Winnipeg Free Press
They can’t go to nearby personal care homes to perform Christmas concerts amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but students at Canadian Mennonite University still want to connect with residents.
They can’t go to nearby personal care homes to perform Christmas concerts amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, but students at Canadian Mennonite University still want to connect with residents. We want to do something to put a smile on their faces in these hard times, Carley Matkowski said of the CMU plan to send Christmas cards to residents of nearby Lindenwood Manor and Rosewood Retirement Community.
Together with others at the Winnipeg-based university, the fourth-year student is organizing a Christmas card writing project through the student-run Witness Through Service committee.
Post-secondary institutes to receive funding boost during crisis
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The University of Manitoba is receiving about $14.5 million from the provincial government to help the university adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manitoba universities and colleges will receive a share of $25.6 million from the provincial government to help them adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manitoba universities and colleges will receive a share of $25.6 million from the provincial government to help them adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The province has approved 37 programming changes at the institutions focusing on several areas including health, technology and business.
The University of Manitoba is receiving about $14.5 million from the fund to help it respond to the challenges and opportunities that have come from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the others, Brandon University is receiving $1.14 million, the University of Winnipeg $2.8 million, Red River Col