Research & Technology
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...
U of M announces major in data science
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The faculty of science has created a new interdisciplinary bachelor of science with a major in data science degree program, set to launch at the start of the 2021-22 academic year. The program will...
U of M libraries offer access beyond online catalogue
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The U of M research community — particularly graduate students and faculty — have one less obstacle in their academic work amid the ongoing pandemic.
Starting July 15, as part of the gradual reopening of...
Scholar integrates Indigenous knowledge and science
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A lecture by assistant professor and Indigenous scholar Myrle Ballard — part of the U of M’s Science Public Online Talks (SPOT) series — explored how the lexicology of the Anishinaabemowin language is descriptive...
