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Stephanie Van Haute

Donor Relations

Student scholarship recipient to develop a community wellness strategy

May 23, 2024 — 
Learn how UM PhD student, Stephanie Van Haute, is using her lived experience as inspiration for research

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Mom with Indigenous graduate wearing graduation stole and holding certificate

Extended Education

Access Program Graduation Celebration 2023-2024

May 17, 2024 — 
“It still feels very surreal. It is very special." - Ashley Monture

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Photo of students smiling in a room, wearing suits. This was from the cover of the Desautels Centre 2024 Impact Report. Photo by 47 Filmworks.

Faculty of Law

Making an impact on private enterprise in Manitoba

May 13, 2024 — 
The Marcel A. Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law proudly presents its annual Impact Report 2024. This report is distributed across the academic, legal, and business communities to share the important achievements and contributions made by students, faculty, staff and community partners engaged in the work of the Centre at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law.

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A young woman receives psychological support.

Research and International

Lasting Solutions for the Mental Health Crisis

May 9, 2024 — 
On Thursday May 30, 2024, UM Knowledge Exchange explores the growing mental health crisis faced by Manitobans.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Pharmacy peer support network offers support, guidance and empowerment

May 3, 2024 — 
Students can access support 24/7

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Sharlaine Glowatsky (she/they), the SVRC’s confidential intake & triage specialist on a couch in the Sexual Violence Resource Centre

Students

Feel safe, seen and supported at the Sexual Violence Resource Centre

April 12, 2024 — 
The Sexual Violence Resource Centre provides support, resources, information and referral services for any student, faculty or staff member who has been affected by sexual violence. The SVRC is a trauma-informed and survivor-centered space, where the needs and goals of the person seeking support are centralized, and where survivors are never pressured to disclose anything they don’t want to.

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Contribute to UM’s new community mural

April 5, 2024 — 
Share your words, ideas, your vision for the future, to contribute to this inspirational community art project.

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Dr. Laura Bowler stands in a hallway at the University of Manitoba.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Data equity specialist aims for justice in health research

April 1, 2024 — 
Dr. Laura Bowler is the first person to hold the position of data equity specialist at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), a research unit in the Max Rady College of Medicine.

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young adult and older adult reading together

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Connecting older adults with student companions

April 1, 2024 — 
A new program aims to connect caregivers of adults within the UM community with students offering support through companionship services. The Adult Companionship Services (ACS) Directory, launched by Family Resources in collaboration with the Centre on Aging and the UM Age-friendly University Committee, will serve as a centralized hub to locate companionship service providers and post job opportunities.

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A respiratory therapy student performing an endotracheal intubation on a mannequin.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Respiratory therapy to double intake this fall

March 31, 2024 — 
The respiratory therapy program at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will double its class size this fall to address an identified need for respiratory therapists in Manitoba.

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