News
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Favourite local achiever over 60
1. Fred Penner
2. Gramma Shingoose
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Sweet, sweet newsprint
It finally happened! The Uniter is back in print!
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Expanding the language of performance
For the first time ever, the annual Winnipeg-based performance series Art Holm is hosting acts in both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). The show ran in person from Nov. 19 to 21 and streams online from Nov. 21 to 28. Art Holm No. 5 features stage artists from a variety of backgrounds and practices.
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Campus briefs
Career Services Drop-in Sessions + Career Chats// Webinar Wednesdays: Tips for Success! Student Services staf// Student ID Cards// Dropping Courses// Work-Study Program// Exams// Waitlists for Winter Term// Holiday Break/Start of Winter Term// Tuition Fees for Winter Term// In-Person Service Resumes for Some Student Services// Use the myVisit App// Need a Spot for your Winter Coat? Rent a Locker!
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PROFile: Took it too far
For Lauren Chochinov, an instructor at the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) English department, choosing a career path wasn’t exactly cut and dry.
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So, what do you want to be when you grow up?
For many students, the experiences of growing up, graduating high school and possibly starting post-secondary programs are often plagued by social pressures.
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The show must go on
After a year of online learning, students and staff in the University of Winnipeg Theatre and Film Department are happy to be back together in the classroom and on stage.
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Police training for private security?
On Oct. 26, the provincial government made amendments to the Police Services Act. These changes allow approved healthcare facilities and post-secondary institutions to train security guards as Institutional Safety Officers (ISOs).
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Winnipeg to Announce 2022 budget
On Nov. 26, the City of Winnipeg will table its operating and capital budgets for 2022. Given that the COVID-19 pandemic has limited the municipality’s ability to raise revenue and that their budget is required to be “balanced” under the City of Winnipeg Charter, Winnipeg’s finances are in a precarious position.
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Cheveldayoff remains general manager
Hockey is central to many Canadians’ notion of national identity. Recent sexual-assault allegations have been the latest indicator of a dangerous side to hockey culture and have rocked the Winnipeg hockey community.
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City Briefs
Closing Sanctuaries// Mondor to succeed Trimbee and Currie// Green space to be evergreen// Emerging independent news in Canada// Weweni webinar featuring Carey Newman// City considering shifting gears on seasonal bike paths
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Arts Briefs
The Science Gallery is back!// Crime Cellar releasing debut// Théâtre Cercle Molière presents Inédit// Scenes from Love and Information// Laurie Fischer publishing a new poetry collection// Art, music and more at Graffiti Gallery opening
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Decolonizing, from Lens to Screen
The Decolonizing Lens is a Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) initiative to make Indigenous films accessible to the community and foster dialogue between viewers and filmmakers. The latest free screening held by the series on Nov. 24 was Cree-Métis director Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders.
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Happy Latin ‘Fiestas’
One of the charms of Latin culture is enjoying the festivities with a lot of chimmys, samba and salsa to the beat of strings. Local jazz group Trio Bembe is familiar with the vibrant music styles from Latin America and are excited to play some pumped-up tunes alongside the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) on Dec. 5.
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Tracing intersections
The latest exhibition at the PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts is a curation of parallels and unforeseen connections between the practices of five local artists.
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History revamped
Many Canadian cities have historical buildings modelled after European architecture. But many of those buildings have been torn down to make room for parking lots, residential multiplexes and a variety of other businesses.
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Campus briefs
Career services drop-in sessions + career chats// Thrive week// Webinar Wednesdays: Tips for success!// Student ID cards// Dropping courses// Work-study program// Exams// Waitlists for winter term// Holiday break/start of winter term// Tuition fees for winter term// In-person Service resumes for some student services// Use the myVisit app// Need a spot for your winter coat? Rent a locker!
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PROFile: The harms that they do
Before becoming an instructor for the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) criminal-justice department, Amelia Curran was a student at the university herself.
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Untangling science from colonialism
About half a million years ago, humanity’s ancestor Homo bodoenis lived in Africa, making hand axes that Mirjana Roksandic struggles to replicate now.
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Drought, trout and hot as all get-out
Danny Blair, professor of geography at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) and co-director of the Prairie Climate Centre, says climate change “may not always be a change in the averages, but it’s a change in the extremes.” Well, 2021 was a year of climatological extremes for Manitoba.