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Charlene Braun stands outside at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Health care restructuring, COVID redeployment inspire thesis for nursing master’s student

October 3, 2025 — 
Not long after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2017, Charlene Braun started her first leadership role, as a nurse educator at Grace Hospital. At that time the Manitoba health system was in a period of restructuring and consolidation, which inspired her to return to UM and pursue a master’s degree. 

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People with orange shirts walk through the University Manitoba Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2025 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community commemorated the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) across both the Bannatyne and Fort Garry campuses.

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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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