Mindful migrations
Birds — you know them. You might have even seen a few. But have you ever taken a closer look? One campus group has been…
Indigenous
Taking a cross-cultural approach to aging
As life expectancy continues to rise in Canada, older adults make up the country’s fastest growing age group. A 2022 Statistics Canada study found that…
A “New Hope” for language revitalization
A short time from now in a galaxy very close to home, a new version of Star Wars will debut at the Centennial Concert Hall….
Wilfred Buck: from stargazer to screen star
The “star guy” has become a movie star. Hailing from Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), Wilfred Buck — a U of M graduate — works for…
Surrender to the story of Rise, Red River
When Calgary-based playwright Tara Beagan was first approached by artistic director of Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE), Thomas Morgan Jones, to write a play about climate…
Exploring Ongomiizwin
Ongomiizwin is an Anishinaabe word that means “clearing a path for generations to come.” It is also the name of the U of M’s Indigenous…
Indigenous student internship applications open this month
Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba can apply to the Indigenous summer student internship program on March 8. René Ouellette, who is Inuit, is…
My identity is more than two halves
I came out as bisexual when I was around 13. I understood myself as half-gay. A year before I came out, I became a citizen…
Starlight tours show anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian policing
There are too many examples of the police mistreating the Indigenous people of Canada. There’s no way I can walk through them all in an…
Colonization is far from over
Colonization never ended in Canada. Depending on who you are, that’s either a controversial statement or an incredibly obvious one. When I say this, I…