Community Health Sciences News Archive

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Lounge renovations give students a place to relax
September 11, 2018 —
Student space gets a make-over

Faculty of Arts
Graduate students are Rising Up
March 2, 2018 —
On March 9 and 10, the Native Studies Graduate Students Association will host the third annual Rising Up conference featuring close to 100 scholars from around the world discussing Indigenous knowledge and research in Indigenous studies.

Vox: We need new ways of treating depression
February 26, 2018 —
'I searched out other radical experiments with different kinds of social and psychological antidepressants, often in unexpected places.'

Canada’s global health role, a scientific rundown
February 23, 2018 —
U of M professor partakes in The Lancet's special series on Canada

$9.7M investment in innovative health research
January 26, 2018 —
Manitoba researchers receive funding to study mental health, multiple sclerosis, Indigenous health, and more

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Birth in community or travel for C-section?
December 12, 2017 —
Family medicine researcher working to help moms deliver babies in their communities.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Who goes to the doctor, where and why?
November 23, 2017 —
U of M study finds many Manitobans choose to see a family doctor or nurse practitioner who is not located close to their home

Looking after each other, SSHRC grants empowering communities through research
November 15, 2017 —
'All innovation is inherently social, which means the social sciences and humanities are especially important in this time of rapid change'

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
This November, grow a mo’ – but get moving, too!
November 14, 2017 —
Family physicians encourage men to focus on movement, not just moustaches

The Conversation: Foster care damages the health of mothers
November 6, 2017 —
'We found that among mothers who had a child taken into care, the number of mothers with depression, anxiety and substance use diagnoses was much higher in the years after their children were placed'