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Ruth Barclay stands inside the atrium at Riverview Health Centre.

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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. 

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Czynara Gerard Patio and Maya Blair standing in a hallway at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

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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. 

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A woman looks at two computer screens containing information about the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository.

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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.

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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

Three rows of students are wearing white coats. They are each holding an open folder and are reading the community code from a paper inside the folder.

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Dentistry, dental hygiene students celebrate start of new journey

September 13, 2024 — 
A wide smile crossed the face of Gurpreet Kaur as she held her two-year-old son, Azaad, after the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene’s Opening Assembly on Thursday evening.  

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Louise Chartrand

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CityNews Winnipeg: Manitoba wildfires creating poor air quality in Winnipeg

September 13, 2024 — 
Manitoba wildfires creating poor air quality in Winnipeg

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Jason Kindrachuk

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CTV News: Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

September 13, 2024 — 
Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

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Students receive white coats from faculty, staff and mentors.

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PharmD Class of 2028 receives white coats in inspiring ceremony

September 11, 2024 — 
The Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2028 includes 59 students from 10 different countries, four Canadian provinces, and a diverse range of Indigenous, rural, and urban communities.

Ariel Wilcox standing inside the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing Atrium.

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Rady grad student profile: Ariel Wilcox looks to improve rural health-care system

September 10, 2024 — 
Ariel Wilcox spent over a decade working as a frontline nurse in rural Manitoba prior to the COVID pandemic. After taking a maternity leave during the pandemic’s third wave, she was unsure that she wanted to return. 

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A mother and daughter look at a grocery label while shopping.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Sticker shock Grocery prices soar, and province’s lack of regional price-tracking not helping

September 10, 2024 — 
Sticker shock Grocery prices soar, and province’s lack of regional price-tracking not helping

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