Congratulations 

Dr. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine [LLB/00, PhD/18] 

On being recognized as the 2026 recipient of the UM Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Innovation. 

Dr. Fontaine is a professor and current department head of the Department of Indigenous Studies in the Faculty of Arts.

The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration of Excellence, presented by TD Insurance, will take place on the evening of Thursday, September 24 as part of Homecoming 2026.  

To purchase sponsorship, a table or individual tickets, contact Tracy Bowman at alumni@umanitoba.ca. 

Mad Forest

By Caryl Churchill. Directed by Jacqueline Loewen.

April 1-4, 2026
Wednesday to Saturday - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday - 2:00 p.m.
John J. Conklin Theatre, Gail Asper Performing Arts Hall, 3rd floor Taché Arts Complex

Purchase a $10 + fees ticket

After the fall of Ceaușescu in Romania, Caryl Churchill went with a group of students to research and write a collective play based on the experiences of those who lived through it. Mad Forest is the result of those collaborations. The play is named after the large and impenetrable forest which stood where Bucharest does now. Churchill and her students set out to find paths through that “forest” and to share that experience and exploration with the audience. 

Mad Forest is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

2025 Faculty of Arts Celebration of Undergraduate Research

On July 30, 2025 the Faculty of Arts hosted the 2025 Celebration of Undergraduate Research luncheon to celebrate 2025 undergraduate student research award (URA) and psychology undergraduate research experience award (PURE) competition winners and their research advisors. We highlighted the amazing research that occurred over the summer and ended the summer research work term with a celebration.

A special thank you to our keynote guest speaker Scott Saindon (BA Advanced student), a 2nd place winner in the 2024 UM Undergraduate Research Showcase for his poster on ‘Métis’: a decade in review.

Check out the video highlights of this special event. 

• Anthropology
• Asian Studies
• Bachelor of Arts Integrated Studies
• Canadian Studies
• Catholic Studies
• Central and East European Studies

• Classics
• Economics
• English, Theatre, Film & Media
• French, Spanish and Italian
• German and Slavic Studies
• Global Political Economy
• History

• Icelandic Language and Literature
• Indigenous Studies
• Judaic Studies
• Labour Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Linguistics
• Medieval & Early Modern Studies

• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religion
• Sociology and Criminology
• Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Studies
• Women's and Gender Studies