Health matters: people and planet News Archive
UM ranks 6th in Canada on Climate Action; Good Health and Wellbeing
June 30, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba ranks in Canada’s top 20 in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Deepest Canadian ice core has reached bedrock
May 26, 2025 —
This is the deepest ice core ever extracted in Canada and promises to reveal vital insights into the Arctic’s climatic past.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Effects of social isolation highlighted in national aging study
May 23, 2025 —
This year marks the half-way point of a major 20-year Canada-wide study on the complexities of the aging process. Since it was launched in 2015, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has seen over 300 studies published using its data, including from researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
Research and International
The Free Press: How Vertical Farming Is Strengthening Food Security in Manitoba
May 12, 2025 —
For decades, food insecurity has plagued Manitoba’s isolated northern communities. In these areas, high transportation costs make healthy food harder to find and more expensive for individuals and families.
Celebrating Indigenous nurses
May 12, 2025 —
Meet Kaydence Morgado Thomas, proud Indigenous nursing student whose cultural identity shapes her path in health care.
Research and International
The Free Press: Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines
April 15, 2025 —
Future vaccine development through research at UM
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM-led study offers hope that existing drug can target metastatic brain tumours
April 15, 2025 —
A University of Manitoba-led study successfully eliminated breast-cancer derived brain tumours in mice, using a drug to penetrate the brain and eliminate metastatic brain tumours.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM Researchers Set to Drill Deepest Ice Core in Canadian History on Müller Ice Cap
April 4, 2025 —
Researchers from the University of Manitoba are traveling to Müller Ice Cap, on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where they will recover the deepest ice core ever drilled in Canada.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Amazon experience highlights holistic care
April 1, 2025 —
When Courtney Chartrand heard about an opportunity to travel to the Amazon to learn from traditional South American healers, she knew she had to be part of it.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Analytical chemist explores contaminant impacts on water and soil quality
April 1, 2025 —
Dr. Alistair Brown joined the Department of Soil Science as Manitoba Analytical Solutions (MASS) Lab Director and Assistant Professor.