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From the Editors’ Desk
Muses from the North (MFTN) is honoured to have received a grant from The Small Research Grants Fund by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) to release two special issues on the topic of Truth and Reconciliation based on the perspectives of students at the University College of the North (UCN). The majority…
Read MoreImproving Access to Driver Training in Northern Manitoba
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 4, 2023 Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) and University College of the North (UCN) are partnering to launch a new program to increase access to driver training programming in northern Manitoba. The UCN Class 5 Adult Driver Training Program will help create safer roads and improve workforce development in this critical area…
Read MoreUCN Announces Expanded Child Care Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2023 (The Pas/Thompson, MB) – The University College of the North is excited to announce the significant expansion of its childcare programs following approval from the Manitoba Department of Advanced Education and Training. The expansion includes modifications to the following programs: ” Early Childhood Education Diploma program ” Early Learning…
Read MoreSydney Bjorndalen – Kenanow Education
Where are you from?I’m from Gillam, MB and attended the Thompson campus. Why did you choose UCN?My home is in the north, and I wanted to get educated in the north. What program did you study and why?I studied the Kenanow Bachelor of Education program. I chose this program because I thought it wouldbe a…
Read MoreArticle 20: Summer Adventure Savings Challenge
Jodi Johnson It was a beautiful May morning, and Daisy Poveyâs alarm abruptly interrupted her peaceful dream. It was time for her to start the day. She had a quick shower, got herself dressed and made breakfast for her three children before it was time to wake them. She quietly tip-toed into each of their…
Read MoreArticle 19: The Women Beside You
Jett Bignell This is the story of how I died. When I say this, I do mean literally. The girl with the bright future and all the promise in the world, gone. Was it worth it? Were the temporary moments of love and affection worth the abuse? Abuse, when people hear this, they never…
Read MoreArticle 18: Missing Missy
Jamie Bignell I was in the first grade when I met her. I didnât know then that she would be my heart-to-heart dog, but she was! I remember coming home early from school. We were sent home because a snow storm was bearing down on my town. As I opened the door to…
Read MoreArticle 17: You Will Never Understand: A Parody of âI Tell You Trueâ by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Madison Gurniak Ali Cobby Eckermann was born in 1963 in Adelaide and identifies herself as a Yankunytjatjara/ Kokatha. As Aboriginal, Eckermann has endured some of the distressing challenges the community has suffered in history. She was adopted at a tender age and continually suffered sexual abuse and immense racism. She gave birth at the…
Read MoreArticle 16: My Mother’s Hands
Tena Hart As I look upon my motherâs hands, I see the beauty of the world that she has held. In every vein and wrinkle her soft hands speak of a life that is filled with love, triumphs, and adventure. With her hands she has traced love into the tiny fingers of me and my…
Read MoreArticle 15: âYou shouldâve drowned that thing in the piss pot!â:A Memoir about my Grandmother
Jill Burton When she thinks back on her childhood and my grandmother utters those words sometimes, she laughs, a dry hollow laugh, like the wind blowing through a birch tree in the dead of winter. Sometimes sheâs silent and it takes my brain a few seconds to unravel the actual words and put them into…
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