As Canada’s first Parliamentary Poet Laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and author of more than 100 books, George Bowering was the special guest at the Archives & Poetry Symposium in late October. […]
The recently opened National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba houses some of the most important documents in Canadian history. The NCTR is a result of the Indian Residential Schools […]
A large bentwood box shaped from a single piece of red cedar was created by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston as a lasting tribute to the students of Canada’s former residential schools. This box, representing […]
Ovide Mercredi is the University of Manitoba’s Distinguished Alumni for 2013 and was honoured at the University’s Homecoming Dinner this fall. Mercredi is recognized both in Canada and internationally as a leading advocate for Indigenous […]
Josée Boulanger, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary master’s program in disability studies, says “I went to university to become a social activist.” Boulanger began her studies at the University of Ottawa with an honours […]
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