Category: Brandon University

One of Brandon’s largest marches and rallies started at Brandon University on Saturday, March 5, with an estimated 400 people showing their support for Ukraine with flags, signs, and emotional speeches.
Starting at the Brandon University campus, marchers proceeded down 18th Street and Victoria Avenue to Brandon City Hall, with the crowds of people closing two lines of traffic and stretching for multiple blocks.

Brandon University (BU) is honouring some of its outstanding female students in celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday.
The Status of Women’s Review Committee (SWRC) at BU will hold a virtual awards ceremony to recognize 14 students on Tuesday.

A skilled educator with experience supporting student success is leading Brandon University’s (BU’s) growing Co-operative Education program this year.
Davion Johnson is filling the role held by Cora Dupuis while Dupuis takes study leave for the 2022 calendar year to complete her PhD in Educational Studies.

Brandon University is planning with cautious optimism for a Fall 2022 term that will look more like the traditional campus experience that has been missed throughout the pandemic. BU President David Docherty announced the plan in a campus-wide email Thursday afternoon, saying the university is looking forward to a Fall Term with full classes, full residences, and a full on-campus experience for our students.

A new research study at Brandon University will explore Indigenous approaches to autism in education. Dr. Patty Douglas, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, is the academic lead on the project, working in partnership with Leah LaPlante, Vice President of the Manitoba Métis Federation Southwest, and with Gail Cullen, Executive Director of the Brandon Friendship Centre.

Last night and this morning, many of you will have seen the news of the serious conflict in Ukraine. We know that many members of the BU community are connected to that area, and you may have family or friends who are directly affected.

Rising 30 feet into the air, a new public art sculpture at Brandon University will become a place of gathering, ceremony, and personal quiet contemplation, urging the community to honour Truth and Reconciliation.
Created by renowned Cree/Métis sculptor Kevin McKenzie, a faculty member in BU’s IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art, the sculpture is a work in plate steel, set vertically and intersecting, with a jagged cut taken out of one piece that has then been laced back together.