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Winnipeg Beach Podcasted
Dale Barbour will be featured on Sean Kheraj’s Nature’s Past podcast.
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Jennifer Reid interviewed for Louis Riel Day
Arielle Godbout interviewed Jennifer Reid, author of Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada for the February 15 issue of The Lance.
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Favourite Foote Photos: David Carr
UMP director David Carr shares his favourite photo by L.B. Foote.
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University of Manitoba Press Seeks LOST Foote Photos!
University of Manitoba Press is looking for some of the lost Foote photos and is hoping that Winnipeggers are willing to rummage through their attics and photo albums.
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Larry Krotz: Three events in three days!
UMP author Larry Krotz has three events scheduled for the first week of December. (In fact, he has three events in three days!)
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Extra! Extra!
Shuja Safavi, a reporter for The Manitoban, profiled University of Manitoba Press in the October 26 edition of the paper: “Tucked away in a small office in St. John’s College, it is easy to miss the University of Manitoba Press….” Read more here.
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Kim Anderson on CBC's Manitoba Scene
Kim Anderson was in Winnipeg as part of the Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival. In this Q and A posted to CBC’s Manitoba Scene website Kim Anderson explains how traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities today.
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Kim Anderson On Tour!
Kim Anderson, a Cree/Métis educator based in Guelph, will be touring her new UMP title, Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine throughout September and October.
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Howard Pawley 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient!
Howard Pawley is the University of Manitoba’s 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.
The Distinguished Alumni Award is an honour presented annually to a graduate who demonstrates outstanding professional achievement and community service, and who also maintains links with the University of Manitoba.
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Manitoba Day Award for Jim Blanchard's Winnipeg's Great War
In early May, Jim Blanchard’s Winnipeg’s Great War: A City Comes of Age was one of nine recipients of the Manitoba Day Award, presented by the Association of Manitoba Archives.
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Jo-Ann Episkenew talks about Taking Back Our Spirits
Jo-Ann Episkenew, author of Taking Back Our Spirits, was recently interviewed by Cassandra J. Opikokew for the University of Regina’s YOURblog.
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Jo-Ann Episkenew on CBC's The Next Chapter
Jo-Ann Episkenew, author of Taking Back Our Spirits appeared on the June 27 edition of CBC’s The Next Chapter, entitled A Prairie Feast of Saskatchewan Writers.