The Riddell Faculty is pleased to share upcoming events, research updates, and key deadlines ahead.
Applied Science on
the Edge:
Large Carnivore Conservation in a Changing World
Join an engaging seminar with Dr. Nicholas Pilfold exploring the conservation of large carnivores in a changing world. Learn how applied science and research are helping address conservation
challenges and protect wildlife in rapidly changing environments.
October 26, 2026, 3:30 - 4:30 PM, 205 Armes
Email BSGSA@umanitoba.ca for more info
Fall Open House
Learn more about UM programs, applying for admission, and scholarships and awards at our annual fall showcase event for students and parents. The Fall Open House is a come-and-go style
event, come anytime between 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Tues. Oct 27 and stay for as long as you like. Presentations and residence tours are repeated at multiple times throughout the evening. Attend with parents or other guests - all are welcome!
October 27, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30 PM, UMSU
UM Behind the Hire: Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure
Explore careers where engineering, environment and public service come together on projects that shape Manitoba. Meet the team and learn about career paths in civil engineering, biosystems
engineering, environmental work and public service.
October 28, 2026, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, VW Social Club, 3rd Floor University Centre
EGGSA Pumpkin Carving
Join the EGGSA for a student gathering event for Halloween!! Supplies, and pumpkins are provided, as well as drinks and snacks! Open to any Environment and Geography graduate students.
Feel free to bring your friends!
October 28, 2026, 4:30 PM - 1:00 PM, 5th Floor Wallace Building (CEOS), Kitchen
SESES and EGSA Pumpkin Carving & Movie Night
Happy spooky season Riddel students! SESES and EGSA are putting on a spooky event you are looking for! Join them for a pumpkin carving and a Halloween movie while you carve! Snacks, pumpkins,
and tools are provided. See you there!
October 29, 2026, 5:30 - 8:30 PM, SESES and EGSA Lounge, 306 Wallace building
Science, security, and sustainability of subsurface fluid-rock systems and their mineral, energy, water, and storage resources.
The Department of Earth Sciences welcomes Dr. Peter Reiners, incoming Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair, for a seminar on “Science, security, and sustainability of subsurface fluid-rock
systems and their mineral, energy, water, and storage resources.”
October 29, 2026, 1:00 PM, 223 Wallace building
Email BSGSA@umanitoba.ca for more info
Study Permit Information Session
Attend this information session to learn about the process to extend your study permit. Topics will include how to submit an online application to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship
Canada (IRCC), required documents, creating an IRCC secure account, and more. Information sessions are for current UM students (Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses).
November 5, 2026, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Virtual over Zoom
Book Launch: Winnipeg’s Pembina Highway A Road Trip to the Past
Written by Wayne Chan
November 7, 2026, 3:00 PM, Fort Garry Public Library
Email Wayne.Chan@umanitoba.ca for more info
Responding to Sexual Violence Disclosures
The University of Manitoba is committed to being a safe place for people to disclose experiences of sexual violence and to receive effective support and referrals. Designed to give faculty,
staff and students the knowledge and skills to respond to disclosures in an effective, compassionate, supportive, and consistent way, this workshop walks participants through key elements and guidelines to responding to a disclosure of sexual violence and
making appropriate referrals.
November 9, 2026, 1:00 - 4:00 PM, 307 Tier building
Academic Advising
Get support with degree planning, course selection, registration, and academic policies. Academic advisors are available for in-person and virtual appointments throughout the year.
Email Riddell.Advisor@umanitoba.ca or book an in-person or virtual appointment via https://3620.waitwell.ca.
Career Advising in Wallace
Career advising appointments are now available for Riddell undergraduate and graduate students! Book an in-person session in the Wallace Building or a virtual appointment at https://3620.waitwell.ca.
In case you missed us in the news...
October 16, 2026
Elliot Wilson
Lake Winnipeg pollution is ending a 'way of life,'
say First Nation's fishers, (S.A. Orozco) CBC News
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