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University of Winnipeg Library In the news: Tobacco companies claim Ottawa played equal role (http://ow.ly/LZpS). In the stacks: Regulating Tobacco (http://ow.ly/LZ6L).
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VANCOUVER, B.C. — In the waning days of the cigarette's cool cache in the late 1960s, as the dangers of lighting up were becoming more and more apparent, the federal government invested its research dollars into developing "safer" low-tar varieties, say tobacco companies.
University of Winnipeg Library In the news: "Inuit were moved 2,000 km in Cold War manoeuvring" (http://tinyurl.com/y9fqrjr). In the stacks: The long exile : a tale of Inuit betrayal and survival in the high Arctic (http://tinyurl.com/yzhwc75).
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In the 1950s, the Canadian coast guard ship C.D. Howe transported almost 100 Inuit to Resolute and Grise Fiord, where temperatures in winter dropped to –51 degrees Celsius and federal authorities provided settlers with few supplies. ...
University of Winnipeg Library Bad Research: In 1996, the journal Social Text printed an article by Alan D. Sokal, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity". Shortly thereafter, the author revealed the paper to be a hoax, the goal of which was to expose academia's lack of intellectual rigour and vulnerab......ility to "nonsense". Read the absurd postmodern ramblings on JStor. http://ow.ly/FXxa
University of Winnipeg Library In the news: Darwin published On the Origin of Species on this day in 1859 (http://tinyurl.com/ykspl6n). In the stacks: On the Origin of Species (http://tinyurl.com/ygdglz7).
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Home·Science & Technology·Natural Science·Charles Darwin and the Origins of Evolution
University of Winnipeg Library In the news: 20 Years After the Convention on the Rights of the Child (http://ow.ly/E5ks). In the stacks: Children's Rights, O'Neill & Zinga, eds. (http://ow.ly/E5k1).
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Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989. It is the most widely ratified international human rights treaty.
University of Winnipeg Library Procrastinator's Workshop: The Library Learning Commons will be open until 7:00 pm this evening for students working on their term papers. A librarian will be there to help search the library's holdings of books and journal articles. Research assistance is available, as always, until 10:45 pm at the Reference Desk.
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University of Winnipeg Library Bad Research: In 1971, Manuel Elizalde Jr. claimed to have discovered a stone-age tribe in the Philippine rainforests. The "discovery" of the Tasaday led to a National Geographic cover story, and the publication of a book (http://ow.ly/BZgD). But future inquiries on the topic showed that Elizalde's claims were largely ...fraudulent. Read the whole fascinating story in Benjamin Thomas' article in Dialectical Anthropology (http://ow.ly/BZnH).
University of Winnipeg Library In the news: Kremlin Calls for Modernized Russia (http://ow.ly/BL9E). In the stacks: Destination in Doubt (http://ow.ly/BL78).
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is calling for sweeping economic, social, political, and military modernization of his country. In his second annual State of the Nation address, the Kremlin leader said ...
University of Winnipeg Library Interested in the Berlin Wall? Check out Frederick Taylor's "The Berlin Wall : a world divided, 1961-1989." http://ow.ly/AMpw
University of Winnipeg Library THE BERLIN WALL: 20 YEARS AFTER ITS FALL. WHAT: "From the Peaceful Revolution to German Unity." Exhibition of posters documenting the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 and Germany’s reunification on 3 October 1990. WHERE: Hamilton Galleria (4th floor mezzanine), UWinnipeg Library WHEN: 2 – 15 November 2009, open during Library hours.
University of Winnipeg Library Aboriginal Governance Students - the Aboriginal Liaison Librarian has set up a facebook page just for you! Check out and discuss some of the most recent news and headlines related to Aboriginal Governance, and stay up to date on new library services.
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University of Winnipeg Library On November 2nd, 2009, University President Lloyd Axworthy visited the Library to meet the Librarians and Library Staff.
University of Winnipeg Library In the news: Canada-Greenland Polar Bear Agreement (http://tiny.cc/K4qx1); In the stacks: Conservation Hunting (http://tiny.cc/k3t1N).
