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COVID-19 News Archive

Patient speaks with a doctor via video chat on a laptop.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM study examines impact of virtual health care

March 9, 2021 — 
University of Manitoba researchers are conducting a study to assess the impact that the rapid switch to virtual health-care delivery in the province during the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patients and health-care workers. 

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Research and International

On the wing

March 1, 2021 — 
How birds changed their migrations during lockdowns

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Research and International

Hip to heparin

March 1, 2021 — 
A University of Manitoba research team is emerging as a global leader in COVID-19 anticoagulation trials thanks to their innovative, global trial studying different types of heparin, an anticoagulant (blood thinning) and anti-inflammatory drug

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Research and International

COVID-19 anxiety in the age of the anthropocene

March 1, 2021 — 
Graduate student Sarah Paradis work will show how traditional learning environments, such as schools and classrooms have become impacted by the pandemic

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T2200S form for employees working from home in 2020

February 26, 2021 — 
To claim remote work expenses, employees have the option of using the Temporary Flat Rate Method or the Detailed Method

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Stay safe on campus

February 24, 2021 — 
UM takes a proactive approach to staff and student safety and security on our campuses, through a variety of programs and security measures.

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Students

Winter 2021 UM Tech Support Program open for applications

February 16, 2021 — 
Students who are in need of a personal computer may be eligible for a $500 subsidy towards the purchase of a laptop from the UM Bookstore

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Looking out over clouds and the wing of an airplane in flight. // Image from Pixabay

Non-essential travel discouraged, 14-day quarantine in place

February 10, 2021 — 
Travel checklist: Insurance and HR implications for post-travel quarantine

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BellMTS Mobile Offer

Students

Discounted Mobile Internet Plans for UM Students Continue for Winter Term

February 1, 2021 — 
The University of Manitoba and BellMTS are pleased to be able to provide UM students with more affordable access to technology. 

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A dental student wearing personal protective equipment performs a dental procedure on a patient while a plastic funnel attached to plastic tubing vacuums aerosols away from the patient's chin area.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Saliva samples from UM dental personnel to aid COVID-19 research

January 27, 2021 — 
Students, faculty and support staff in dentistry and dental hygiene at UM will soon be asked to contribute their saliva to a research study of COVID-19 at Canada’s 10 dental schools.

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