Category: Brandon University

BRANDON – Researchers at Brandon University (BU) have launched a new project to study the stress experienced by men in the Westman region.
The two-year case study, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, seeks to address growing mental health concerns in the Prairie provinces.

A Brandon University faculty member will soon head to Estonia for his first meetings in his new role as chair of the Expert Group: Peatland Restoration, part of the International Peatland Society.
Dr. Pete Whittington, an Associate Professor of Geography and peatlands researcher at BU, was named to the position earlier this month.

Writer, educator and activist Dr. Niigaan Sinclair will visit Brandon University (BU) for a free public talk on Monday, Feb. 4.
Dr. Sinclair’s presentation, Forgetting to Dream: Reconciliation in Reverse, will begin at 6 p.m. at the Lorne Watson Recital Hall, in the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building.

If you run or own a business then you know you’re faced with plenty of challenges to handle every day. From increasing sales, to hiring and expanding, to marketing or investing in new equipment, answering these questions is critical to driving success.
Now, Brandon University (BU) business students are ready to take their lessons out of the textbook and put them into practice on your behalf.

The work of a Brandon University (BU) researcher has been highlighted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Dr. Rachel Herron
Dr. Rachel Herron, the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Remote Mental Health at BU, is the Manitoba lead for Sharing Dance, a joint project with researchers at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont., Canada’s National Ballet School and Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto.