Research & Technology

For many readers today, braille is synonymous with blind literacy. But for Vanessa Warne, the story of how blind people learned to read provided a deeper look at the cultural history of disability itself. Warne,...

Julienne Stroeve has spent much of her career studying one of the planet’s most rapidly changing regions — the Arctic. As a Canada 150 Research Excellence Chairholder at the U of M, she leads...

Richard Devlin, professor emeritus at the Dalhousie University Schulich school of law, brought his expertise to the Robson Hall Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series on Oct. 25, challenging faculty and staff to rethink the foundations...

Erin Weinberg, an instructor II in the U of M department of English, theatre, film and media, spends her days exploring how stories from different eras reveal enduring questions about language, power and identity....

For many older adults, long-term care homes are where they will spend their final days. In Manitoba, these are also known as personal care homes. While medical care at the end of life is...

“Don’t fall asleep...” This is a line that kept me up at night, made me afraid to sleep when I was younger, and a line from Nancy Thompson, the protagonist of Wes Craven’s 1984 film...

A new edited collection titled The Other Side of the Bar: Conflict Transformation in Legal Practice brings fresh insights into how lawyers and mediators can navigate complex and multidimensional conflicts. Co-edited by Richard Jochelson, dean...