UM Today | News From UM Today

UM President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch gets his flu shot on campus from University Centre Pharmacist Anju Sareen.

UM influenza vaccines available starting Nov. 2

October 26, 2021 —
Members of the UM community have several options to get their flu vaccine at UM this season

campus community, Students, university health service

What Everyone’s Talking About

October 26, 2021 —
From a nail-biting Olympic win to the breakthrough that’s got the tech industry so excited

7 WXN Women's Top 100 winners photos: Top row (L-R): Dr. Patricia Birk, Dr. Tracie Afifi, Dr. Melanie Morris, Dr. Janice Ristock. Second row: Melanie MacKinnon, Dr. Tina Chen, Dr. Joanne Embree.

Seven professors named Most Powerful Women in Canada

October 25, 2021 —
Read the inspiring stories of the recipients

Administration, Alumni and Community, Awards, Campus and Community, Dr. Janice Ristock, Dr. Joanne Embree, Dr. Melanie Morris, Dr. Patricia Birk, Dr. Tina Chen, Dr. Tracie Afifi, Faculty of Arts, Indigenous, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

Research and International News

Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Melanie MacKinnon

October 25, 2021 —
Healthcare innovator whose leadership has helped save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

Awards, COVID-19 outreach and research, Indigenous, Ongomiizwin, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

Research and International News

Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Dr. Tracie Afifi

October 25, 2021 —
Expert on the effects of child maltreatment one of seven UM faculty members named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women

Awards, Dr. Tracie Afifi, psychiatry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

CBC: Winnipegger lifts 5,900 kilograms in 1 hour for mental health

October 25, 2021 —
As CBC Manitoba reports, Nolan De Leon, alumnus and current Master’s student in Physiology and Pathophysiology lifted the weight of an elephant on Saturday to bring attention to poor mental health.

Alumni, Campus and Community, Faculty of Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Joanne Embree

October 25, 2021 —
Dr. Joanne Embree, professor in the department of pediatrics and child health and the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, has been named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for 2021

Awards, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Research and International

Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Janice Ristock

October 25, 2021 —
Dr. Janice Ristock, University of Manitoba professor and former Provost and Vice-President (Academic), has been named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for 2021 in the CIBC Executive Leaders category

Administration, Faculty of Arts, Research and International