Research & Technology
The ‘wicked problem’ of AI in assessment
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A new 2025 study reveals artificial intelligence (AI) use in assessments as a “wicked problem,” or a problem “that neat solutions,” forcing educators to redesign assessment styles.
Headed by Thomas Corbin, a research fellow...
Scaling mental health care across Manitoba
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For Shay-Lee Bolton, mental health research is not just about generating data or testing theories. It is about building systems that work for people in their everyday lives.
Bolton is an associate professor in the...
Listening to the land’s stories
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Warren Cariou, a professor in the department of english, theatre, film & media, has spent his career thinking about stories. Cariou focuses on where the stories come from, who carries them and how they...
From the picket line to the negotiating table
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When images of feminist activism flash across our screens, they often follow a familiar script — protesters with placards in the streets, marching for legislative change. For Julia Smith, a U of M labour...
ChatGPT’s culpability in inducing AI psychosis
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-induced psychosis is an emerging problem, with numerous reports of AI-induced psychotic episodes surfacing on the internet. Although no epidemiological studies of the effects of conversational generative AI on mental health have...
The feelings films leave behind
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For Brenda Austin-Smith, a professor in the department of English, theatre, film & media at the U of M, the power of cinema has always been inseparable from the power of feeling. Her research...
Social media use linked to cognitive decline in youth
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Newly published findings from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, one of the largest studies on youth development, links increased social media use during adolescence to lower cognitive performance. Dr. Jason Nagata...







