Brandon University

10/06/2026

Research. Mentorship. Community. And a little dirt. This is what doing what’s right looks like to us. 🌱🚧

As we head into fall, we’re looking back at some of the great work that happened this summer — including a day in the field with our CEO, Todd Burns, and Neil Daniels, one of our Mitacs internship students from Brandon University.

Todd spent the day with Neil getting hands-on with road stabilization, sharing some of what we’ve learned over the years and, of course, getting his hands dirty as well!

And this wasn’t just any road.

It’s a local Winnipeg road that we donate product to each year, working alongside the City of Winnipeg to help stabilize the surface, control dust, and help reduce the environmental impact for the surrounding community.

Neil is the latest in a number of Brandon University students who have studied Cypher solutions and their performance with local materials and roads. Supporting research, investing in the next generation, and giving students opportunities to take what they’re learning out of the classroom and into real-world applications is something we strongly believe in.

We’re looking forward to seeing where Neil’s research takes him — down the road. 😉

A big thank you to Mitacs and Brandon University for continuing to support collaboration, research, and innovation right here at home.

And Neil… about that vintage Cypher vest. 😂 We might have to keep that one for the archives!

Better Roads. Better Bottom Line. Better Planet.

10/05/2026

Our Breast Cancer Cell & Molecular Research Lab, led by Dr. Mousumi Majumder, had a fantastic morning on Sunday at Brandon - Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure! The Waves of Hope Dragon Boat Team shared their support for the lab through their Hope in Our Backyard campaign!

10/02/2026

So excited to have Dr. Cathy Mattes give a talk at the Sutherland Gallery on Brandon University campus on Tuesday, October 6 at 1:40, free and open to the public!

Cathy Mattes is a Michif curator (MMF citizen, Westman Local-Southwest Region), writer, and art history professor based in Sprucewoods, Manitoba, Canada. Her curation, research and writing centers on dialogic and Indigenous knowledge-centered curatorial practice as strategies for care. Curatorial projects include Kwaata-nihtaawakihk (Co-curator Sherry Farrell Racette, Winnipeg Art Gallery, March 2022), and Radical Stitch (Co-curators Sherry Farrell Racette and Michelle Lavallee, touring exhibition with Mackenzie Art Gallery, 2022-2025).

She has a PhD in Indigenous Studies from the University of Manitoba and teaches at the University of Winnipeg in the History of Art and Curatorial Studies programs. Mattes has contributed writing to various publications, including Bead Talk: Knowledge and Aesthetics from the Flatlands (University of Manitoba Press, 2023), Radicalizing Care – Feminist and Q***r Activism in Curating (Sternberg Press, 2021), and A Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in Canada (Routledge, 2022).

Mattes has been beading since she was 20 years old, when she was first taught by her auntie Jean Baron Ward. Since then, she has taught beading and moccasin-making in workshops, university courses, and around her kitchen table with family and friends.

10/02/2026

Congratulations to BU School of Music alumnus Sean Irvine and the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra for winning a Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year! The released Irvine's Forgotten Stories Suite earlier this year.

10/02/2026

09/30/2026

Brandon University is closed on Wednesday for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We hope to see you at Brandon's community events at the Riverbank Discovery Centre.

09/29/2026

Welcome back Bobcats men's volleyball!

BOBCAT MEN’S (pre-season) VOLLEYBALL IS BACK! 🔵🟡

4 chances to catch BU in action:

THU | 7 PM vs McMaster
FRI | 2 PM vs Winnipeg
SAT | 7 PM vs Saskatchewan
SUN | 1 PM vs Manitoba

Season ticket holders get in FREE!

Otherwise, admission is $5. Cash or credit at the door.

09/28/2026

Indigenous students at Brandon University are now able to reconnect with their own languages at no charge. https://news.brandonu.ca/2026/09/25/indigenous-students-can-now-take-free-language-courses-at-bu/

09/28/2026

09/25/2026

We're delighted to have the support of wonderful community partners like Waves of Hope Dragon Boat Team and the Brandon Wheat Kings Hockey Club (WHL).

Join us October 25 for the first-ever, Pink the Rink with the Brandon Wheat Kings in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

This very special Sunday will raise funds for the Hope in Our Backyard campaign, which supports the Breast Cancer Cell and Molecular Research Lab right here in Brandon at Brandon University.

Did you know that we have a breast cancer research lab here? Did you know that they're doing research not conducted anywhere else in the world? And currently, they're working on a blood test to detect breast cancer, which could change the how we diagnose and treat this deadly disease.

So please consider joining us on October 25, wearing pink, and supporting a cause that is making ripples around the world!