Events

10-Minute Play Festival
2026-03-05 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Evans Theatre, McKenzie Building, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Fourteen creative arts students in this term’s Directing class are each putting on a 10-minute play during an evening of rapid-fire drama at the Evans Theatre.

Ten of the 14 plays were written by members of the class. All 14 will be shown for one night only on Thursday, March 5, starting at 5 p.m.

The event is free for everyone.

Citizen-soldiers in a changing world: A conversation with your Army Reserve Brigade Commander
2026-03-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Gathering Space, John E. Robbins Library, Canada
Colonel Evelyn Kotzer, Commander of 38 Canadian Brigade Group
Canada faces an uncertain future in a rapidly changing world. Great power rivalry is intensifying, while the once-vaunted rules-based international order continues to erode in the face of ruptures. With our security and interests under increasing threat, and growing doubts that some of our traditional allies will always act in our best interests, Canada’s own strength may soon be tested.
Answering this call has, and continues to, fall in no small part to the Army Reserve. These citizen-soldiers put aside civilian careers to serve when the nation calls, from the militias of pre-Confederation to today’s hardening of NATO’s eastern flank.
Join us for a fireside discussion with Colonel Evelyn Kotzer, Commander of 38 Canadian Brigade Group and its part-time citizen soldiers of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwestern Ontario, on how the Army Reserve is preparing to meet these challenges.
Refreshments will be provided.

Application Deadline for May 2026 Convocation
2026-03-20 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Application deadline: May 2026 Convocation.

Voluntary Withdrawal (VW) Deadline - Winter courses
2026-03-23 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Voluntary Withdrawal (VW) deadline: Winter courses (except Education: BEd (AD); BEd (IP) Yr 5; BMus/BEd Yr 5).

Introductory Spanish 2 Runway & Design Challenge
2026-03-25 08:30 - 09:20 | Clark Hall, Room 004, 1270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Spring is approaching, and with it an opportunity to celebrate student creativity.
You are invited to attend the Runway & Design Challenge (First Edition 2026), organized by students in Introductory Spanish 2 under the supervision of Dr. Angelica Silva.
Where: CHO 004 (Clark Hall)
When: Wednesday, March 25
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
This event highlights student work around the theme: “Pensando en una moda más sostenible” (Thinking about more sustainable fashion)
We hope you will join us to support our students and experience this showcase of language, design, and sustainability.

Brandon Chamber of Commerce: Economic Outlook Luncheon
2026-03-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave, Brandon, Manitoba, R7B 2R4, Canada
Join us for the Brandon Chamber of Commerce March Economic Outlook Luncheon featuring Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and BU alumna!

Ms. Rogers will speak on factors affecting Canada’s economic outlook and financial system and will touch on the renewal of Canada’s monetary policy framework, which happens in 2026. Her perspective will be especially valuable for business leaders, policymakers and community stakeholders navigating today’s evolving economic environment.

Born in Winnipeg, Ms. Rogers has strong ties to Manitoba. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brandon University and a Master of Business Administration from Queen’s University.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of Canada’s leading economic voices!

Registration Deadline: March 23 at brandonchamber.ca

Sponsored and hosted by the BU Business Administration Department

*Students* Please note there will be an on-campus event for students with information to be sent to you directly.

Steeped in Clay: BFA Thesis Exhibition Opening
2026-03-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Sutherland Gallery of Art, 2021 Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art presents:
Steeped in Clay
A BFA Thesis Exhibition by Lee Beaton
Opening Reception: March 26 at 7:00 pm
The Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art
Steeped in Clay explores how fragmented childhood memories resurface through the meditative process of ceramics, using the teapot as a symbolic vessel to transform personal and shared experiences into narrative objects that invite viewers to reflect on their own memories of place, imagination, and time.
Lee Beaton is a BFA (Honours) candidate majoring in Ceramics. Located in Portage la Prairie, MB, Beaton has been working towards this degree part-time since 2016.
The exhibition will be on display March 26 to April 4, 2026. Open daily 2:00-6:00 pm, Thursday, April 2, 2:00-8:00 pm, closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. The Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art is located at 2021 Victoria Ave, Brandon MB, on Treaty 2 Territory. For more information or to book a time to visit, contact Lee Beaton at beatonl75@brandonu.ca.

Back to the Process: BFA Thesis Exhibition Opening
2026-04-09 19:00 | Sutherland Gallery of Art, 2021 Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art presents:
Back to the Process
A BFA Thesis Exhibition by Haylee Janai
Opening Reception: April 9 at 7:00 pm
The Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art
Haylee Janai was born into a fully plugged-in world, yet raised within a hands-on, craft-centred family. This contrast informs her focus on the potential obsolescence of the human hand in an increasingly digital culture. Through cyanotype and ceramic sculpture, she draws on lived experience to examine how touch, skill, and process persist or fade amid accelerating technological change.
Haylee Janai would like to extend very special thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for a Learn Scholarship, which greatly assisted in the creation of this project. She would also like to send a heartfelt thank you to her professors and peers of the IshKaabatensWaasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art at Brandon University for the knowledge and assistance gained throughout her university experience.
The exhibition will be on display April 10-11 and 14-18, 2026. The gallery hours are: 2:00-6:00 pm. Admission is free. The Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art is located at 2021 Victoria Ave, Brandon, MB. Parking is available in the north lot facing the building. Please use the red doors on the north entrance.
Nightingale I: sang so sweetlyEarthenware, Electric-kiln fired to 955°Ccyanotype, rustoleum finish2026, 20″x18″x9.5″

Winter and Full-year Classes End
2026-04-10 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Classes end: Winter and full-year (both-term) courses (except Education: BEd (AD); BEd (IP) Yr 5; BMus/BEd Yr 5).

Final Exams 2026
2026-04-13 - 2026-04-25 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Classes end for most Winter and full-year (both terms) courses on Friday, April 10, except for Education: BEd (AD); BEd (IP) Yr 5; BMus/BEd Yr 5, which end on Thursday, March 5.
School of Music examinations in Applied Music (except BMus/BEd Year 4 and 5) take place on Monday, April 13 to Tuesday, April 14.
Final examinations for both Winter term courses and full-year (both terms) courses, begin on Wednesday, April 15 and run until Saturday, April 25.
For exam timetables visit https://www.brandonu.ca/registration/current-registration-guides/exam-timetables/.

Senior Colloquium 2026
2026-04-13 08:00 - 17:30 | Louis Riel Room, Main Floor – McMaster Hall, Brandon, MB, Canada
Join us as our upper-year students present research and projects to colleagues, friends, family members, and the wider BU community.
Check out the full scheduled at BrandonU.ca/Colloquium

Convocation 2026
2026-05-28 - 2026-05-29 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada

Rattle: A Sixties Scoop Play (Winnipeg event)
2026-06-03 19:30 - 2026-06-07 14:00 | Asper Centre for Theatre and Film, 400 Colony Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Root Sky Theatre, in association with Theatre Incarnate, is proud to premiere Rattle: A Sixties Scoop Play at the University of Winnipeg’s Asper Centre for Theatre & Film, June 3 – 7, 2026. Rattle is based on the true stories of Sixties Scoop survivors Robert Doucette and Roberta MacKinnon.
Dan and Bobbie have lived on the same North End street for decades and consider themselves family. They also share a similar history – both were taken from their Indigenous mothers as small children and adopted out into white families. They lost their family, their culture, their identity. Dan, now working for a Métis organization, has faced his past and is fighting for the future of fellow Sixties Scoop survivors. Bobbie is not so sure she wants to know why her mother gave her up as a newborn infant. Both their lives, and their families’, will be changed in unexpected ways as they struggle to understand who they are and where they belong. Rattle received an award for Best Full-Length Play in the Theatre BC Canadian National Playwriting Competition for 2022.
It is the fourth in a series of plays by Brandon University professors Darrell Racine and Dale Lakevold that explores Indigenous culture and history in Canada.
Performances:
7:30 p.m. nightly (June 3 — 6)
2 p.m. matinee (June 6 — 7)
Sharing Circle for Survivors & Those Aﬀected:
June 3 — 5 (2 — 4 p.m.) / June 6 — 7 (10 a.m. — 12 noon)
Venue:
Asper Centre for Theatre and Film
400 Colony St., Winnipeg MB Tickets:
$25 | $35 If You Can | $10 Limited Income
BUY TICKETS

Bus Trip — Rattle: A Sixties Scoop Play
2026-06-06 10:30 - 19:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Would You Like to Attend the Play RATTLE?
A Play About the Sixties Scoop by Darrell Racine and Dale Lakevold
Based on the Lives of Two Former BU Students and Sixties Scoop Survivors

FREE bus transportation to the Asper Centre Theatre in Winnipeg
Includes a FREE bag lunch, if you pre-order when you register for the trip
Register with Suelee Innes from the Indigenous Peoples Centre
(InnesS@BrandonU.ca) by May 29 at 3 p.m.
For students, faculty, staff, and alumni only.

TICKETS to the play are available for individual purchase at www.RootSky.ca.
Limited Income: $10 or Regular: $25. Sixties Scoop Survivors receive free Admission. Register with Suelee.
Please ensure that you purchase your ticket by the registration date to secure your seat on the bus.
A travel voucher emailed to you from Suelee will be required before boarding the bus.
SCHEDULE for the day, SATURDAY, JUNE 6:

Arrive in front of Clark Hall at BU for boarding the bus at 10:30 am
Bus departs campus at 11:00 a.m.
Bus arrives at the theatre in Winnipeg at 1:30 p.m.
Show starts at 2:00 p.m.
Attendees board the bus after the play and return to Brandon at 7:00 p.m.

Generous funding support from the President’s Office at Brandon University.
For Information: Contact Suelee Innes at the IPC (204-727-7345) or InnesS@BrandonU.ca

Celebrating impact of BU Co-op
2026-06-16 17:00 - 20:00 | Sutherland Gallery of Art, 2021 Victoria Avenue, Brandon, MB, Canada
With youth unemployment and the transition from education to meaningful work dominating national conversations, Brandon University’s Co-operative Education (Co-op) Program is preparing to share a different story.
On Tuesday, June 16, Brandon University Co-op will host a special community announcement event celebrating student employment outcomes, employer partnerships, alumni engagement, and the growing role of experiential learning in strengthening Manitoba’s workforce.
The event will bring together students, employers, alumni, faculty, university leadership, community partners, and government representatives to celebrate the momentum and growth of the program.
In addition to celebrating current outcomes, the event will also look ahead to the future of work-integrated learning at Brandon University and the growing role that collaborative partnerships play in supporting both student success and regional economic development.
The event will take place at the Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art at Brandon University. Doors open at 5:00 p.m., with the formal program beginning at 6:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Pre-orientation 2026
2026-07-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
We are busy preparing and eagerly awaiting your arrival on Orientation Day, September 8th! For students who may have burning questions, are feeling a bit nervous, or just want to get a jump on figuring things out before our exciting on-campus Orientation Day, we are offering an in-person, Pre-Orientation afternoon session.
