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Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law publishes Alumni Magazine 2024 for Homecoming
September 18, 2024 —
The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law has published its annual Alumni Magazine in time for Homecoming 2024. Covering news of interest to Law Alumni, the magazine includes news about alumni achievements, developments in the law school’s JD and graduate programs, and recognition of the community that helps fuel the Faculty in its mission to educate the next generation of legal professionals.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New research chair to focus on telerehab at Riverview Health Centre
September 18, 2024 —
Riverview Health Centre and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have announced a new research chair focused on rehabilitation and new telerehabilitation technology.
Retirement planning sessions offered for faculty and staff
September 18, 2024 —
Current faculty and staff who are plan members of the University of Manitoba Pension Plan (1993) (Pension Plan) and are planning to retire in the next five years are invited to register for one of the upcoming retirement planning sessions taking place on November 13 and 15.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Occupational therapy program welcomes largest class to date
September 17, 2024 —
The College of Rehabilitation Sciences welcomed 55 new occupational therapy (OT) students at a ceremony on Bannatyne campus on August 26. The class size increased by five from previous years, and next year will increase again to 60 incoming students.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Project aims to help researchers dig into Manitoba population data
September 17, 2024 —
A UM research unit that houses one of the world’s richest repositories of population data has embarked on a project to make this “big data” more user-friendly for researchers.
Faculty of Arts
The Conversation: Free menstrual products matter to support equity, but so do adequate facilities and sinks
September 17, 2024 —
Over the past years, activists have made important gains in the effort to provide people who menstruate with adequate and free supplies.
Asper School of Business
Dr. Suzanne Gagnon receives unanimous renewal of Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education
September 17, 2024 —
Since 2018, Suzanne Gagnon has served Canada Life Chair of Leadership Education and director of the James W. Burns Leadership Institute, UM’s centre for leadership knowledge and education, housed at the Asper School of Business. In July 2024, Gagnon's role as Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education was unanimously renewed.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Med student, inclusion advocate recognized by Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
September 17, 2024 —
Tooba Razi has received a Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF) award
Students
We all deserve positive relationships
September 16, 2024 —
In healthy intimate relationships, partners can live their individual lives feeling emotionally and physically safe to be who they are. Unfortunately, we know this feeling of safety isn’t being experienced by everyone on campus. At UM’s Sexual Violence Resource Centre (SVRC), we regularly provide support to students, staff and faculty who are living in situations that do not feel safe to them. Learn more about what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like, intimate partner violence, and available support.
Faculty of Arts
Celebrating undergraduate research
September 16, 2024 —
For the second year in a row, the Faculty of Arts gathered in August to celebrate the efforts and contributions of undergraduate student researchers.