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Nicki and Bryce Douglas at the alumni event held in Toronto on November 19, 2015

Alumni gather at special reception held in Toronto

November 20, 2015 — 
Nearly 100 University of Manitoba alumni living in the Greater Toronto Area for an evening of stories, music, and one big announcement

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Dr. James Blanchard

Program science approach useful in combatting a range of health and social issues

November 17, 2015 — 
Dr. James Blanchard is bridging the health equity gaps by taking a “program science” approach to the problem.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOLARSHIPS OFFER A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY

November 2, 2015 — 
If you’re committed to helping people lead healthier lives, interested in health or medicine, or set on working to improve populations or societies, the world just became your oyster. The University of Manitoba is one of 34 Canadian universities to offer a scholarship opportunity designed for students to travel to another Commonwealth country where they’ll spend three to four months working as an intern with world-class experts in global and Indigenous health research.

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Canadian money //Photo: KMR Photography,flickr

Globe and Mail: Is now a good time for the Guaranteed Annual Income?

August 4, 2015 — 
The following is an op-ed written by community health sciences professors Noralou Roos and Evelyn Forget

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Academic Structure Initiative Update: Human Ecology

June 26, 2015 — 
As part of the University’s Academic Structure Initiative (ASI), the Faculty of Human Ecology and its departments have been exploring and formalizing structural changes

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Manitoba can do better for children in care, new report says

June 9, 2015 — 
Children who have been taken into care in the child welfare system have poorer educational outcomes than others

Diana Brydon

Research and International

Celebrating researchers who are taking their place on the world stage

April 24, 2015 — 
Awards for diverse research including decolonization, insects, climate change, child welfare, environment, older Canadians, and democracy

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Leigh McClarty

CANDID: Meet Leigh McClarty

March 24, 2015 — 
She knows she'd hate being a dentist, she loves live music, and she runs a non-profit in Uganda

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CBC: Insecticide ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans, says World Health Organization agency

March 23, 2015 — 
'It's all about dose. It's best described in a simple statement: dose makes the poison'

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

U of M selected for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship

March 2, 2015 — 
U of M chosen for its project: Promoting international community-university partnerships in global and Indigenous health

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