Changing lives: Student Stories
Neuroscience student and recent scholarship winner Leeza Goldberg helps new students navigate University life
Every year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research organize the National Brain Bee, an academic competition that pits high school students against one another in a test of their neuroscientific…
moreHonours Biology student Melody Hutton helps combat climate change in Canada’s lakes through freshwater fish research
When Winnipeg is basking in hot summer sunshine, most runners tend to limit their exercise by taking shorter routes or choosing to jog in the early hours of the morning…
moreHonours student Mackenzie Zacharias wins Dr. and Mrs. Roderick Hunter Scholarship for her volunteer efforts on and off campus
On Friday evenings after finishing her studies, fifth-year University of Winnipeg student MacKenzie Zacharias heads from her East Kildonan home to the Women’s Correctional Centre just outside of Winnipeg. Working…
moreFourth-year UWinnipeg Physics student Thomas Hepworth takes his talent to Europe
Buried deep beneath the surface in the town of Meyrin sits the Large Hadron Collider. Contained within a 27-kilometer-long tunnel that crisscrosses between France and Switzerland, this marvel of engineering…
moreMeet a Future Leader: Mason Cameron
Fourth-year Education student Mason Cameron is the latest recipient of the Dr. Annette Trimbee Indigenous Excellent Scholarship. Created in 2021 to help support First Nations, Metis, and Inuit undergraduate students,…
moreBMO Opportunity Fund Bursary at Work Supporting Students
Each year, the BMO Opportunity Fund Bursary supports undergraduate students enrolled across the University of Winnipeg. This bursary, combined with other awards, help countless students achieve their post-secondary goals during…
moreNeuroscience Student Grace Harding Wins Dr. and Mrs. Roderick Hunter Scholarship
Third-year neuroscience student Grace Harding is often awake far earlier than her university peers. A passionate rower during the warmer months, she wakes up at 5am ready to head out…
moreBiology student Gracie Grift wins the Sir William Stephenson Scholarship
A friendly face you can often find studying in the Aboriginal Student Services Centre on the second floor of Lockhart Hall, Gracie Grift has spent her undergraduate career working to…
moreTaylor Cangemi becomes second winner of the Susan A. Thompson Scholarship for Women in Leadership
Taylor Cangemi is not a hard player to spot on the volleyball court. Wearing her distinctive red libero jersey, she plays a key role in leading the squad defensively on…
moreUWinnipeg Celebrates Inaugural Recipient of Susan A. Thompson Scholarship for Women in Leadership
For the last two months, UWinnipeg student Meagan Dutka has been living, working and studying abroad in Zambia. A fourth-year student majoring in both Human Rights Studies and Conflict Resolution,…
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