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Reagan Croy, occupational therapy student

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Occupational therapy student honoured by Manitoba 150

March 8, 2021 — 
Reagan Croy, a first-year occupational therapy student at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, was taken by surprise when she found out she was named to Honour 150, a list that recognizes people who “stand out for their role in making Manitoba such an amazing province.”

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Music alumna Julie Lumsden

Music alumna finds ways to showcase talent, explore Métis heritage during pandemic

February 12, 2021 — 
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we work and play, Desautels Faculty of Music alumna and rising star Julie Lumsden [BMus(Perf)/15] has continued to find ways to showcase her talent and explore her Métis heritage

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Louis Riel statue in front of Migizii Agamik - Bald Eagle Lodge

Indigenous

Honouring the Founding Father of Manitoba

February 10, 2021 — 
A Louis Riel Day message from Dr. Catherine Cook, Vice-President (Indigenous)

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Woman having online meeting with colleagues on a video call working from home by Jacob Lund from Noun Project

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

A safe virtual space for BIPOC students, staff & alumni

February 2, 2021 — 
The FKRM student council has created a safe space for the BIPOC community to share and connect in a virtual setting.

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a mosaic of a brain

Three UM researchers to work with community partners to address mental health needs of overlooked populations

January 27, 2021 — 
Projects to focus on the people with hearing loss, parents, and frontline health care workers

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President Michael Benarroch holds a signs that asks us to be mindful of each other

A message from President Michael Benarroch on mental health

January 26, 2021 — 
We have all been dealing with mental burdens beyond the norm. So, let’s talk.

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Water flows from a metal pipe into a river.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Research project to analyze human viruses in Winnipeg’s rivers

January 15, 2021 — 
A student in the VADA Program will test treated wastewater that flows into the Red and Assiniboine Rivers for human viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19.

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Snow covers the ground and trees around the Administration Building on Fort Garry campus.

President Michael Benarroch update on Summer Term and supporting our collective success

January 13, 2021 — 
'Thank you to faculty, students, staff and everyone for your continued resilience and commitment to UM’s mission and vision'

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An exemplary skull of a gorgonopsian collected from Zambia in 2018 and currently at the Burke Museum of Natural History. The upper canine of this specimen is broken and would have extended below the lower jaw. Photo credit: Brandon Peecook

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

UM researcher part of team that finds surprising connection between dinosaurs and mammals

December 23, 2020 — 
Kirstin Brink is part of a team that discovered that gorgonopsians, early ancestors to mammals and not related to dinosaurs, have very similar tooth structure to carnivorous dinosaurs.

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Holiday graphic with admin building in snow globe.

A year end message from President Benarroch

December 17, 2020 — 
'This year, 2020, has demanded that we let go of so many daily practices and cherished traditions that brought meaning and connection to our lives'

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