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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Two new Canada Research Chairs awarded prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowships
March 16, 2021 —
UM Canada Research Chairs Dr. Galen Wright and Dr. Britt Drögemöller, faculty members in the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently awarded a pair of one-year fellowships that will allow them to collaborate on neurogenomics and precision medicine with Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Libraries
Taking the pulse of UM Libraries
March 16, 2021 —
University of Manitoba Libraries (UM Libraries) needs your help to gain insight into how our facilities, services and collections are used, and how these can be improved to better serve your needs.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
AG e-news March 15, 2021
March 15, 2021 —
News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Unscheduled Power Outage: Monday, March 15
March 15, 2021 —
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Manitoba Co-Operator: An education in engagement
March 14, 2021 —
Diploma students get hands-on with agricultural policy
Faculty of Law
Against all odds, annual Law Banquet connects mentors and students virtually
March 12, 2021 —
The Eighth Annual Robson Hall Law Banquet took place this past week on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Law Banquet Co-Coordinators, law students Taylor Antonchuk and Jordan Sinder, were very pleased to welcome 150 attendees this year, including a majority of the 1L class and lawyers from each of Manitoba’s five biggest law firms.
UM researchers to advance knowledge of COVID-19 impacts and improve health outcomes
March 12, 2021 —
One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, additional research is needed to understand and address persistent issues related to COVID-19 and the threat of future coronavirus and other infectious disease outbreaks
Faculty of Law
Ottawa Citizen Op-Ed: Gunn and Neve: Canada mustn’t wait any longer to implement the UN declaration on Indigenous rights
March 11, 2021 —
Bringing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to life in Canada has been a long time coming. Close to four decades in fact, a staggeringly long time for such a crucial human rights concern.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Go-to Research Centre
March 11, 2021 —
In 2020, the College of Nursing celebrated the 35th anniversary of its Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR), a unit that has grown from small-scale beginnings into a thriving catalyst for collaborative nursing research.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduate programs in nursing reach 40-year milestone
March 11, 2021 —
In 1980, the College of Nursing took a major step in its evolution: it admitted the first students to its inaugural master of nursing program. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years,” says associate professor Judith Scanlan [BN/67, M.Ed./83, PhD/96], former associate dean, graduate programs, who has been teaching at the college for 46 years and joined the full-time faculty in 1983. “We’ve come a long way.”