Each year, Winnipeg broadcaster and DJ Ace Burpee publishes his list of the 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans — a wide-ranging celebration of people whose ideas, creativity, leadership, and curiosity have captured attention across the province.
In the most recent list, three individuals with strong Brandon University connections were recognized, highlighting the diverse and meaningful ways BU students, faculty, and alumni are contributing to their communities and beyond.
Brandon University (BU) saluted more than 50 employees on Thursday, holding a ceremony in Harvest Hall to recognize their long-term commitment.
The Long Service Employee Recognition Event is held each year in honour of faculty and staff members who have reached five-year milestones of 10 years or more at BU. This year, 54 employees, with a remarkable 910 years of cumulative service, were recognized.
Some of BU’s senior administration have a special message for those tackling final exams and term-end assignments:
Brandon University has received $557,284.00 from the Government of Canada’s Research Support Fund to support the research environment for faculty and graduate students.
Local film and TV producer Miles Crossman took his Brandon University Bachelor of Arts degree and turned it into a feature film, two short films, and 200 episodes of broadcast television over the past decade or so.
Brandon University (BU) Theatre presents a unique, contemporary take on Bertolt Brecht’s powerful anti-war play, Mother Courage and Her Children, next week at the Evans Theatre.
Brandon University is celebrating the publication a major new scholarly volume co-edited by Dr. Eftihia Mihelakis, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies.
With bail reform dominating headlines and political debates across the country, you’ll be the judge as Brandon University hosts a public panel discussion later this month to unpack the facts, myths and implications behind Canada’s evolving bail system.
Under the heading “The Ins and Outs of Bail Reform,” the panel will take a “Fact v. Fiction” approach to examine how the case of bail reform is faring in the court of public opinion.
Brandon University is proud to announce its formal adoption of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), reinforcing its commitment to fair, transparent, and inclusive approaches to evaluating scholarly work.
Brandon University Dean of Arts and Professor of History Dr. Gregory Kennedy has received one of Canada’s most prestigious honours in French-language historical scholarship. His book Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024) has been awarded le Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, given annually to the best scholarly book on the history of the French in North America.