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Indigenous education at the U of M

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Divyata Gosai
Frank Deer is a professor of Indigenous education at the U of M’s faculty of education. “I am a schoolteacher by trade,” he said. “I taught elementary school in the far north of Manitoba as...
Teegan Gillich
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The lifelong burdens of child maltreatment

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Rhea Bhalla
Child maltreatment is a widespread issue with severe and lasting consequences. According to the World Health Organization, six in 10 children under the age of five regularly suffer physical and psychological violence from parents...
Teegan Gillich
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How nanoparticles impact health and the environment

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Divyata Gosai
Nanoparticles are incredibly small particles that range in size from 1 to 100 nanometres. Ten thousand of them can fit across the span of one human hair. Because of their small size, nanoparticles may...
Teegan Gillich
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The price of reproductive healthcare for immigrants

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Rhea Bhalla
Certain immigrant populations in Manitoba are facing growing challenges in accessing reproductive healthcare, as shifting policies push them into a system of fragmented private insurance coverage. Lindsay Larios, an assistant professor in the U of...
Fumnaya Ifeadi
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The intersection of Indigenous knowledge and AI

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Rhea Bhalla
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine’s ability to perform tasks associated with the intelligence characteristic of humans, such as reasoning, finding meaning, generalizing and learning from past experience. Today, AI completes diverse tasks from...
Teegan Gillich
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Indigenous youth research fosters health and heritage

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Divyata Gosai
Linda Larcombe is an associate professor of internal medicine in the U of M’s Max Rady college of medicine and a trained anthropologist specializing in Indigenous history, health and collaborative research. Her research explores how...
Fumnaya Ifeadi
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Improving welfare for farmers and farm animals

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Divyata Gosai
Recent research highlights the important connection between farmer well-being and animal health, indicating that farmers with greater stress levels are more likely to have animals with health difficulties. This emphasizes the necessity for supporting...
Fumnaya Ifeadi

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