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Join the Centre on Aging for our Spring Symposium on May 7. Affiliate, Dr. Enrique Fernandez will present "Mutable bodies: Facing change from childhood to old age in the Renaissance" For full Symposium details, visit: umanitoba.ca/centre-on-agin… UM Arts Faculty University of Manitoba

ESSAY COMPETITION FOR MB GR 11 or 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS $1000 prize for the best essay under 1000 words. Deadline May1. Topic: Is it unethical to refuse to be friends with or to date people whose views you think are morally objectionable? umanitoba.ca/arts/centre-pr… Please share.

Better get busy Sean Carleton! ✍️

Donald Trump thinks some accents are ‘beautiful,’ but what makes them so? Opinions on language are not based in objective standards of beauty, but rather on our attitudes about the people speaking them. From Nicole Rosen (Linguistics) theconversation.com/donald-trump-t… via The Conversation Canada

Does virtual reality improve empathy? Findings from one study imply that Survivors’ meaningful stories don’t require sophisticated technology to have impact. From K. Starzyk (Psychology) with I. Efimoff (Toronto Metro) via The Conversation Canada news.umanitoba.ca/?p=213454

"In last 9 months, sharp ⬆️ in acts of xenophobia... can be attributed to multiple factors, with major contributors being politics & economy." Dr. Lori Wilkinson University of Manitoba via Chidi Ekuma CBC Manitoba Wilkinson's #InformedOps @ bit.ly/2IAY24T cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

A reminder that our Emerging Scholars and Solidarity special issues share the upcoming submissions deadline of March 31st, 2025 (PT). See link in bio for the Calls for Papers and submission guidelines!

Congratulations to Dr. Olsen, a professor emeritus in the Dept of Sociology and Criminology University of Manitoba and a 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Research Chair. Learn more about Dr. Olsen at umanitoba.ca/arts/gregg-ols…

Andrea Charron on the Civil Discourse podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=xBCRCH…

The University of Manitoba is taking steps to preserve Indigenous languages, which are facing endangerment due to colonization, residential schools and forced assimilation. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, head of the Indigenous Studies Department on CTV ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/artic…

Today is the 36th Edmund G. Berry Lecture at University of Manitoba Department of Classics: Professor Luke Roman (Memorial University): 'A Florescence of Places: Humanist Inflections of Antiquity in Renaissance Italy' University of Manitoba UM Arts Faculty

Congratulations to Dr. David Camfield on his newest book! 📚 Join the book launch for Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left on Saturday, May 3, 2025 7:00 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park or online via YouTube.

Are you ready to break up with dating apps? UManitoba students comment on whether it’s worth it. Dr. Neil McArthur (Philosophy & UM Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics) explains the up's & down’s of the apps. Watch on YouTube (CBC News Manitoba). youtu.be/ZiONxTFBFbs?si…

👀Nicole Rosen, Professor of Linguistics and CRC ⬇️

Currently, 121M people worldwide need resettlement. 👀this interview with Dr. Lori Wilkinson, CRC (Sociology) by student Fareedah Ganiyu where they discuss research on immigrants & refugees in light of national & international current events.(Filmed 01/25) youtube.com/watch?v=IM3Zx2…

"Who is in the middle class for whom the new Liberal tax cuts are intended, do they get the tax cut, who else gets the cut and who is excluded?" Dissecting a middle-class tax cut from Wayne Simpson, former professor of Economics: winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analys… via Winnipeg Free Press

Can attaching the term “genocide” to Canada’s colonial past help advance reconciliation? What can we learn about global conflicts by understanding the definition of genocide? Dr. Andrew Woolford (Sociology) talks w/ student Fareedah Ganiyu. (Filmed 02/25) youtu.be/QcWPgVh8wEY?si…

The American mass exodus to Canada amid Trump 2.0 has yet to materialize. Dr. Lori Wilkinson (Sociology) explains why numbers for the 1st quarter of 2025 show no signs of any significant uptick in Americans moving to Canada. theconversation.com/the-american-m… via The Conversation Canada #UManitoba