UM Today UM Today University of Manitoba UM Today UM Today UM Today

college of nursing News Archive

Group of recipients with the UM President and Provost

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Honouring faculty excellence at UM

May 14, 2025 — 
On May 6, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) hosted the Faculty Recognition Reception. The event honours recipients of teaching awards, community engagement awards, Merit Awards, and those granted Tenure.

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Erin Ryback in a clinical environment.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nurse practitioner program doubles annual student intake

May 13, 2025 — 
To address the growing need for health-care professionals across Manitoba, the College of Nursing at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is doubling the annual intake of its graduate-level nurse practitioner (NP) program from 25 to 50 this year.  

,

Kaydence Morgado Thomas smiles in front of mural with ribbon skirt

Celebrating Indigenous nurses

May 12, 2025 — 
Meet Kaydence Morgado Thomas, proud Indigenous nursing student whose cultural identity shapes her path in health care.

, , , ,

Graduate nursing students Jess Crawford, Ashley Bell, Adam Brandt and Jennie MacMillan Gomez outside the Smartark Innovation Hub at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Student research inspires symposium on gender and sexual minority health

April 29, 2025 — 
Research from graduate students in the College of Nursing was the inspiration for the theme of this year’s Helen Glass Research Symposium.   

, , ,

Headshot of Athena Sherman.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Symposium to focus on health research among LGBTQIA2S+ people

April 15, 2025 — 
The Helen Glass Research Symposium, hosted by the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, returns April 22 – 24 at Fort Garry campus with a focus on gender and sexual minority health research. 

,

Portrait of Dr. Dieter Schonwetter.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Family of four building life in new home thanks to Habitat Manitoba, Rady Faculty

April 11, 2025 — 
On March 28, a wide smile crossed Ifeyinwa’s face as Dr. Dieter Schonwetter handed her the keys to her new home. She was officially a homeowner.

, , , , , , , , ,

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. 

,

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. 

, ,

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

,

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.

, , , , , , ,

© University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, Manitoba • Canada • R3T 2N2

Emergency: 204-474-9341