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Two alumni embrace at the Dean's Homecoming Breakfast at Bannatyne campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady alumni reconnect with classmates, rediscover UM at Homecoming festivities

September 24, 2025 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its largest-ever Dean’s Homecoming Breakfast on Sept. 20, with more than 280 UM alumni from the health professions reuniting at the Brodie Centre atrium.

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Ashley Bell stands outside of the College of Nursing's Helen Glass Centre for Nursing at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing grad student seeks to close gaps for 2SLGBTQIA+ families with infants in intensive care

September 23, 2025 — 
When she was working as a bedside nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, UM nursing alumna Ashley Bell saw some 2SLGBTQIA+ families were not receiving the same level of care as other families. 

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A young person sits on a sidewalk against a wall, head down.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New research to inform better youth mental health and wellness services across Canada

September 3, 2025 — 
The Government of Canada this week announced a new initiative to address unprecedented challenges for youth mental health and wellness across the country. 

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Cover of Summer 2025 issue of RadyUM magazine, showing Audrey Henderson and Margaret Hart.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM highlights ‘Rehab Reconciliation’

August 15, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, in print and online, with a cover story about a successful wellness-building partnership between First Nations communities and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

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Kirsty Muller speaks at a podium.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Heart Medicine

July 30, 2025 — 
When Kirsty Muller [BN/14] was in her final year of nursing studies at UM, she was not looking forward to her practicum in mental health.

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Two instructors guide students in a dentistry lab as they examine dental models.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Kids discover health-care careers at UM summer camp

July 24, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences welcomed students back to its Biomedical Youth Program (BYP) Summer Camp — a week-long immersive experience where youth explore careers in the health sciences through hands-on learning. After a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the camp returned this year with new programming. 

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Headshot of Tara Horrill.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Questioning Cancer Care

July 14, 2025 — 
Born and raised in Morden, Man., Tara Horrill [BN/05, PhD/21] always knew she wanted a career in health care. But it was while working as an oncology nurse at CancerCare Manitoba that she became drawn to research.

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‘It was really, really helpful, and gave me a place to feel like I belonged here,’ says Deanna Garand of the PINE program. Photo: Cierra Bettens/APTN.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

APTN: Reinventing and reconnecting: Métis nursing grad shares journey to success

June 9, 2025 — 
Reinventing and reconnecting: Métis nursing grad shares journey to success

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Fleur McEvoy presents a pinard to midwifery graduand Catalina Curé.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New midwives and nurses join professions

June 6, 2025 — 
At a ceremony at the University of Manitoba’s Desaultels Concert Hall, 117 new nurses and seven new midwives were welcomed to their professions on June 5.  

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2025 FGS Awards Reception

Celebrating Excellence: Faculty of Graduate Studies honours award recipients at 2025 awards reception

May 27, 2025 — 
Recognizing outstanding achievements in mentorship, administration, and research within the UM graduate and postdoctoral community.

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