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Students News

Support for students

May 31, 2021 — 
Following the devastating discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc lands – supports for students are available

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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.

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New project to look at ethics behind epidemiological tools to curb HIV transmissions

May 31, 2021 — 
“Do these new powerful techniques for identifying transmission patterns represent a major breakthrough to effectively tackle HIV epidemics, or do they signify the emergence of a highly intrusive surveillance regime in HIV science?"

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UM lowers flag to honour children of Kamloops Indian Residential School

May 30, 2021 — 
UM lowered its flag over the Administration Building to honour the children whose remains were discovered on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School

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Be heard – complete the census

May 28, 2021 — 
Census information is important to all Canadians and is vital for planning services that support employment, schools, public transportation and hospitals

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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

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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

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Little work has been done to understand young people’s willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Above: a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus on May 6. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

Research and International News

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.

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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

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New Academic Jobs – May 26, 2021

May 26, 2021 — 
New Academic Jobs - May 26, 2021

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