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Two women chopping leaves in a rainforest.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Amazon experience highlights holistic care

April 1, 2025 — 
When Courtney Chartrand heard about an opportunity to travel to the Amazon to learn from traditional South American healers, she knew she had to be part of it. 

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A group of Indigenous women work with medicinal plants on a beach in New Zealand.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New Zealand visit transformative for Indigenous UM nursing students

March 21, 2025 — 
A knowledge exchange trip to New Zealand in 2024 was life-changing for Shayna Moore, a recent graduate from the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences who now works as a skills education coach for Indigenous students in the program. 

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Dr. Tara Horrill

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Global News Winnipeg: Winnipegger urges patients to advocate for themselves after mother’s delayed cancer diagnosis

March 12, 2025 — 
Melanie Leslie-Bernard describes their mom Zoe as a brave, adventurous woman who loved travel and the outdoors

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Several copies of the new issue of RadyUM magazine are fanned out on a table.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM welcomes sixth college to Rady Faculty

March 10, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, online and in print. The cover story introduces the new College of Community and Global Health – soon to be the sixth college encompassed by the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Dr. Farhana Shariff stands in the Brodie Centre atrium on the UM Bannatyne campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Celebrating International Women’s Day: Martha Donovan Awards empower Rady women as leaders

March 7, 2025 — 
Recipients say leadership training is helping them to advance women’s equity in health care, health education and health research.

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Students experience VR at the College of Nursing during SET Day 2025

Research and International

S.E.T. Day inspires future scientists and engineers

February 24, 2025 — 
Science, Engineering and Technology Day sets a new attendance record, welcoming 220 students from 39 high schools across southern Manitoba.

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Dr. Sonia Udod.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Audit’s advice for Manitoba health-care agencies surprising, ‘ridiculous,’ says health finance prof

February 13, 2025 — 
Health authorities 'should allocate the resources to what they need': Amin Mawani

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Kellie Thiessen stands in front of a mural at the College of Nursing.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Meet the new Dean of the College of Nursing

February 12, 2025 — 
On Feb. 1, Dr. Kellie Thiessen assumed the role of dean of the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.  

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Graduands Sophie Harms and Tolulope Akinloye recite the UM Bachelor of Nursing page with their graduating class.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM celebrates largest nursing class at pinning ceremony

February 12, 2025 — 
The College of Nursing held its largest-ever pinning ceremony on Feb. 5, welcoming 146 new nurses to the profession. 

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Lisa Knisley stands by a research poster.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Clear Communicator

February 3, 2025 — 
For most of her early career after graduating from UM as a nurse, Dr. Lisa Knisley [BN/94] cared for adult patients. But in 2000, she was working in a cardiac catheter lab in London, England, that served both adults and children.

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