University of Winnipeg

The University of Winnipeg received its charter in 1967, but our roots are deep, with more than 140 years of nurturing global citizens. Located on Treaty One land, in the Métis homeland, we are anchored in one of the most ethnically diverse communities in Canada. We proudly reflect this reality as one of the top universities in the country for Indigenous participation. Whether science students are engaged in undergraduate research, business students are exploring social enterprise, arts students are engaged in human rights and ending homelessness on our streets, or education students are tutoring incarcerated young offenders – we remain a place that grows leaders and encourages them to make an impact. Our faculty researchers and scholars are tackling relevant and contemporary issues like climate change, Indigenous health, food security, community development, poverty, and refugee settlement.

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The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) has launched a lawsuit against an AI music generation platform. Singer-songwriter Allison Russell performs in honour of Joni Mitchell at the 2025 SOCAN awards in Toronto, on Sept. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan

AI music lawsuits raise questions about American companies and Canadian arts

A recent survey of working musicians in Canada points to a growing discontent about AI in music, and points to how we could gain a music industry that allows Canadian music to flourish.
Uncertainty is inherent in science, but communicating it effectively requires more than explaining how much error is present in graphs. Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it – here’s what you can watch out for

Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.
Masked ICE agents stand guard outside the Delaney Hall detention centre during a protest against the transfer of detainees in May 2026 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

As ICE’s tech‑enabled dragnet and surveillance expand, activists are fighting back with data of their own

Grassroots activists and marginalized communities are ‘flipping the script’ on surveillance by watching, documenting and gathering information about powerful institutions such as ICE from below.
Increases in university admission averages are a function of multiple factors, most directly supply and demand. (Jennifer Kalenberg/Unsplash)

Is an A still an A? The truth behind grade inflation

Even when grades rise, we shouldn’t assume that every rise is unearned or indefensible. The full picture is messier than that.
Completing small, simple tasks in a video game, such as the newly-released ‘Pokemon Pokopia,’ gives players a dopamine rush of satisfaction and achievement. (The Pokémon Company International)

The transactional — and optimizable — connections of ‘cozy video games’

“Cozy gaming” offers emotional comfort, community and a sense of control through low-stakes, repetitive play. It also features worlds where relationships are transactional.
A photo of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk is seen on a large screen during a memorial for Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Charlie Kirk’s legacy is the beneficiary of empathy, but he couldn’t stand the term

Empathy has been painted by the U.S. political right as a vice, informed by Catholic theology. This is a misreading of the role of empathy according to Catholic doctrine.
A homeless man stays in a warm area after having dinner at a shelter in Thunder Bay, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Drug dealers are plundering people’s homes into ‘trap houses,’ driving up homelessness and violence in Thunder Bay

Fentanyl dealers expanding into new markets across Canada are devastating smaller cities like Thunder Bay, fuelling violence and worsening the homelessness crisis.
The RCMP says four people, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, are facing charges after allegedly plotting to “forcibly take possession” of land in the Québec City area. This RCMP handout image shows firearms seized by police. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Québec RCMP

Charges against Canadian Army members in anti‑government terror plot raise alarms about right‑wing extremism

Extremist ideas are slowly taking hold in Canada as adherents aim to leverage military training to spread cynicism about democratic institutions.
Once stigmatized and illegal, psychedelics are having a moment and being used for medical therapies. Big Pharma is moving quickly to capitalize on it, and years of community knowledge. (Shutterstock)

The rise of psychedelic capitalism: Work harder and be happy about it?

Psychedelics are marketed as a way for the general population to extract more work out of their already overworked lives, and to be happy about it in the process.
Plagiarism has been a major concern long before students could turn to artificial intelligence. A teacher and student view a plagiarism detection website in 2007 in Crown Point, Ind. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Andy Lavalley)

AI‑detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift

If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
Justin Flett, far right, has accused a Manitoba ER doctor of anti-Indigenous racism. Flett is shown at a news conference in Winnipeg with Assembly of First Nations Manitoba Regional Chief Willie Moore, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs acting Grand Chief Betsy Kennedy and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brittany Hobson

Living to tell the story: Lawsuit accuses ER doctor of anti‑Indigenous racism

Two years ago, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba apologized and accepted responsibility for failing to fairly treat Indigenous patients. But has it made any difference?
Sebuah instalasi adegan Kelahiran Kristus dengan figur yang melambangkan bayi Yesus terbaring di tengah puing-puing, merujuk pada Gaza, di dalam sebuah Gereja Lutheran Evangelis di kota Bethlehem, Tepi Barat, 10 Desember 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Umat Kristen Palestina menuntut gereja Barat untuk memanusiakan anak‑anak Gaza

Gereja-gereja tidak dapat bertobat atas sejarah panjang mereka tentang anti-Yudaisme dan antisemitisme dengan tetap diam terhadap etnonasionalisme Zionis dan penindasan terhadap rakyat Palestina.
An installation of a scene of the Nativity of Christ with a figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amid rubble, in reference to Gaza, inside an Evangelical Lutheran Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian Christians call on western churches to ‘humanize’ the children of Gaza

Churches cannot repent for their long-standing history of anti-Judaism and antisemitism by remaining silent on Zionist ethnonationalism and the oppression of Palestinians.
Research suggests many teachers have experienced large increases in students’ academic, social and behavioural needs since the pandemic. A classroom in Longueuil, Que., in March 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Teachers lack resources to meet classroom needs, and absences shouldn’t surprise us

A lack of supports to foster student success has yielded significant dissatisfaction for teachers and many other professionals integral to healthy schools, like educational assistants.
Migrants cross into Canada illegally from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Man., in February 2017, a month after Donald Trump’s first inauguration as president. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the Canada‑U.S. border

Focus on supposed ‘loopholes’ that allow migrants to claim asylum echoes Canada’s longstanding preoccupation with how people negotiate the border.

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