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COVID-19 News Archive

Early evidence suggests that younger people are at the highest risk of poor mental health outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic. // Canva

COVID-19’s parallel pandemic: Why we need a mental health ‘vaccine’

March 23, 2021 — 
The pandemic’s impact on mental health throughout our society will likely outlive COVID-19

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Alumna Helen Clark

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Emergency Liaison

March 23, 2021 — 
In January 2020, Helen Clark  was about to travel to New York as part of an international initiative to improve Winnipeg’s 911 system when she heard about a virus in China that would dominate her work for the year ahead.

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Now you can recycle masks and other personal protective equipment

March 23, 2021 — 
New PPD recycling bins to discard disposable masks and other disposable PPE items that cannot or should not be worn anymore

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Dr. Deanna Santer, wearing a white lab coat and a surgical mask, sits in front of a microscope.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM immunologist applies interferon expertise to COVID-19

March 22, 2021 — 
New UM faculty member Dr. Deanna Santer is analyzing blood from COVID-19 patients who were treated with synthetic interferon lambda in a Toronto clinical trial.

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Fort Garry campus.

President Benarroch’s update on Fall Term

March 17, 2021 — 
Fall Term 2021 will include more in-person instruction

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A blue background with candles lit in memorial for COVID-19 anniversary.

UM Together: Reflecting on a year of COVID-19

March 17, 2021 — 
On Tuesday, March 23, the university community is invited to come together virtually

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A woman in a yellow shirt and a blue and orange head scarf works on a laptop in her lap.

Students

$30 million distributed to support UM students during 2019-20 academic year

March 16, 2021 — 
Financial Aid a key part of responding to the needs of students during the pandemic

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Next to UMSU University Centre, looking east towards UM Admin building on Fort Garry campus.

Marking one year since the WHO declared a global pandemic

March 11, 2021 — 
President’s message to faculty and staff on anniversary of remote operations

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Students in masks on UM's Fort Garry campus.

Students

What a year we’ve had

March 11, 2021 — 
President’s message to students on one-year anniversary of COVID recovery operations

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Lost medical mask laing in the grass.

Libraries

Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic

March 9, 2021 — 
Royal Society report on a digital preservation challenge

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