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Indigenous
Third-annual Indigenous Awards of Excellence celebrate 10 recipients
March 12, 2019 —
The Office of Indigenous Engagement celebrated recipients at the Indigenous Awards of Excellence reception
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
U of M study envisions online ‘report card’ for personal care homes
March 12, 2019 —
User-friendly site should help compare personal care homes on medical and social criteria, study recommends
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Alumni Abroad: Science to the extreme
March 4, 2019 —
Allyson Hindle can tell you a lot about mammals in extreme environments
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Lindy Norris: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient for Outstanding Young Alumni
March 4, 2019 —
To help young women secure adequate financial support, Athena established the Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship Fund that is awarded annually to young Manitoba women who are standout community leaders
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Indigenous
Indigenous students, staff and faculty invite U of M community to participate in Indigenous Awareness Month
March 4, 2019 —
Indigenous Awareness Month is back this March
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Mothers of children with FASD have high rate of inadequate prenatal care: U of M study
February 19, 2019 —
More than 40 per cent of women who gave birth to a child in Man. with FASD received inadequate or no prenatal care, a study found
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Helen Glass Lecture to focus on rebuilding health systems
February 15, 2019 —
Health systems in most countries are more than 40 years out of date, according to Dr. Amanda Kenny
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Hospital simulation emphasizes teamwork, collaboration
February 7, 2019 —
Giving students in health-related fields the opportunity to play the role of both caregiver and patient
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Faculty of Arts
Students bring 17th century English coffeehouse to U of M
February 5, 2019 —
All are welcome to experience the social milieu of a Restoration period English coffeehouse
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The Conversation: Fighting tuberculosis: Databases are new and powerful weapons
January 30, 2019 —
'Partnerships with communities most impacted by TB are essential to ending TB through earlier diagnosis'