University Education in Northern Manitoba: Inter Universities Services at 50

Authors

  • Dan Smith PhD, University College of the North

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22584/nr55.2024.001

Keywords:

Post-Secondary Education in the Canadian North, University Education, Northern Manitoba, Collaboration, Provincial North

Abstract

This article first published advance online January 31, 2024

The long pursuit of university education in northern Canada has seen a variety of methods used to deliver higher education to northerners. One such approach, Inter Universities Services (IUS), has been supporting university course delivery in northern Manitoba since 1972-73. This article argues that IUS has evolved progressively over its fifty years from an initiative offering a disjointed set of university course options to become part of a coordinated, if unplanned, approach to university education in northern Manitoba. This article outlines the history of IUS, including origins, structure, issues, and key events, before looking to the future. Conclusions suggest that IUS has been central to the growth and stability of higher education in northern Manitoba.

A fun sketch, in digital watercolour, of animals clustered in the boreal forest (porcupines, rabbits, a fox, squirrels, a raven, and a moose) suggesting they're in a meeting, the smaller animals facing the moose. Dialogue from the moose says: I really think we should tag one of those scientists and see where they go in the winter.

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Published

04/09/2024

Issue

No. 55 (2024)

Section

Research Articles

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