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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Exploring graduate studies in the Rady Faculty

November 21, 2025 — 
The annual Graduate Studies Open House on UM’s Bannatyne campus explored graduate program opportunities in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Jen Sebring looks at a digital display showing a collage of participant-created artwork.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Turning illness into art: PhD student uses art to transform chronic care

November 20, 2025 — 
Most people wouldn’t think of art to address chronic illness. But for Jen Sebring, a PhD candidate at the College of Community and Global Health (CCGH) in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, art became a powerful and thought-provoking tool to better understand and support those with chronic health conditions and disabilities. 

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Jaypee Aguilar at work in a physiology lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Jaypee Aguilar investigates amniotic fluid’s effect on lung cells

October 24, 2025 — 
Many published studies have shown that exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb increases a person’s risk of asthma and other inflammatory lung diseases. “What no one knows is how that actually happens,” says Aguilar.

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Headshot of Cameron Bouchard wearing a jacket with Metis symbols on it.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

‘You have to get the stories of the patients,’ says Métis health-care researcher

March 12, 2025 — 
College of Pharmacy grad student Cameron Bouchard is planning a study of the health-care experiences of Manitoban Métis people living with congenital heart disease.

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Dr. Jonathan McGavock walking outside

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM professor creates novel podcast as resource for emerging scholars

February 14, 2025 — 
A Rady researcher and faculty member, working closely with local radio station UMFM, launched a podcast designed as a resource for medical trainees and residents to help guide them on their journey to becoming a clinician scientist. 

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St. John's College

Finding home on campus

October 10, 2024 — 
Arriving in Canada for the first time is a scary feeling for many international students, including St John's resident Rei Shibue. The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources student studying for his master's in microbiology felt isolated when he arrived in Canada. He did not know what to expect but was excited to get started. "When I first arrived in Canada, I felt alone. I didn't have any friends or know where to go on campus; I was just trying to figure out my way." 

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GIS Story Map shows the several points of interest in Pinawa, Manitoba.

Libraries

Mapping new paths with GIS

July 9, 2024 — 
Parinaz Joneidi Shariat Zadeh, a Master of Natural Resources Management (MNRM) student, is one of the top two projects in Canada for the 2024 Esri Young Scholars Award and received an Honourable Mention in Esri Canada’s annual competition.

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St. John's College

International students find their home away from home

June 10, 2024 — 
From across Manitoba and all over the world, our residence students come from all over the world as they call St John’s College home when studying as University of Manitoba students.

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Stephanie Van Haute

Donor Relations

Student scholarship recipient to develop a community wellness strategy

May 23, 2024 — 
Learn how UM PhD student, Stephanie Van Haute, is using her lived experience as inspiration for research

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Unveiling the 2024 3MT Challengers

February 20, 2024 — 
Meet the 2024 3MT© challengers

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