Events

Exploring Brazilian and Canadian Research Partnerships for the Betterment of Indigenous Peoples
2025-09-29 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Brandon University is honoured to welcome back Dr. Eloy Terena, Vice-Minister of Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples and a 2019 Brandon University ELAP Doctoral Visiting Student, for a special talk titled Exploring Brazilian and Canadian Research Partnerships for the Betterment of Indigenous Peoples.
Dr. Terena is a respected leader, scholar, and advocate from the Terena Indigenous community in Mato Grosso do Sul. He currently serves as Vice-Minister in Brazil’s newly established Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, a role he was appointed to by President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva in recognition of his academic expertise, leadership, and long-standing engagement with Indigenous movements.
With doctoral degrees in both Anthropology and Law, and post-doctoral studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in France, Dr. Terena brings a wealth of knowledge to his work at the intersection of research, law, and policy. His leadership has been recognized with Brazil’s highest honour, The Order of Rio Branco, for his pivotal role in creating the country’s first Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, as well as with an honorary doctorate from the Don Bosco Catholic University.
This event will explore how international collaboration and research partnerships between Brazil and Canada can support Indigenous rights, strengthen communities, and advance Indigenous-led scholarship.
Join us on Monday, September 29, 2025, from 3:30–5 p.m. in the Gathering Space of the John E. Robbins Library at Brandon University.
Sponsored by the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, the Rural Development Institute, and the Faculty of Arts, this event is free and open to all members of the campus and wider community.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025 — University closed
2025-09-30 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Brandon University will be closed on Tuesday, September 30, for Truth and Reconciliation. Most services will be closed and no classes are scheduled.
Brandon University will re-open on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Bobcats Soccer
2025-10-04 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Men’s Soccer vs Canadian Mennonite U
Game start: October 4, 2025 3:15 pm
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BU Women’s Soccer vs Canadian Mennonite U
Game start: October 4, 2025 1:00 pm
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Bobcats Soccer
2025-10-05 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Men’s Soccer vs Assiniboine College
Game start: October 5, 2025 3:15 pm
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BU Women’s Soccer vs Assiniboine College
Game start: October 5, 2025 1:00 pm
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Bobcats Soccer
2025-10-12 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Men’s Soccer vs Univesity of St. Boniface
Game start: October 12, 2025 3:15 pm
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BU Women’s Soccer vs Univesity of St. Boniface
Game start: October 12, 2025 1:00 pm
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Thanksgiving 2025 — University Closed
2025-10-13 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Brandon University will be closed on Monday, October 13, in recognition of Thanksgiving. Most services are closed and no classes are scheduled.
For Healthy Living Centre hours, please visit the HLC website.
The university will re-open on Tuesday, October 14. Enjoy your long weekend!

Nora Wilson, trombone & Danielle Guina, piano
2025-10-15 19:30 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Dr. Nora Wilson, Associate Professor of Low Brass, will be presenting a recital of music for trombone.
Donations for the Samaritan House will be accepted at this concert.
All are welcome!

Blue Rodeo’s Mike Boguski live at BU
2025-10-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Brandon University’s School of Music is thrilled to host a special last-minute opportunity for local music fans — a solo piano performance by Mike Boguski, the acclaimed keyboardist of Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees Blue Rodeo in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall.
Boguski has been a cornerstone of Blue Rodeo’s sound since 2009, helping shape the band’s evolution while honouring its Canadian roots rock legacy. Beyond his work with Blue Rodeo, he has built an impressive solo career that blends rock, jazz, and improvisation — from collaborations with Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies to his own Mike Boguski Trio.
This intimate recital offers a rare chance to experience Boguski’s artistry up close, performing in the region’s most acoustically stunning venue.
Admission is by donation, with all proceeds supporting local food banks. Please bring either cash or a non-perishable food item.
Catch this special one-hour show right before Blue Rodeo’s “Lost Together” 40th Anniversary Tour performance at Assiniboine Credit Union Place in the Keystone Centre.
SEATING IS LIMITED. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., concert starts at 7:00 p.m.
Learn more about Mike Boguski at michaelboguski.com

Bobcats Soccer
2025-10-19 13:00 - 17:15 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
BU Women’s Soccer at Assiniboine College
Game start: October 19, 2025 1:00 pm
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BU Men’s Soccer at Assiniboine College
Game start: October 19, 2025 3:15 pm
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Brandon Chamber Players presents Songs from the Porch
2025-10-23 19:30 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
This concert includes exclusively tunes composed by Diogo Peixoto, in Brandon, MB during the COVID-19 pandemic (between March 2020 and June 2021). Featuring Brazilian pianist and composer Eloá Gonçalves Diogo Peixoto on guitar Marika Galea on bass Eric Platz on percussion Luis Deniz on saxophone.
For more details and ticket pricing, please visit: https://brandonchamberplayers.ca/

Bobcats Rugby
2025-10-24 12:00 - 2025-10-26 15:00 | John Reilly Field, Hilton Ave., Brandon, MB, R7B 4B2, Canada

Bobcats Basketball
2025-10-24 18:00 - 22:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU MEN’S BASKETBALL VS MANITOBA
Game start: October 24, 2025 8 pm
BU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS MANITOBA
Game start: October 24, 2025 6:00 pm

Bobcats Soccer
2025-10-25 12:00 - 2025-10-26 16:30 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada

Jenny Maclay, clarinet & Luis Ramirez, Piano
2025-10-27 19:00 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Arctic Soundscapes features music for clarinet and piano inspired by the polar regions.
All are welcome! No admission charge.

BU Symphonic Band in Concert at WMCA
2025-10-30 19:00 | Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium, 205 20th Street, Brandon, MB, R7B 1L6, Canada
Brandon University Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Wendy Zander, performs alongside guests for an evening of new and old favourites!
Guests include:

Vincent Massey Senior Band (Meghan Graham & Mitchell Wedgewood);
Dauphin Senior Concert Band (Andrew Coombs);
High school students from across western Manitoba.

For more details and ticket information, visit the WMCA link at: https://www.wmca.ca/events/bu-symphonic-2025

Bobcats Volleyball
2025-10-31 18:00 - 22:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men’s Volleyball vs Mount Royal
Game start: October 31, 2025 6:00 pm

BU Women’s Volleyball vs Mount Royal
Game start: January 31, 2025 7:45 pm

Bobcats Volleyball
2025-11-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men’s Volleyball vs Mount Royal
Game start: November 1, 2025 5:00 pm

BU Women’s Volleyball vs Mount Royal
Game start: November 1, 2025 6:45 pm

Niigaan Sinclair: Why Indigenous Art and the Art Gallery Aren't Friends
2025-11-03 11:30 - 12:30 | Clark Hall, Room 206, 270 18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada
IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art Speaker Series presents Niigan Sinclair: Why Indiginous Art and the Art Gallery Aren’t Friends.
Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation. He is an award-winning writer, editor and professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba who was named by Maclean’s magazine in 2022 as one of the most influential people in Canada. Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and his commentary appears weekly on multiple platforms across Canada — from the pages of The Winnipeg Free Press to TV shows on CBC and APTN as well as on his co-hosted podcast Niigaan and the Lone Ranger.
His first book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an IndigenousCentre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) was a national bestseller that won the 2024 Governor General Award for Non-fiction. He is a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Bobcats Basketball
2025-11-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU MEN’S BASKETBALL VS CALGARY
Game start: November 7, 2025 8 pm
BU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS CALGARY
Game start: November 7, 2025 6:00 pm

Bobcats Basketball
2025-11-08 17:00 - 21:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU MEN’S BASKETBALL VS CALGARY
Game start: November 8, 2025 7:00 pm
BU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS MANITOBA
Game start: November 8, 2025 5:00 pm

Fall Study Break 2025
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Fall study break runs from Monday, Nov. 10 through Friday, Nov. 14. The university is open, and office support is available regular business hours. However, no classes are scheduled except for Education: BEd (AD); BEd (IP) Yr 5; Bmus/BEd Yr 5. Regular classes will resume on Monday, Nov. 17.

Remembrance Day 2025 - University Closed
2025-11-11 | Brandon University, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
Lest we forget.
Brandon University will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 to remember the sacrifices made. No classes are scheduled. The university will reopen on Wednesday, November 12.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
– Lt-Col. John McCrae

Bobcats Volleyball
2025-11-14 18:00 - 22:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men’s Volleyball vs Manitoba
Game start: October 31, 2025 6:00 pm

BU Women’s Volleyball vs Manitoba
Game start: January 31, 2025 7:45 pm

Bobcats Volleyball
2025-11-15 17:00 - 21:00 | Healthy Living Centre, 2010 Louise Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0L4, Canada
BU Men’s Volleyball vs Manitoba
Game start: October 31, 2025 5:00 pm

BU Women’s Volleyball vs Manitoba
Game start: January 31, 2025 6:45 pm

Long Night Against Procrastination 2025
2025-11-19 19:00 - 2025-11-20 02:00 | John E. Robbins Library
Long Night Against Procrastination is the Library’s flagship event, where students can study and access academic services late into the night. Food, drinks, and different activities are provided free of charge.
This semester’s Long Night Against Procrastination will take place Wednesday November 19, 7:00 pm-2:00 am. Please stay tuned for details!

Campus Manitoba - 35th birthday celebration
2025-11-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Mingling Area, Knowles-Douglas Building, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
Hey there, Brandon University students, staff, and faculty!
Campus Manitoba is turning another year older (and wiser), and what better way to celebrate than with cake?
Friday, November 21, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Brandon University | Mingling Area
Drop by, grab a slice (while supplies last), and help us celebrate this special milestone, because anniversaries are better with friends and frosting!

Canada Music Week Concert
2025-11-22 15:00 - 17:00 | QEII Music Building, 270-18th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, R7A 6A9, Canada
The Brandon and Westman Registered Music Teachers’ Association proudly presents the annual Canada Music Week Concert, celebrating the creativity and talent of Canadian composers. This event showcases the diversity and richness of Canadian music and encourages students to explore and perform works by Canadian composers.
Location: R.D. Bell Hall, Rm. 1-57, School of music
Admission: By donation.
2025 CMW – Brandon Westman (2)
All students are warmly invited to register and participate in this celebration of Canadian music.

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Trio Improbable!
2025-11-24 19:30 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
A concert of music for the improbable combination of clarinet, horn and piano featuring:
Colin Mehmel, clarinet
Callie Siverson, horn
Danielle Guina, piano
No admission charge. All are welcome!

PRO SERIES: Linda Ruan, piano
2025-11-25 19:30 | Lorne Watson Recital Hall, QEII Music Building, Room 1-60, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB, R7A 6A9, Canada
For more details, please visit: https://www.e-gre.ca/tour
Tickets available at the door: Adults $20; Brandon University and Conservatory of Music students attend at no charge.
Winner of the 2025 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, Chinese-Canadian pianist Linda Ruan is passionate about sharing the potential of music to overcome boundaries across cultures. Since being introduced to the drums at age four and then the piano at age seven, music has remained a stabilizing force in her diverse childhood from Tokyo, Shanghai, to Vancouver. Her unconventional path from a young age broadened her horizons and cultivated a fascination for diverse cultures. Her curiosity guided her beyond her solo piano studies, expanding to music pedagogy, community engagement and a wide range of chamber music projects.
Linda is a top prize winner in competitions including the Lancaster International Piano Competition, the Shean Piano and Strings Competition, and the Seattle International Piano Competition. She has performed in venues worldwide, from Carnegie’s Weill Hall and Lincoln Center’s Rose Studio to a recital tour in China spanning Guangzhou to Shanghai. Her piano duo La Fiammata is the second-prize winner of the ARD International Music Competition 2021 and embarked on a Pan-Canadian Tour during the 2024-2025 season, a collaborative project between Atlantic Debut, Jeunesses Musicales Canada and Prairie Debut.
Linda received her Bachelor of Music with Honours and Master of Music degrees from The Glenn Gould School, The Juilliard School, and the Tianjin Juilliard School, respectively. Her past teachers include James Anagnoson, Hung-Kuan Chen, Corey Hamm, Xiao Li, Li Wang, and Xiaohan Wang. Currently, she is studying at the UBC School of Music with Dr. Corey Hamm.

The Ins and Outs of Bail Reform: Public panel discussion
2025-11-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Gathering Space, John E. Robbins Library, Canada
With bail reform dominating headlines and political debates across the country, you’ll be the judge as Brandon University hosts a public panel discussion to unpack the facts, myths and implications behind Canada’s evolving bail system.
Under the heading “The Ins and Outs of Bail Reform,” the panel will take a “Fact v. Fiction” approach to examine how the case of bail reform is faring in the court of public opinion.
Featuring testimony from local lawyers, political scientists, and a sociologist, the panel discussion will provide a deeper understanding of Canada’s bail system, including newly proposed federal legislation and its potential effects on communities, courts, and corrections.
The event will take place Wednesday, November 26 from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in the Gathering Space on the main floor of the John E. Robbins Library at Brandon University. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
The panel will bring together Dr. Christopher Schneider, Professor of Sociology at BU with local defence lawyer Jennifer Janssens, from Wach Law, and Crown attorney Rich Lonstrup. It will be moderated by Dr. Kelly Saunders, Chair of Political Science at BU, and Dr. Rick Baker, Assistant Professor of Political Science.
Their dialogue will explain the basics of bail, consider what the federal government’s proposed Bail and Sentencing Reform Act could mean in practice, and explore how issues like repeat offences, public safety, and fairness intersect in the justice system, while cutting through the political spin and misinformation that can interfere with understanding.
“Bail reform has become a lightning rod issue, but much of the public conversation mixes legal facts with political emotion,” said co-moderator Dr. Saunders. “I can’t wait to hear from our local panellists who can bring clarity to this issue — to separate fact from fiction and provide space for thoughtful, informed discussion.”
The event is being organized in partnership with BU’s Political Science Club and Legal Studies Association.
