college of rehabilitation sciences News Archive
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.
Trail brings physical, spiritual and mental health to elders in First Nation community
February 7, 2025 —
An Elder wellness project at Lake Manitoba First Nation done in partnership with the College of Rehabilitation Sciences will mark five years this spring, with continued work on an intergenerational walking path.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Athletes’ Advocate
January 27, 2025 —
Soon after Joanne Parsons [BMRPT/03, M.Sc./09, PhD/14] made the move from clinical physiotherapy to academia, she initiated a research project at a Winnipeg high school.
Outstanding Rady Faculty grad students earn Dean’s Prize
January 23, 2025 —
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to 10 extraordinary graduate students in 2024.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Finding Fun in Physio
January 6, 2025 —
When they graduated from UM’s physical therapy program, neither Melanie Sabourin [BA/13, MPT/19] nor her friend Mikaela Hoeppner [MPT/18] had any plans to own a business. But within a few years, the pair teamed up to open a unique Winnipeg clinic.
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.
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.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Partnership brings physiotherapy to two First Nations communities
November 19, 2024 —
Residents of Lake Manitoba First Nation and Pinaymootang First Nation now have access to physiotherapy and rehabilitation expertise without having to travel.
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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Rady Faculty dean urges new grads to ‘take flight’ in their careers
November 1, 2024 —
As the sun shone brightly into the Brodie atrium at Bannatyne campus for fall convocation on Oct. 31, Dr. Peter Nickerson, vice-provost (health sciences) and dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, asked the graduates of four health programs to take inspiration from the mural by Anishinaabe artist Blake Angeconeb that surrounded them.