba Rural Northern Juried Art Show (MRNJAS) has pivoted to an online format. The show, run by the Manitoba Arts Network (MAN), displays the work of...
Video games are the future of telerehabilitation
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The rehabilitation and physical therapy process is difficult for long-term patients. Appointments can number in the hundreds and the cost of care is often steep — not to mention the mental aspect of struggling...
Life in poverty report calls for higher minimum wage
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The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a report Aug. 27 co-authored by Jesse Hajer, an assistant professor in economics and the labour studies program at the U of M. The report, titled...
U of M professor to study long-term effects of vaping
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The University of Manitoba has the potential to become one of Canada’s leading universities studying the health effects of vaping.
Along with two other U of M research projects, assistant professor Chris Pascoe was awarded...
Sociology professor champions childcare
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The University of Manitoba faculty of arts named Susan Prentice, a professor in the department of sociology and criminology, the new Duff Roblin professor of government on Sept. 1.
The position, an endowed chair named...
Class scheduling application created during pandemic
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Unsatisfied with the experience of planning his class schedule through Aurora, fifth-year computer engineering student Laith Alsheikh decided to take matters into his own hands.
Alsheikh put together a team with computer science student Khaled...







