It’s that time of the year again. The snow has melted, the waters in the rivers have risen, and every day we read some news about the risk of flooding here and there. Halya Petzold […]
We have all been there, at the gym trying to accomplish something. We go there to achieve a better life quality, to lose weight, to get stronger, but the recipe is always the same: we […]
U of M Natural Resource Institute master’s candidate Bridgette Antze has birds on the brain – savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) in particular. The savannah sparrow is a ubiquitous North American migratory songbird species, with breeding […]
Automation allows humans to delegate tedious tasks to machinery. Tedium can, however, distract the human operator, causing disaster. Enter Behzad Bashiri, a PhD candidate at the University of Manitoba. The negative effect of automation in […]
United Kingdom import Mary-Anne Collis is keen on bats. “When I heard about white nose syndrome I was extremely interested and wanted to be part of helping to find out all the intricacies of it […]
Gail Cormier is not a regular graduate student: she is the coordinator of the Continuing Education Division at Université de Saint-Boniface. She is starting her PhD in education with a specialization in second-language education. The […]
Stephanie Yamniuk’s excitement about education and interest in the well being of others is evident when discussing her PhD research, her goals, and some of the challenges facing refugee education at home here in Manitoba […]
Jill Bueddefeld is a graduate student in the faculty of kinesiology and recreation management. Her research focuses on free-choice learning centres like zoos or museums. In particular, she studies the lessons people learn about environmental […]
Johanu Botha, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary master’s program in public administration, focuses on two different research areas: disaster management & emergency preparedness, and the way in which the concept of identity can or […]
As a student one could argue that working towards a PhD would lead to a busy enough schedule. Add to that training to become an Olympic athlete and then you will have more of a […]
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