UM in the News News Archive
Wpg Free Press: Kelsey Wog heading to Olympics
June 21, 2021 —
UM's Kelsey Wog has clinched a berth on Canada's swimming team that is heading to the Tokyo Olympics.
CBC: ‘World-changing things’ expected from 16-year-old Winnipegger who won $100K scholarship
June 17, 2021 —
Darlene Sofia Cuevas wins prestigious Schulich Leaders Scholarship to study biosystems engineering
Thompson Citizen: Nurse’s journey to Thompson began in a refugee camp in Thailand
June 15, 2021 —
Moolaw Eh is a licensed practical nurse and a student currently working towards her bachelor of nursing degree
Simple, fast, wide-awake diagnosis of sleep apnea could enable better surgical care and improve sleep
June 3, 2021 —
New technology developed at UM can tell patients if they have OSA in 30 seconds, just by analysis of their breathing sounds while they are wide awake
Wpg Free Press: U of M grad funds scholarship for Black law students
May 31, 2021 —
The new David Sowemimo Law Entrance Scholarship is a $6,000 scholarship that will be awarded annually to a Black undergraduate student enrolled full time in the juris doctor degree program.
Global News: ‘Trailblazing’ medical grad looks forward to providing care for underserved Indigenous communities
May 28, 2021 —
Brooke Cochrane, 26, will officially become a medical doctor in June
We must eliminate profit-making from child care and elder care
May 28, 2021 —
The need for public child care and elder care is growing
Research and International
How to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and decrease vaccine hesitancy in young people
May 28, 2021 —
Understanding who might be more likely to be vaccine hesitant and reasons for their reluctance can help inform public health strategies aimed at increasing vaccine uptake.
BIPOC or IBPOC? LGBTQ or LGBTQ2S+? Who decides which terms we should use?
May 28, 2021 —
People are not organized into neat categories and the names of categories are never static
APTN: Inuk architectural grad getting set to redesign the world
May 25, 2021 —
An Inuk student at the University of Manitoba is getting set to graduate with a masters in architecture and set off to take on her own projects