Two accomplished Brandon University alumni will be honoured for their contributions to their communities and profession during BU Homecoming 2026.
David Halstead (BSc ’60, BEd) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for Community Service, while Jim McManes (BA ’75) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for Career Achievement.
Heavy rain brought an early end to the Bobcat BIRT Cup charity golf tournament, but it didn’t stop the outpouring of support for Westman community initiatives.
Over several weeks, Dr. Susan Chang Su of Brandon University engaged with faculty, students, and researchers across multiple University of Guadalajara campuses through an international exchange program.
Cora Dupuis, the Director of Brandon University’s growing Co-operative Education Program, was acclaimed as the provincial NDP candidate in Brandon West at a meeting held Thursday evening in BU’s Harvest Hall.
The 20th Anniversary Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival proudly presents “Beyond Boundaries: From Bach to Radiohead,” an extraordinary evening of music that crosses centuries, styles, and musical traditions.
A flagship program originated at Brandon University continues to push forward, with two new options for training emergency management professionals.
Brandon University researcher Dr. Dominique Hétu is a co-investigator on a nationally funded research initiative examining how Francophone literature represents care, vulnerability, and human dignity, and how these narratives create space for historically marginalized voices.
Dr. Hétu, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Francophone Studies and Languages, is part of the research team for Donner voix aux caregivers : sollicitude, soin et subalternité dans les littératures francophones de 1945 à aujourd’hui (Giving Voice to Caregivers: Care, Solicitude, and Subalternity in Francophone Literatures from 1945 to the Present).
Brandon University is pleased to announce that two BU researchers, Dr. Jennifer Mateer and Dr. Emma Varley, have received Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The grants, totalling more than $174,000, will support new research beginning June 1, 2026.
SSHRC Insight Grant supports four-year research project on the social foundations of knowledge
Brandon University is pleased to announce that Dr. Cameron Boult, Associate Professor of Philosophy, has been awarded a $72,702 Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to investigate a deceptively simple but urgently important question: do truth, facts, and critical thinking matter? And if so, why?
The four-year project, titled Relation-Based Epistemology, argues that the answer lies not in the individual mind, but in our relationships with one another.
Two Brandon University students have earned national recognition after finishing in the top ranks of Canada’s premier European Union policy competition.