Community Health Sciences News Archive

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Inner-city sports program scores big results
July 17, 2017 —
SWISH basketball helps kids stay safe and have fun

Motherboard: Universal Basic Income Is the Path to an Entirely New Economic System
June 26, 2017 —
Fully automated luxury communism

Six new Canada Research Chairs, two renewed
May 12, 2017 —
'Leading crucial investigations into a wide-range of problems our society is facing'

Globe and Mail: How to improve Indigenous health? Address jurisdictional disputes
May 9, 2017 —
Josée Lavoie, a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, and director of the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, at the University of Manitoba, wrote an article for the Globe and Mail

Made in Manitoba research
March 28, 2017 —
Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Awards and Lecture takes place on April 6

Old Basic Science gives way to planned green space
March 10, 2017 —
After 96 years of university life, a building on the Bannatyne campus has faded to green. The demolition of the Old Basic Science building, also known as T-Building, has just been completed.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study looks at sex work in conflict zone
January 12, 2017 —
CIHR funded study is designed to understand how the consequences of conflict, migration and disrupted health services affect risk in the context of HIV and other viruses.

$2.4 million in research funding for new and renewed research chairs
December 9, 2016 —
Two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) have been awarded to University of Manitoba and a third has been renewed

Free Press: Why a flu shot is important, op-ed
December 8, 2016 —
Vaccination decisions are a touchy subject for many people, so here’s a snapshot of recent research to consider and why I choose to continue to vaccinate myself and my family every year.

Insight into groundbreaking research on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2016 —
Distinguished Professor Frank Plummer recognized for groundbreaking research with 2016 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award