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Mandatory training for employees will make UM more accessible for all

March 18, 2024 — 
Complete your Accessibility Training (Information and Communication Standard) by May 1

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Student at desktop computer in lab

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Accessibility in UM’s digital spaces

March 12, 2024 — 
The University of Manitoba is the university for Manitobans. And in Manitoba, 29.2% of people over the age of 15 have at least one disability, according to Statistics Canada.  That’s why UM is committed to accessibility not only in its physical spaces, but also in its digital spaces. 

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U of M's Assistive Technology Lab.

A shared responsibility: Employees to help ensure accessibility of UM information

March 5, 2024 — 
Spring project will fulfill legislation compliance requirements

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Dr. Peter Nickerson and Dr. Joss Reimer sit onstage, each holding a microphone.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Empathy all-important, health leader tells future and current physicians

March 5, 2024 — 
In medicine, truly caring about the patient matters more than in-depth knowledge, a prominent Manitoba doctor told medical students and physicians at a UM awards event.

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Black student holds phone at Fort Garry campus

Community-led initiatives for Black flourishing at UM

February 12, 2024 — 
Promoting Black Flourishing Fund 2024

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An illustration of simplified people in a variety of colours standing in a crowd.

Listening, Learning, Leading: A strategy and series to create opportunities for greater understanding

February 6, 2024 — 
Moving beyond polarization to build foundations for dialogue

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A person wearing a VR headset and holding VR controllers.

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Building teaching skills – digitally

January 29, 2024 — 
A new program being piloted through the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning aims to support faculty in developing skills for various aspects of teaching, including interpersonal communication, conflict management and negotiation that can be a challenge to practice.

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Close up of a letter-board sign with letters spelling ‘Black Lives Matter’ held by a Black man.

Faculty of Arts

‘It’s not just a moment’

January 25, 2024 — 
Warren Clarke tells a story about a moment in early childhood when he excitedly expressed that he wanted to become a bus driver. His dad, who’d come to visit, got visibly upset. As much as he didn’t understand at the time, he says he’s thought through this moment in light of his current position as a professor, and with the knowledge he now has.

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Tara Horrill and Joel Peasron in individual headshots.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Canadian Cancer Society awards two UM emerging scholars

January 22, 2024 — 
Two researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences were among the winners of the Canadian Cancer Society’s 2023 Emerging Scholar Research Grants competition.

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Diana McMillan sitting outside the College of Nursing on a summer day.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Sleep Scientist

January 18, 2024 — 
From a young age, Dr. Diana McMillan [MN/95] felt destined to work in health care.

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