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Update on Decanal Search – Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
by Dean Environment 19 Mar '26

19 Mar '26

The attached communication and poster regarding an update on the search for the next Dean, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources is being sent on behalf of Dr. Diane Hiebert-Murphy, Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and Chair, Presidential Advisory Committee. Please circulate widely as appropriate. Thank you. Sincerely, Norm Norman M. Delos Reyes Executive Coordinator Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) University of Manitoba 210 Administration Building 66 Chancellors Circle Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-8888 Email: Norman.DelosReyes(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Norman.DelosReyes@umanitoba.ca> [cid:image001.jpg@01DCB7B7.E3C41950]

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Service Disruption -Noisy Work from Piling for Prairie Accelerator Biologics Building- March 16th to 29th, 2026, 2026
by Kelly Pokorny Smilinski 12 Mar '26

12 Mar '26

Good Afternoon, Please see below notice on behalf of Kim Dandewich. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Service Disruption – Parker Building/MIM Location: West side of Parker building, between Parker and MIM (A Lot) – see attached Timeframe: Monday March 16 - March 29th, 2026, 8am – 4pm daily Category: Noisy Work Overview: Please be advised that piling will begin on the new Prairie Accelerator Biologics Building. Work will start between Parker and MIM, in A Lot, on March 16 and will continue until March 29th, 2026. During piling, noise will be audible in surrounding buildings and vibrations may be felt. Air quality in nearby buildings will be monitored throughout. We appreciate your patience during this necessary part of construction. Questions/concerns, please contact Kim Dandewich, kim.dandewich(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:kim.dandewich@umanitoba.ca>, 431-323-5171. Physical Plant Work Order Desk 204.474.6281

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Earth Sciences Seminar Series (ES3) - Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Room: 223 Wallace Building @ 1:00 P.M.
by Nick Lupky 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

The following message is being shared on behalf of Semira Alekic and the Department of Earth Sciences. From: Semira Alekic <Semira.Alekic(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: March 4, 2026 12:07 PM Subject: Earth Sciences Seminar Series (ES3) - Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Room: 223 Wallace Building @ 1:00 P.M. The Department of Earth Sciences welcomes you to their Seminar Series featuring: Dr. Aline Bieri and Ms. Nina Schnatz Zurich University of Applied Science How Generative AI can Support Scientific Writing March 12, 2026 223 Wallace Building 1:00 PM Dr. Aline Bieri and Ms. Nina Isabelle Schnatz of the Zurich University of Applied Science are researchers that focus on AI for scientific writing. They will be presenting a seminar on how generative AI can support academic writing across different phases of the writing process while fostering responsible and reflective use. They will address practical strategies, common pitfalls, and ways of integrating AI in a manner that strengthens, rather than replaces, disciplinary thinking. Dr. Bieri and Ms. Schnatz will be at The University of Manitoba from March 9-13 and are available for one-on-one meetings during this time as well. Please contact Lisa.Friedrich(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Lisa.Friedrich@umanitoba.ca> for more information .

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Earth Sciences Seminar Series (ES3) - Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Room: 223 Wallace Building @ 1:00 P.M.
by Nick Lupky 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

The following email is being shared on behalf of Semira Alekic and the Department of Earth Sciences. From: Semira Alekic <Semira.Alekic(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: March 5, 2026 10:33 AM Subject: Earth Sciences Seminar Series (ES3) - Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - Room: 223 Wallace Building @ 1:00 P.M. The Department of Earth Sciences welcomes you to their Seminar Series featuring: Dr. Joseph Moysiuk Curator of Palaeontology and Geology Manitoba Museum Looking Forward in Deep Time: Palaeontology at the Manitoba Museum March 10, 2026 223 Wallace Building 1:00 PM Researchers at the Manitoba Museum have made some ground-breaking fossil discoveries, from giant marine reptiles to the world's biggest trilobite. With over 3 billion years worth of rock to study, we still have much left to learn about the ancient life that inhabited our province. Find out where the Manitoba Museum is heading next with Curator of Palaeontology and Geology, Dr. Joe Moysiuk. Joe will provide a brief overview of palaeontology in Manitoba, followed by discussing some specific initiatives at the museum. Highlights include new Pleistocene and Cambrian exhibits as well as field research projects focusing on exceptional fossil preservation at several Ordovician sites in northern Manitoba. Joe will also provide a glimpse of what's coming soon to the galleries and finish with an opportunity to share feedback on existing Earth History displays and potential future directions.

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Staffing Announcement - Congratulations Dr. Jonathan Toma
by Dean Environment 05 Mar '26

05 Mar '26

Sent on behalf of Acting Dean, Mark Hanson ________________________________ Good morning, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Toma, the successful candidate for the Geochronology position in the Department of Earth Sciences. Dr. Toma will begin his appointment on January 1, 2027. We look forward to welcoming him to the Department of Earth Sciences within the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth & Resources and to the valuable contributions he will bring to our academic community. Please join me in extending our congratulations to Dr. Toma. Mark

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Canada Impact+ Research Chair (CI+RC) in Climate-related Disasters and Community Resilience - Presentations Today!
by Dean Environment 02 Mar '26

02 Mar '26

You are invited to attend a virtual presentation by the following candidates for the position of Canada Impact+ Research Chair (CI+RC) in Climate-related Disasters and Community Resilience, position #'s 37358/37361. The first 30 minutes will be the presentation where the candidate will highlight their most significant research contributions, followed by 30 minutes for Q/A. Monday, March 2, 2026 Research Title: Governing uncertainty: Building resilience in complex adaptive systems Candidate: Dr. Dewald van Niekerk, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus (see poster for biography) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Location: Zoom Topic: Research Seminar - DR. van Niekerk Time: Mar 2, 2026 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/63951625280?pwd=8o00TnNIvgrnRXobOOI59KxOCIobYk.1 Meeting ID: 639 5162 5280 Passcode: 923741 Monday, March 2, 2026 Research Title: Climate Disasters, Water Security, and Community Resilience Candidate: Dr. Farhana Sultana, University of Syracuse (see poster for biography) Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: Zoom Topic: Research Seminar - Dr. Sultana Time: Mar 2, 2026 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/69227572275?pwd=Q9cFXuZp2Svt4YN9qoohxoubMRTmkt.1 Meeting ID: 692 2757 2275 Passcode: 212224 We are requesting your feedback on the CI+RC Candidates Research Seminars. Please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by 5:00 pm Today, March 2, 2026. [University of Manitoba Company Logo] Kelly Pokorny Smilinski Executive Assistant to the Acting Dean, Dr. Mark Hanson Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth & Resources 495 Wallace Building 125 Dysart Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 PH: 431.323.4218 Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca> Upcoming Vacation: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for the addressee only and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender if you have received this email by mistake, and please delete it and the attachments (and all copies) in a secure manner.

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Save the Date! Canada Impact+ Research Chair (CI+RC) in Climate-related Disasters and Community Resilience - Upcoming Presentations
by Dean Environment 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

You are invited to attend a virtual presentation by the following candidates for the position of Canada Impact+ Research Chair (CI+RC) in Climate-related Disasters and Community Resilience, position #'s 37358/37361. The first 30 minutes will be the presentation where the candidate will highlight their most significant research contributions, followed by 30 minutes for Q/A. Candidate posters with biographies to come! Monday, March 2, 2026 Research Title: Governing uncertainty: Building resilience in complex adaptive systems Candidate: Dr. Dewald van Niekerk, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Location: Zoom Topic: Research Seminar - DR. van Niekerk Time: Mar 2, 2026 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/63951625280?pwd=8o00TnNIvgrnRXobOOI59KxOCIobYk.1 Meeting ID: 639 5162 5280 Passcode: 923741 Monday, March 2, 2026 Research Title: Climate Disasters, Water Security, and Community Resilience Candidate: Dr. Farhana Sultana, University of Syracuse Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: Zoom Topic: Research Seminar - Dr. Sultana Time: Mar 2, 2026 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/69227572275?pwd=Q9cFXuZp2Svt4YN9qoohxoubMRTmkt.1 Meeting ID: 692 2757 2275 Passcode: 212224 We are requesting your feedback on the CI+RC Candidates Research Seminars. Please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by 5:00 pm Monday, March 2, 2026. [University of Manitoba Company Logo] Kelly Pokorny Smilinski Executive Assistant to the Acting Dean, Dr. Mark Hanson Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth & Resources 495 Wallace Building 125 Dysart Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 PH: 431.323.4218 Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca> Upcoming Vacation: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for the addressee only and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender if you have received this email by mistake, and please delete it and the attachments (and all copies) in a secure manner.

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Request for Feedback on CI+RC Candidates
by Dean Environment 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Good afternoon everyone, The revised deadline for all feedback for all 3 candidates is 5:00 PM today. Thanks, Kelly ________________________________ Good morning everyone, We are requesting your feedback on the CI+RC Candidates Research Seminars. If you logged in for the Environment & Geography candidates, Igor Polyakov (Thursday, February 26 from 4 pm to 5 pm), or Farhana Sultana (Friday, February 27th 10 am to 11 am), please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by Noon Today. If you join in for the Earth Sciences candidate, Peter Reiners (today, noon to 1 pm), please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by 4 pm today. Thank you, [University of Manitoba Company Logo] Kelly Pokorny Smilinski Executive Assistant to the Acting Dean, Dr. Mark Hanson Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth & Resources 495 Wallace Building 125 Dysart Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 PH: 431.323.4218 Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca> Upcoming Vacation: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for the addressee only and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender if you have received this email by mistake, and please delete it and the attachments (and all copies) in a secure manner.

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Earth Sciences Seminar Series (ES3) - Tuesday, March 3, 2026 - Room: 223 Wallace Building @ 1:00 P.M.
by Nick Lupky 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

The following message is being shared on behalf of Semira Alekic and the Department of Earth Sciences. The Department of Earth Sciences welcomes you to their Seminar Series featuring: Dr. Fatema Panahi Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba The three-million-year pulse: pace and processes of Late Jurassic magmatism in the Sierra Nevada arc March 3, 2026 223 Wallace Building 1:00 PM Continental arcs commonly experience brief, high-flux magmatic pulses, and the Late Jurassic Sierra Nevada arc records one such event in the form of a bimodal suite of highly silicic plutonic, hypabyssal, and volcanic rocks, associated cumulate gabbros, and a regionally extensive andesitic dike swarm. This study presents new constraints on the timing, magma sources, differentiation, and genetic relationships of this bimodal igneous episode and the andesitic dike system. High-precision CA-ID-TIMS zircon geochronology, whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic data, trace-element geochemistry, and zircon δ18O data are integrated to characterize the evolution of this magmatic system. Geochronological data constrain all magmatic activity to a narrow interval (152-149 Ma), indicating that the bimodal suite and andesitic dike swarm are coeval. Geochemical and isotopic data indicate that the andesitic magma served as the parental melt, from which high-silica, crystal-poor volcanic, hypabyssal, and plutonic rocks formed as interstitial melts, whereas the mafic cumulate gabbros represent the residuum. Geochemical patterns, including mantle-like zircon δ18O values, evolved Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic signatures, and trace-element systematics, point to partial melting of the hydrated lower crust or subcontinental lithosphere to generate the parental andesitic magma, which then differentiated in shallow, deformation-influenced reservoirs to generate the bimodal suite.

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Request for Feedback on CI+RC Candidates
by Dean Environment 27 Feb '26

27 Feb '26

Good morning everyone, We are requesting your feedback on the CI+RC Candidates Research Seminars. If you logged in for the Environment & Geography candidates, Igor Polyakov (Thursday, February 26 from 4 pm to 5 pm), or Farhana Sultana (Friday, February 27th 10 am to 11 am), please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by Noon Today. If you join in for the Earth Sciences candidate, Peter Reiners (today, noon to 1 pm), please submit your feedback to Kelly Pokorny Smilinski (Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca>), by 4 pm today. Thank you, [University of Manitoba Company Logo] Kelly Pokorny Smilinski Executive Assistant to the Acting Dean, Dr. Mark Hanson Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth & Resources 495 Wallace Building 125 Dysart Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 PH: 431.323.4218 Kelly.Pokorny(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Kelly.Pokorny@umanitoba.ca> Upcoming Vacation: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for the addressee only and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender if you have received this email by mistake, and please delete it and the attachments (and all copies) in a secure manner.

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