Controversy over Canadian Human Rights Museum continues
A recent controversy regarding the Canadian Human Rights Museum (CHRM) ensued over whether or not to label the residential school system, an aspect of European colonization,…
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A day in the life: PCR redux
Welcome back! This issue, we’ll be finishing up the PCR experiment. Last time, we left off with our extracted mouse DNA samples sitting in the…
Keep On Keepin’ On
Graffiti Art Programming Inc.—also known as the Graffiti Gallery and GAP—is a not-for-profit community youth art centre that has been providing a space for young…
Approaching prenatal education
Lennon’s interest in nursing first came about after completing an arts undergrad from the University of Winnipeg.
A day in the life: PCR
Dearest readers, welcome back to another instalment of scientific exploration! Last time, we left off finishing our experiments involving cell culture and drug response. Today,…
Look, listen, learn
Josée Boulanger, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary master’s program in disability studies, says “I went to university to become a social activist.”
A better burger
Just in time for grillin’ season, a University of Manitoba master’s student is preparing to defend her research into a functional food that may improve Canada’s favourite barbequed meat: the hamburger.
Food sovereignty in Western Canada
Tabitha Martens is passionate about food, but “food” is a term that means much more to Martens than a simple Webster’s definition might suggest.
Philosophy of science: A very short history
If you’re going to talk about the philosophy of science, it’s important to have some historical background. To help trace a little bit of science’s…
Point / Counterpoint – The motion: science will one day render philosphy obsolete (Pro)
Pro: If science has not rendered philosophy obsolete as a means for understanding the world, it will. Science as a discipline provides concrete knowledge by…