Asper awards celebrate Indigeneity in business
Michelle Cameron and Matthew Sabourin, two Winnipeg business people, were honoured earlier this month with awards in Indigenous business. Nov. 16 marked the 17th annual…
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Losing my Métis status to navigate Canada’s health insurance
I have been a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) since I was 13 years old. Recently, however, I have made the choice to…
Law students attend national Indigenous legal conference
Law students from Robson Hall stepped out of the classroom for the 35th annual Indigenous Bar Association (IBA) conference on Rama First Nation last month….
Take a bird’s eye view
Winnipeg is home to many species of birds, some even here on the University of Manitoba campus, and with the UM Indigenous Birding Club, you…
Métis journal co-founded by UM prof launches first issue
A new academic journal co-founded by a U of M professor and dedicated to showcasing Métis thought launched its first issue at the end of…
It’s almost Winnipeg’s 150, but we really shouldn’t be celebrating
Winnipeg will mark its 150-year anniversary on Nov. 8, 2023. In the lead-up to civic celebrations, it is important to look at what Winnipeg’s incorporation…
UM hosts speaker series on clean water and sanitation
In 2018, the University of Manitoba was named the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) Hub for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 — clean water and…
Bridging knowledge for climate resilience
The concept of Two-Eyed Seeing was first applied to research practices by Mi’kmaw Elder of the Eskasoni First Nation Albert Marshall. An article co-authored by…
Government inaction in landfill search is negligence in action
In 2017, I attended Tanya Talaga’s talk at the Millennium Library where she was promoting her book, Seven Fallen Feathers. Part of Talaga’s book is…
‘We have a right to be here’: To achieve in academia, four Indigenous scholars resist more than a century of colonialism, cultural genocide
“Anishinaabe of Treaty 3, 55,000 square miles, signed in 1873.” Lorraine Seymour knows the details of her home by heart. Sitting on a rock outside…