Dear Friends of the hUManities,

Welcome to a new week. As always, we hope this meets you well.

New Funding Opportunity: Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund A one-time, direct-deposit fund in the form of a bursary, available to full-time or part-time Faculty of Art Graduate and Undergraduate students registered in the 2020/21 academic year and impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Visit the Webpagehttps://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/awards/emergency-fund.html for information on funding amounts, pre-screening criteria and access to the application form. Interested donors can also make contributions to the fund via the donations page linked herehttps://give.umanitoba.ca/funds/covid-19-um-student-emergency-fund-arts

Updates: Find us on Instagram! The UMIH has launched an Instagram account to keep our dear friends up to date on the latest news and programming. Please feel welcome to follow us via this linkhttps://www.instagram.com/umih___/

Event Recap: The case for Police-Free Schools (The UMIH + Police Free Schools Winnipeg + WPG Police Cause Harm)

Thank you kindly to folks who tuned in for The Case for Police-free schools info session last week. If you missed it, please feel welcome to catch up on the event herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jY5EHziaU. Documentation courtesy of our collaborators.

Up-Coming Events: Our VIRTUAL WRITE-ON-SITES to help keep your writing on track. Share your writing goals and tips while working alongside others are back! Join us Mondays 9 am-12 pm and Thursdays 2-4 pm CST with our first session resuming Thursday 21st January 2021 at 2 PM. Email umih@umanitoba.ca for Zoom links.

On-Going Opportunities: REMOTE GUEST LECTURE SUPPORT: The UMIH welcomes opportunities to spotlight teaching this term for instructors in Arts. We can provide honorarium support for a guest lecture to join your class and can assist in live streaming the event online so that it can reach a broader audience. Email hee-jungserenity.joo@umanitoba.ca for more details.

Take care, friends.

--UMIH

Ekene Maduka

Assistant to the Director

Institute for the Humanities

University of Manitoba

407 Tier Building

204 474 9599

umih@umanitoba.camailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca

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