Dr. Marcia Anderson News Archive
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
$30 million for patient-oriented research in Manitoba: Funding will strengthen patient voice in health research and health system
June 27, 2022 —
Manitoba patients, their families and caregivers will continue to have direct input into health research and what works best in the health-care system, thanks to $6.6 million in Phase 2 funding from the pan-Canadian initiative called the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR).
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Ongomiizwin celebrates medical grads, Elder Margaret Lavallee
June 9, 2022 —
The group of new doctors stood before the audience and smiled proudly. Each held an eagle feather and wore a braided sweetgrass lapel pin
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Winnipeg Free Press: A ‘remarkable physician leader’
April 18, 2022 —
Dr. Marcia Anderson celebrated for her service to Indigenous people and other communities
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
All 8 Doctors Manitoba Award recipients have Rady Faculty connections
April 1, 2022 —
Winners of the 2022 Doctors Manitoba Awards have been announced and all eight of the recipients are connected to the Max Rady College of Medicine, and six are alumni
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Building Vaccine Confidence – Online Event July 28th
July 20, 2021 —
The Conversation Canada and the University of Manitoba have put together a special live video panel of experts to explore and explain vaccine hesitancy and discuss what can be done to promote vaccine confidence.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Medical students learn skills in leadership
June 17, 2021 —
The Max Rady College of Medicine held its first-ever Leadership Curriculum, helping prepare fourth-year medical students to be leaders when they enter their residencies and then move on in their careers as physicians.
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As an Indigenous doctor, I see the legacy of residential schools and ongoing racism in today’s health care
June 7, 2021 —
'The legacy of residential schools is not just in the intergenerational trauma and impacts on Indigenous families and communities — it is also in the health care system'
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
‘Transformative work in real time’
March 3, 2021 —
Long-standing collaborative relationships between a University of Manitoba health institute and Indigenous communities laid the groundwork for UM to support a First Nations-led response to COVID-19, two health leaders said in a recent keynote address.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
A blueprint for First Nations health service delivery
November 30, 2020 —
When the number of COVID-19 cases in a First Nations community exceeds or is anticipated to exceed what the local health workforce can manage, a rapid response team is quickly deployed
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Disruption of all Forms of Racism policy approved
September 1, 2020 —
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ Faculty Executive Council (FEC) approved the RFHS Disruption of all Forms of Racism policy, the first anti-racism policy to be passed by any faculty or post-secondary institution in Canada.