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This message is sent on behalf of Janine Carmichael, Faculty Specialist, Entrepreneurship and Meaghan Ewharekuko, Faculty Specialist, Experiential Learning.

We have exciting news, the highly successful Better Together is back! Over the past two years, more than 150 faculty, staff and students have come together to build entrepreneurial thinking skills and develop solutions to real challenges on campus at Better Together.

We can't wait to do it again in 2026!

[cid:image003.jpg@01DC8558.0B51D1C0]Better Together

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

8:30 - 4:30PM

Marshall McLuhan Hall, UM University Centre

* A required Better Together Welcome Call will also take place on Thursday, February 12 from noon-12:45PM over Zoom.

Register for Better Togetherhttps://umcatl.vfairs.ca/en/CATL-sessions

In this engaging and hands-on MasterClass, thoughtfully designed for faculty, staff and students, participants will see entrepreneurial thinking in many contexts, while sharpening their practical problem-solving skills. A highlight of Better Together is an interdisciplinary Design Thinking Sprint. Participants will team up to tackle a real campus challenge-brainstorming, prototyping, and pitching creative solutions that can make a meaningful impact. The theme will be unveiled at the Welcome Call on February 12.

Can you please help us spread the word with faculty and staff as their participation is critical to another successful event. Support staff and faculty/instructors from all programs and levels of study are welcome. Participants will:

* Develop new skills in entrepreneurial thinking * Meet new and highly engaged students and other participants * Leave inspired to move ideas to impact * Be immersed in an experiential learning environment that models best practices

Registration for Better Together closes January 30th. Thank you in advance for your support.

More information available at Better Together.https://umanitoba.ca/entrepreneurial-thinking/better-together

Janine Carmichael

Faculty Specialist: Entrepreneurship

Meaghan Ewharekuko

Faculty Specialist: Experiential Learning

cc: Mark Torchia

Vice-Provost (Learning, Analytics, and Academic Infrastructure)

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