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Dr. Catherine Cook speaks at her retirement celebration.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dr. Catherine Cook celebrated as trailblazer, mentor at retirement event

March 27, 2024 — 
Dr. Catherine Cook, a Métis physician, Rady vice-dean (Indigenous health) and UM vice-president who championed Indigenous equity, was honoured at her Rady Faculty retirement celebration as a true trailblazer.

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School of Art

The Hamilton Spectator: Brushstrokes Of Resilience: Jackie Traverse’s Artistic Odyssey

March 26, 2024 — 
The Hamilton Spectator: Brushstrokes Of Resilience: Jackie Traverse’s Artistic Odyssey

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Photo of three law alumni left to right Bradley Regehr Heather Wadsworth Brent Roussin

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law announces 2023 Alumni Award recipients

March 25, 2024 — 
To celebrate the achievements of graduates, the Faculty of Law created the Faculty of Law Alumni Awards which are presented annually in three categories: Outstanding Alumni Award, Emerging Leader Award, and the Trailblazer Award. Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 UM Law Alumni Awards: Bradley Regehr, K.C. [LLB/96], Outstanding Alumni Award Heather Wadsworth [JD/15], Emerging Leader Award Dr. Brent Roussin [BSc/96, MD/00, JD/09, MPH/11], Trailblazer Award.

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Artlab

School of Art

The School of Fine Art Student Association Votes to Name the SOA Student Endowment Fund

March 21, 2024 — 
In recognition of Divya Mehra [BFA'05], contemporary visual artist and distinguished alumna, the current board of SOFASA has voted in favour of renaming the Student Endowment Fund the Kamal and Sudha Mehra Student Endowment Fund.

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mage from the office of the Governor General of Canada: The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf circumscribed with the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM–Latin for “They desire a better country”.

Students

Members of UM community appointed to Order of Canada

March 6, 2024 — 
On Dec. 28, 2023, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada.

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alumni awards recipient posing for photo next to Faculty of Education banners

Faculty of Education

Congratulations to the 2024 Alumni Awards & Scholarship Recipients

March 5, 2024 — 
Faculty of Education Alumni Association celebrated the 2024 Alumni Awards & Scholarship Recipients.

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Dr. Tito Daodu speaks at a podium in the cover image of RadyUM magazine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM magazine marks medical college anniversary

March 1, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine focuses on the Max Rady College of Medicine’s celebration of a milestone: its 140th anniversary.

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Headshot of Ray Strachan smiling

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Ray Strachan sees change in Winnipeg theatre

February 28, 2024 — 
Strachan, a theatre artist, works with non-profit organizations and communities teaching theatre.

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TLC, a painted bronze sculpture of a female bison and her calf.

Donor Relations

Fafard bison sculpture joins the herd

February 21, 2024 — 
UM alum Anita Ross recently donated a painted bronze sculpture by artist and UM alum Joe Fafard to the University of Manitoba. The piece, called TLC, is of a female bison and her calf.

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St. Paul's College

St. Paul’s College Celebrates St. Paul’s Day Mass and Academic Awards Ceremony

February 13, 2024 — 
St. Paul's College recently hosted its annual St. Paul's Day Mass and Academic Awards Ceremony on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at Christ the King Chapel.

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