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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Roundup: Memorable Rady Faculty stories of 2024

December 10, 2024 — 
It’s been a year of exciting news in the areas of education, research and community service across the five colleges of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Here’s a look at 10 of our most notable stories of 2024.

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Three students stand in front of a sundance lodge.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Sundances offer students ‘crash course in culture’

November 27, 2024 — 
A program through the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration (OIPC) at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is helping students connect with Indigenous communities through ceremony. 

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Seated at a desk, Dr. Chelsea Gabel speaks.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Indigenous health researchers focus on ‘changing the narrative’

November 22, 2024 — 
Speakers at the recent Indigenous Health Research Symposium at UM reflected on the theme "Changing the Narrative."

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty hosts youth, inspires pursuit of the health professions and biomedical sciences

November 15, 2024 — 
Hundreds of high school students from Manitoba descended on Bannatyne campus Nov. 6 and 7 for two annual events at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences highlighting the health sciences programs at UM and scientific discovery. 

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Jasmine Brar leading children in a yoga session at the Rady Kids' Club, University of Manitoba, helping them enjoy physical activity while their parents study.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Twins and textbooks: How one Rady student makes it all work

November 14, 2024 — 
Jackie Neufeld balances school and home with the help of the Rady Kids' Club, a free childminding service at the University of Manitoba.

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Three female Indigenous students in the lobby of the pinning ceremony. The student in the middle holds her UM nursing pin.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Over 100 new nurses welcomed to profession

October 23, 2024 — 
The College of Nursing welcomed 105 new nurses to the profession at a pinning ceremony on Oct. 22 at the new Desautels Concert Hall, a few hours ahead the graduands’ convocation. 

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A group of students around a tablein a discussion.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Over 300 health-care students take part in interprofessional workshop, film screening

October 15, 2024 — 
The Office of Interprofessional Collaboration (OIPC) at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences held a screening of the film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story for over 300 students representing multiple health disciplines on Oct.7. 

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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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