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A sick baby in hospital, hooked up to many wires and tubes.

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CBC Manitoba: Manitoba updating RSV immunization program this fall, but not committing to universal coverage

August 18, 2025 — 
No commitment to extending program to all newborns and young children

Closeup image of stethoscope and five stars on wooden table.

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Celebrating excellence: UM educators honoured with the inaugural Max Rady College of Medicine education awards

August 18, 2025 — 
The first-ever Max Rady College of Medicine education awards were introduced this year to recognize excellence and commitment to medical education.

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Cover of Summer 2025 issue of RadyUM magazine, showing Audrey Henderson and Margaret Hart.

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New issue of RadyUM highlights ‘Rehab Reconciliation’

August 15, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, in print and online, with a cover story about a successful wellness-building partnership between First Nations communities and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

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Dr. Jamie Falk smiles at the camera while leaning on a pillar inside the Apotex Centre, with the building’s exterior visible through the windows in the background.

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Evidence Advocate

August 14, 2025 — 
For Dr. Jamie Falk [B.Sc.Pharm/97], asking the right questions has always been more important than finding quick answers.

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Dr. Hope Anderson, in a hallway, smiles at the camera.

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Meet Dr. Hope Anderson, new dean of the College of Pharmacy

August 13, 2025 — 
Dr. Hope Anderson, professor, has been appointed dean of the College of Pharmacy, assuming her new role on July 1, 2025.

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Chris Pascoe, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba who specializes in chronic respiratory diseases, says exposure to wildfire smoke at an early age can lead to frequent lung infections and an increased risk of developing respiratory diseases like asthma. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

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CBC Manitoba: Winnipeg air quality among worst on planet due to wildfires, prompting warnings

August 11, 2025 — 
'Once you get to 10-plus [air quality rating], numbers kind of lose meaning,' says respiratory researcher

Dr. Sarah Forgie stands in a hallway.

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Through a Hopeful Lens

August 11, 2025 — 
In 2024, when UM alum Sarah Forgie [B.Sc.(Med.)/95, MD/95] joined the University of Saskatchewan (USask) as dean of the College of Medicine, she immediately felt the weight of her new position. 

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A group of Indigenous leaders around items for a water and pipe ceremony on Bannatyne campus.

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Physical therapy program introduces Indigenous welcoming ceremony

August 8, 2025 — 
The physical therapy department at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences held its first Indigenous welcoming ceremony for all students, faculty and staff on Aug. 5 on the Bannatyne campus.

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Meghan Azad, 2024 Gairdner Momentum Award Laureate

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CBC Manitoba: Destigmatizing public breastfeeding for World Breastfeeding Week

August 8, 2025 — 
Destigmatizing public breastfeeding for World Breastfeeding Week

Actor Myles Taylor and accessibility choreographer Stefanie Wiens discuss an upcoming project.

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Acting on Accessibility

August 5, 2025 — 
Stefanie Wiens [BMROT/96] knew at the age of seven that she wanted to be an actor. By the time she was 13, she had also started to think about occupational therapy, after the “obscure” career was suggested in an aptitude test at school.

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