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2017 W3 CONFERENCE

September 27 – 29, 2017

Winnipeg, Manitoba

2017 W3 Conference

Planning Committee Members:

• Carla Buchanan, Manager, Financial Reporting• Gord Pasieka, Associate Comptroller• Kathleen Sobie, Executive Director, Financial Planning• Paul Dugal, Manager, Purchasing Services• Carleigh Collier, Assistant to the Comptroller• Lisa Andrade, Confidential Secretary to the Associate Comptroller

University of Manitoba

A quick introduction….

Fun Facts• Manitoba’s largest post-secondary institution and only research-

intensive university

• Established 138 years ago…the oldest university in western Canada

Fun Facts• Approximately 30,000 students and

9,000 staff

• 16% of students are international, from 115 countries

• 2,000 Indigenous students

• 98 Rhodes Scholars, the most of all western Canadian universities

Fun Facts• Faculty of Architecture: Canada’s only Interior Design Program to

offer Council for Interior Design Accreditation at the master’s level

• Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources: Home to Canada’s only credited storm-chasing course

• Engineering Access Program: has graduated 109 Indigenous engineers – the most of all Canadian universities

• The Icelandic Collection in our libraries is the largest collection of Icelandic materials in Canada and the second largest in North America

Fun Facts• 29 Canada Research Chairs and 1

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change

• Research operations in India and Kenya – health interventions

• House the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Fun Facts2016:

Active Living Centre: recognized by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) with the Outstanding Sports Facility Award for design and functionality – the first time in 30 years that a Canadian facility has received this honour

ARTlab: recipient of the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture

2017 W3 Conference

September 27 – 29, 2017Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown | Winnipeg

2017 W3 Conference

2017 W3 Conference

While you’re in Winnipeg…..check this out!!

2017 W3 Conference

More info to come!

Register by April 30, 2017 to be entered into an early bird prize draw!

https://umanitoba.ca/admin/financial_services/comptrollers/6128.html

Questions? W32017@umanitoba.ca

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