Dr. Tom Colina
When Tom Colina [DMD/89] became the first Filipino dentist to open a practice in Winnipeg in 1993, he didn’t see it as a significant milestone.
He was just doing what he’d been trained to do at the UM dental school. But leaders in the Filipino-Canadian community quickly told him he was now a role model.
“The Filipino community was excited,” Colina recalls. “They came, and we were swamped with patients.”
When Tom Colina [DMD/89] became the first Filipino dentist to open a practice in Winnipeg in 1993, he didn’t see it as a significant milestone.
Mandi Baker, assistant professor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, discusses the book “Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure.”
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building and the primary grouping of flags at University Crescent and Chancellor Matheson in memory of Grandfather Wanbdi Wakita, Unkan (Grandfather or Elder)-in-Residence for UM's Access Program, effective immediately until sundown on Friday, December 19.