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B. George Bain (academic) Fletcher Baragar; Clarence Barber; David G. Barber; David Barnard; Lynn Batten; Stefi Baum; Robert Beamish; Charlene Bearhead; Herbert Belyea
Photo of the university taken by William James Topley, c. 1877–1930. The University of Manitoba, founded by Alexander Morris, was established under the University of Manitoba Act as a "Provincial University" on 28 February 1877, becoming the first institution of higher education to be established in western Canada.
The University of Manitoba Act of 1877 provided for a modest annual provincial grant of $250. [38] The Roblin Commission of 1993 and subsequent declining allocations of the public purse have made it clear that post-secondary institutions will have to find their own private sources of funding to make up shortfalls in general operating budgets. [39]
In 2000, the University's Faculty of Management was re-named to the Asper School of Business in his honour. [1] Robert Astley: actuary BSc: Ken Attafuah: criminologist BA (1982) Nahlah Ayed: reporter BSc; MSc: George Ayittey: economist and president of the Free Africa Foundation: PhD: Tim Ball: public speaker and professor MA: G. Michael Bancroft
The Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program at the University of Manitoba, was founded in 2009 in her honour with a mandate to "[i]ncrease the number of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students graduating from science and engineering programs in Canada." This Program has since been expanded to other universities across Canada.
In 1962, St. Andrew's College became an associated college of the University of Manitoba. In 1964, the college moved to the university campus. As courses in the Arts Faculty grew, the college became an affiliated college to the university in 1981 and established the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies.
The Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) is a French-language public university located in the Saint Boniface neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.An affiliated institution of the University of Manitoba, the university offers general and specialized university degree programs as well as technical and professional training.
Heidi Marx is a Professor of Religion at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. [1] Since July 2016, Marx has served as an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts. She is currently the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, but has also filled two other portfolios.