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Three women stand in a semi-circle having a conversation.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

WISDOM mentorship program connects women scientists at UM

October 10, 2024 — 
The UM organization known as WISDOM (Women in Science: Development, Outreach and Mentorship) offers a mentorship program that connects women faculty members and students in the sciences.

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Dozens of people wearing orange shirts walk at the Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty community gathers for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events

October 1, 2024 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community came together on the Bannatyne and Fort Garry campuses on Sept. 27 to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.  

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Dr. Peter Nickerson speaks to a large crowd gathered in the Brodie Centre atrium at Bannatyne campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Hundreds of Rady Faculty alumni welcomed home for Homecoming

September 26, 2024 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its largest Dean’s Homecoming Breakfast ever on Sept. 21, as more than 240 UM alumni came to the Brodie Centre atrium to celebrate a record 24 milestone reunions, spanning six decades. 

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Justice Spence stands in the College of Nursing atrium with a colourful mural behind her.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New student lounge, mural bring ‘sense of belonging’ to Indigenous nursing students

September 25, 2024 — 
On Sept. 18, the College of Nursing held a grand opening celebration for a new lounge for students in its Mahkwa Omushki Kiim: Pathway to Indigenous Nursing Education (PINE) initiative. 

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Ariel Wilcox standing inside the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing Atrium.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Ariel Wilcox looks to improve rural health-care system

September 10, 2024 — 
Ariel Wilcox spent over a decade working as a frontline nurse in rural Manitoba prior to the COVID pandemic. After taking a maternity leave during the pandemic’s third wave, she was unsure that she wanted to return. 

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A drawn image of a person in a canoe on a lake, with dream-like images of a hockey goalie in the sky.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Graphic novel focuses on homophobia in Indigenous sport

September 9, 2024 — 
A new graphic novel created from research conducted by the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences looks at gender and sexuality through a Cree lens, with a focus on toxic masculinity and homophobia in sport. 

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Granddaughter cheers up and hugs her sad grandmother in a nursing home.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Nursing professor funded for dementia care study

August 21, 2024 — 
College of Nursing professor Dr. Genevieve Thompson recently received $750,000 in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a three-year study to support communication and decision-making for family caregivers of people living with dementia.  

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Adam Brandt standing outside at Fort Garry campus. the UM Administration Building can be seen in the background.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Adam Brandt aims to fill 2SLGBTQIA+ research gap in nursing

August 12, 2024 — 
Over the last year, Adam Brandt, a master’s student in the College of Nursing, has received several awards for their research regarding the experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ nurses, including the Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize and, most recently, a Research Manitoba training award.  

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Cover of RadyUM magazine shows nursing students in a virtual reality lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM dives into the RadyVerse

August 2, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine highlights the recent launch of RadyVerse, an initiative that is expanding the use of virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence and machine learning across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Broken teacups reassembled artistically over a black background.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

The Art of Lived Experience

July 29, 2024 — 
Art and science are, of course, very different disciplines. But Dr. Mandy Archibald, assistant professor at the College of Nursing, sees a relationship between them.

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