MDP News
2025
September
Field placement Symposium 2025
Fri. Sep. 19, 2025 12:00 AM
On September 12th, the 14th annual MDP Field Placement Symposium took place. Dr. Patricia Fitzpatrick, Acting MDP Chair, Dr. Pavlina Radia, Provost...
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Reflections on the UVic Impact Investing School
Fri. Sep. 5, 2025 12:00 AM
Brent Wennekes, MDP student at the University of Winnipeg, recently attended the Impact Investing Summer School at the University of...
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March
Reflections from the NCIAS Graduate Student Conference
Fri. Mar. 28, 2025 12:00 PM
In February 2025, two MDP students, Jackie Dormer and Fiona Slota, attended the Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies...
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January
Master’s in Development Practice students receive national scholarships
Wed. Jan. 15, 2025 12:00 AM
The academic journeys of two first-year graduate students in The University of Winnipeg’s Master’s in Development...
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2024
September
New Faculty Member: Danika Billie Rose Littlechild
Thu. Sep. 26, 2024 12:00 AM
We are excited to welcome Danika Billie Rose Littlechild to the University of Winnipeg. Professor Littlechild has been appointed to a joint...
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July
Decolonizing Development Gathering
Thu. Jul. 4, 2024 12:00 AM
By Mo Crossman-Serb, Chelsea Bannatyne and Ijeoma Okwor, MDP students
-Why is there so much buzz around Decolonization!
-What does it mean to you,...
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2023
September
Field placement Symposium 2023
Tue. Sep. 19, 2023 12:00 AM
On September 8th, the MDP Field Placement Symposium took place. It was opened with welcoming greetings from Dr. Shauna Labman, ED Global College;...
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May
Two MDP Students Participate in PSLP 2022-2023
Tue. May. 16, 2023 12:00 AM
Bunmi Afolabi and Katherine Rempel, both in their 2nd year of the MDP program, were selected to participate in the James W. Burns Leadership...
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March
MDP students compete at the 3MT
Mon. Mar. 6, 2023 1:00 AM
Three MDP students, Amber Balan, Sage Broomfield and Stacey Woods, participated in the University of Winnipeg's 10th annual 3MT on March 3rd,...
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February
Experiential Learning Opportunity: So much more than an assignment
Fri. Feb. 24, 2023 12:00 AM
By Rhonda Fiddler Gebert, MDP Qualifying Student
As a returning student in my qualifying year for the MDP program, a professional consultant in the...
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Inuit-focused Indigenous Research Methods Course
Thu. Feb. 16, 2023 12:00 AM
In the fall of 2023, MDP core course Indigenous Research Methods was taught through an Inuit lens for the first time.
Dr. Wayne...
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2022
August
MDP student wins at Cando Youth Summit
Thu. Aug. 18, 2022 12:00 AM
From August 8th to the 11th, 50 First Nations, Métis, Inuit and non-Indigenous youth from across Canada participated in the fifth annual...
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April
MDP student attends the 2022 NCAIS Graduate Spring Workshop
Fri. Apr. 29, 2022 12:00 AM
First year MDP student, Molly Damiani, had the opportunity to attend the 2022 Center for American Indian Studies Programs (NCAIS) Graduate...
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January
Capstone Project: Sunshine House
Thu. Jan. 20, 2022 12:00 AM
The Capstone course MDP students take in their final year allows them to consider the nature of the discipline of Indigenous development and its...
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2021
October
A Virtual Indigenous Peoples' Rights & Policy Program
Tue. Oct. 12, 2021 12:00 AM
A Reflection by Andrea Dsouza, 2nd year MDP student
The International Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy (ISSP)...
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January
MDP student participates in Vatican Youth Summit
Tue. Jan. 19, 2021 12:00 AM
The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) organized the Vatican Youth...
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2020
October
MDP Students doing Research
Tue. Oct. 20, 2020 12:00 AM
In addition to their coursework, MDP students are actively sought out to work with University of Winnipeg faculty from different departments. Here...
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MDP students at the Cando Youth Summit
Fri. Oct. 16, 2020 12:00 AM
Between August 10-13, sixty First Nations, Métis, Inuit and non-Indigenous youth from across Canada participated in the virtual Cando...
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A Virtual ICSD
Fri. Oct. 2, 2020 12:00 AM
Due to the global pandemic the 8th annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) was held over a virtual platform September...
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September
Fall 2020 Online Course: 231 Calls to Justice
Thu. Sep. 17, 2020 12:00 AM
Developing community based responses to systems impacting missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA...
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April
Metis graduate student receives prestigious CIHR scholarship
Thu. Apr. 16, 2020 10:00 AM
Amongst a sea of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexandra Nychuk was the recipient of good news; an impressive $17,500...
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2019
October
MDP scholarship winners for 2019-2020
Tue. Oct. 29, 2019 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate 4 MDP students for winning these competitive and prestigious...
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September
MDP students at ICSD 2019
Mon. Sep. 30, 2019 12:00 AM
MDP students L-R: Gloria Makafui Dovoh, Racheal Kalaba, Taylor Wilson, Nontokozo Ndlovu and Henok Alemneh
The 7th International...
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April
MDP students at 3MT
Fri. Apr. 19, 2019 12:00 AM
(L-R) Courtney Bear, Erika Vas, and Taylor Wilson
On April 11, three MDP students competed against 12 other graduate students at the University of...
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March
MDP Students at Rising Up 2019
Thu. Mar. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
(L-R) MDP students Henok Alemneh, Erika Vas and Elijah Osei-Yeboah
On March 15th and 16th, four MDP students presented at the Rising Up: A...
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2018
October
MDP scholarship winners for 2018-2019
Thu. Mar. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate 6 MDP students for winning 4 different competitive and...
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MDP scholarship winners for 2018-2019
Fri. Oct. 12, 2018 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate 6 MDP students for winning 4 different competitive and...
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UW MDP students at ICSD 2018
Fri. Oct. 12, 2018 12:00 AM
(L-R: Amanda Appasamy, Cassandra Szabo, Kara Passey, Silvina Antunes, Chelsie Parayko and Erika Vas)
The 6th International Conference on...
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UW MDP students at ICSD 2018
Fri. Oct. 12, 2018 12:00 AM
(L-R: Amanda Appasamy, Cassandra Szabo, Kara Passey, Silvina Antunes, Chelsie Parayko and Erika Vas)
The 6th International...
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March
1st Indigenous 3MT
Fri. Mar. 23, 2018 12:00 AM
On March 7th, the University of Winnipeg hosted its first Indigenous Three Minute Thesis competition to allow students studying at the Masters and...
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January
Honouring Elder Dan Thomas
Fri. Jan. 26, 2018 12:00 AM
On January 10th, 2018 the MDP program hosted a Winter feast in the UWinnipeg Aboriginal Students Services Centre (ASSC) where the esteemed Elder...
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2017
December
MDP Student at Indigenous Health Symposium
Mon. Dec. 4, 2017 12:00 AM
(L-R) Ari Phanlouvong, Jaime Cidro (Acting MDP Director), Ali Fontaine (MA student in Indigenous Governance at UVic), Melissa Brown (Doula...
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November
MDP receives Cando Accreditation
Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 12:00 AM
Sarah Wood photo courtesy of Cando
In October, Sarah Wood, a 2016 Cando National Youth Panelist, had the opportunity to go to Wolastoqiyik...
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MDP @ Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference 2017
Fri. Nov. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Recent MDP graduate Jasmin Winter was invited to share her research during the Ontario Makers and Mentors Innovation Conference in Ottawa, on the...
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October
MDP scholarship winners for 2017-2018
Thu. Oct. 26, 2017 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate 6 MDP students for winning 4 different competitive and...
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UW MDP students participate at ICSD 2017
Wed. Oct. 18, 2017 12:00 AM
Sandra Wiebe, Cassandra Szabo, Ari Phanlouvong and Amanda Appasamy
The 5th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development...
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July
MDP Students travel to Northern Co-ops
Tue. Jul. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Esther Awotwe and Stephen Penner
Esther Awotwe and Stephen Penner, both second year MDP students, were senior research assistants on a Social...
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June
Vandana Shiva at UWinnipeg
Tue. Jun. 20, 2017 12:00 AM
MDP Director, Claire Reid and Vandana Shiva
Together with the Department of Religion and Culture and the CLASS Institute, the MDP co-offered a...
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April
MDP Student Wins 3MT Competition
Wed. Apr. 12, 2017 12:00 AM
Second year MDP student, Aliraza Alidina, was the 2017 Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition winner at the University of Winnipeg. He...
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February
MDP Student at International Forum
Tue. Feb. 28, 2017 12:00 AM
The sixth annual International Forum was held in Montreal from January 20 to 21, 2017. The International Forum was a unique initiative of WUSC...
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2016
November
MDP's Outstanding International Student
Tue. Nov. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
On November 17th at the Ninth Annual International Education Reception, Gabriela Jimenez, a 2nd year MDP student from Venezuela, was awarded first...
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MDP student a 2016 Cando Youth Panelist
Thu. Nov. 10, 2016 12:00 AM
Sarah Wood (far right)
Photo Credit: Archbould Photography
Sarah Wood, a member of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation...
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October
MDP Student at Int'l Summit of Cooperatives
Fri. Oct. 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Plenary talk from a group of UN ambassadors relating the SDG's and co-op movement.
Stephen Penner, a 2nd year MDP...
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MDP scholarship winners for 2016-2017
Thu. Oct. 6, 2016 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate 6 MDP students for winning 3 different competitive and...
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Together: A Workshop on Global Development
Thu. Oct. 6, 2016 12:00 AM
Savanna Hallworth (L) and Fawad Akbari (R)
Gabriela Jimenez (R) and Aliraza Alidina (C)
The workshop was...
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September
MDP Students at ICSD 2016
Thu. Sep. 29, 2016 12:00 AM
Esther Awotwe (L), Jasmin Winter (C) and Sarah Wood (R)
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) was held at...
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MDP Students at XIV World Congress of Rural Sociology 2016
Tue. Sep. 6, 2016 12:00 AM
Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt (L), a MDP graduate, and Esther (L)
By Esther Awotwe, 2nd year MDP student
The weather was too damn hot in...
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April
MDP students present 3MT
Tue. Apr. 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Stephen Penner ©UWinnipeg
Gabriela Jimenez ©UWinnipeg
On April 6th, MDP students Gabriela Jimenez and Stephen...
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MDP students attend Model Arctic Council
Fri. Apr. 1, 2016 12:00 AM
(L-R) Gabriela Jimenez, Stephen Penner and Nana Araba Asaam
The Arctic conjures up images of polar bears, white foxes, beluga whales, and also the...
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March
MDP students at Rising Up Conference
Fri. Mar. 18, 2016 12:00 AM
Photo © UWinnipeg, painting by Marcus Houston
Two MDP students, Leah McDonnell and Stephen Penner, had their papers accepted at Rising...
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February
MDP students on Thunder Radio
Fri. Feb. 5, 2016 12:00 AM
Photo courtesy of Thunder Radio
Adesuwa Ero and Vanessa Tait, two MDP students, were interviewed on Thunder Radio, the educational podcast of the...
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January
Making of the 1st Wesmen Indigenous Day
Mon. Jan. 25, 2016 12:00 AM
MDP student Stephen Penner had and proposed the idea of honouring Indigenous culture within the athletics department at the University of...
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2015
November
Two MDP students at G20 Interfaith Summit
Fri. Dec. 11, 2015 12:00 AM
First-year MDP students Jasmin Winter and Sarah Wood presented their paper entitled “Misguided Mosaics: Intersections of...
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September
UWinnipeg MDP students at ICSD 2015
Wed. Sep. 30, 2015 12:00 AM
L-R: Busola Olaniyan, Barbara Gardner, Adesuwa Ero and Claire Reid
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) was held at...
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Two MDP Students recipients of UWGSS
Mon. Sep. 14, 2015 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate Leah McDonnell and Jasmin Winter for winning the 2015 University...
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UWinnipeg MDP students participate at ICSD 2015
Mon. Sep. 14, 2015 12:00 AM
UWinnipeg MDP students participate at ICSD 2015
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) was held at Columbia University, New...
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June
MDP Student attends Executive Briefing Summary on CSR
Tue. Jun. 24, 2014 12:00 AM
MDP extends its congratulations to MDP student, Jessica Numminen for having been selected to attend the Executive Briefing Seminar on Corporate...
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April
MDP Alumni Reuben Garang wins the mayor’s Volunteer Service Award
Mon. Apr. 20, 2015 12:00 AM
To read the full story follow the link: WFP
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March
MDP student earns CN Scholarship
Fri. Mar. 13, 2015 12:00 AM
Anna Huard is from Couchiching First Nation and is in her first year of UWinnipeg’s Master’s in Development Practice Program....
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February
MDP student wins Global Development Challenge
Fri. Mar. 13, 2015 12:00 AM
Monday, Feb. 23, 2015
MDP is pleased to announce that the inaugural winner of the Global Development Challenge: Ideas that Change the World hosted...
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MDP student part of the Manitoba Next Up program
Wed. Feb. 25, 2015 12:00 AM
MDP extends its congratulations to MDP student, Naomi Gichungu, for having been selected to participate in Manitoba’s inaugural Next Up...
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MDP student wins Global Development Challenge
Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 12:00 AM
MDP is pleased to announce that the inaugural winner of the Global Development Challenge: Ideas that Change the World hosted by WUSC and CECI...
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Emerging Professionals Speed Networking event
Thu. Feb. 5, 2015 12:00 PM
On February 5th, the MDP program and the CN Indigenous Resource Centre hosted its first Emerging Professionals Speed Networking event. The event...
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MDP student part of the Manitoba Next Up program
Thu. Feb. 5, 2015 12:00 PM
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015
MDP extends its congratulations to MDP student, Naomi Gichungu, for having been selected to participate in...
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2014
November
MDP at the 1st International Conference on Women's Education
Thu. Nov. 13, 2014 12:00 AM
UWinnipeg’s Master’s in Development Practice program was well represented at the first International Conference on Women's...
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October
MDP student a 2014 Cando Youth Role Model
Tue. Oct. 28, 2014 12:00 AM
Rachel Bach (far right). Photo Credit: Sean Fenzl Photography
Rachel Bach from Akisq’nuk First Nation in the Ktunaxa Territory in...
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UWinnipeg MDP students participate at ICSDP 2014
Tue. Oct. 7, 2014 12:00 AM
The 2nd annual International Conference on Sustainable Development Practice (ICSDP) was held at Columbia University on September 17-18th, 2014,...
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September
UWinnipeg MDP Graduate plans for CMHR
Thu. Sep. 18, 2014 12:00 AM
The fight for human rights echoes in Janna Barkman’s DNA. Following in her grandmother’s footsteps, Barkman belongs...
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August
MDP - Doing development differently
Thu. Aug. 28, 2014 12:00 AM
Graduate students from UWinnipeg’s unique Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) in Indigenous Development program return from...
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Marty Morantz + family gives generously to MDP Program
Thu. Aug. 14, 2014 12:00 AM
On Thursday August 14, 2014, The University of Winnipeg had the pleasure of hosting Marty Morantz on campus to meet with Claire Reid, Director of...
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Three MDP Students recipients of prestigious major awards
Fri. Aug. 1, 2014 12:00 AM
The Master’s in Development Practice Program would like to congratulate Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt and Dev Kashyap for winning...
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July
MDP student at the Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples at the Columbia University
Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 12:00 AM
Dulce and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Dulce Maria Gonzalez Ramirez2 year MDP...
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June
MDP on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network
Mon. Jun. 9, 2014 12:00 AM
On Wednesday June 11th Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN) will be doing a feature on the Master’s in Development...
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Honouring Graduating Students
Tue. Jun. 3, 2014 12:00 AM
Heidi Cook – UWinnipeg’s inaugural First Nations graduate of the prestigious Master’s in Development...
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May
Chancellor’s gift of $250K supports MDP fellowships, Indigenous inclusion
Thu. May. 29, 2014 12:00 AM
Generous gift from Chancellor Silver, Kim Silver, Western Glove Works supports MDP fellowships and indigenous inclusion initiative
The University...
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April
Research on the repatriation of birthing in Northern Manitoba
Fri. Apr. 4, 2014 12:00 AM
Dr. Jaime Cidro and baby Javien Fredette
WINNIPEG, MB – Traditionally, Canadian women, particularly Aboriginal women, gave birth in...
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February
Public Health in the 21st Century Lecture Series
Wed. Feb. 19, 2014 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB – The Master’s in Development Practice program is pleased to host a series of four public talks by Dr. Joel...
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2013
November
UWinnipeg’s MDP program has a new director
Fri. Nov. 22, 2013 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB – The University of Winnipeg is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire P. Reid as the new director of the...
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UWinnipeg gets $50,000 for MDP program from Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc.
Wed. Nov. 20, 2013 12:00 AM
President of FGP James Houston with MDP students Margaret Lewis-John, Tatenda Bwawa and Dulce Maria Gonzalez
Investment management...
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October
Inaugural MDP Cohort Graduates At 100th Convocation
Thu. Oct. 17, 2013 12:00 AM
“The multidisciplinary approach of the MDP program really has changed the way I see development. I found that on my final practicum I was...
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May
UWinnipeg Students Take Part In Official State Visit To Ghana
Fri. May. 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Three University of Winnipeg students took part in the official State Visit to the Republic of Ghana of Their Excellencies, the Right Honourable...
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2012
August
Global College Welcomes MDP Program With New Acting Director
Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 12:00 AM
Photo: Dr. Jerry Buckland
WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Winnipeg's Global College welcomes Dr. Jerry Buckland as Acting Director of the...
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May
Former Chief Public Health Officer Joins UWinnipeg
Thu. May. 9, 2013 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB –Effective today, former Chief Public Health Officer for Manitoba, Dr. Joel Kettner joins The University of Winnipeg as...
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March
Indigenous Property, Development & Extraction in Canada & South America
Thu. Mar. 22, 2012 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB– The University of Winnipeg’s Global College in partnership with the Department of Indigenous Studies, and...
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2011
December
Two New Appointments for MDP
Thu. Dec. 8, 2011 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB - Dr. Julie Pelletier, Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies and Director of the Master’s in Development Program...
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UWinnipeg's MDP Global Classroom Prof Speaks to the Guardian
Tue. Dec. 6, 2011 12:00 AM
UWinnipeg's Master's in Development Practice's global classroom professor Jeffrey Sachs speaks to the Guardian on the chaos in the...
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November
National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis at UWinnipeg
Mon. Nov. 21, 2011 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB - Scientist, scholar, poet, world renowned anthropologist Dr. Wade Davis, currently serving as The University of Winnipeg's...
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UWinnipeg Joins Prestigious Newberry Consortium
Tue. Nov. 1, 2011 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Manitoba and The University of Winnipeg are pleased to announce that they have been accepted as new joint members...
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October
IDRC Awards Students Funding
Wed. Oct. 19, 2011 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB - The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has awarded The University of Winnipeg a $150,000 grant in support of its...
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August
MDP Welcomes Inaugural Cohort Of Students
Fri. Aug. 26, 2011 12:00 AM
MDP student meet and greet August 25, 2011
WINNIPEG, MB - The University of Winnipeg welcomes the inaugural cohort of 18 students in the...
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June
CN Rail Commits To UWinnipeg's Vision
Thu. Jun. 23, 2011 12:00 AM
photo (L- R) Dr. Phil Fontaine, UWinnipeg Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) Advisory Circle Chair, Michael Cory, CN Senior Vice...
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January
Noted Canadian Anthropologist Wade Davis Joins UWinnipeg
Mon. Jan. 24, 2011 12:00 AM
Photograph by Mark Thiessen
WINNIPEG, MB - Passionate defender of all of life's diversity, world renowned ethnographer, writer,...
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