Ongomiizwin News Archive

October 29, 2021 — 
Ongomiizwin – Education has launched a mentorship program for Indigenous students in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences that will provide learners with a role model they can ask questions and turn to for advice

October 25, 2021 — 
Healthcare innovator whose leadership has helped save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 8, 2021 — 
The 2020 winners of the Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell Outreach Award have both played a critical role in supporting and improving the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic 

June 18, 2021 — 
Congratulations to Dr. Marcia Anderson, Vice-Dean, Indigenous Health and Executive Director, Indigenous Academic Affairs, Ongomiizwin – Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on receiving the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s 2021 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award.

April 12, 2021 — 
The Winnipeg Jets, in conjunction with the National Hockey League, today announced that goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and the First Nations Pandemic Rapid Response Team’s Melanie MacKinnon have been named the NHL's Co-First Stars of the Week for the week ending April 11, 2021.

February 18, 2020 — 
Ongomiizwin – Research hosted its seventh annual Indigenous Health Research Symposium, “Past, Present, Future: Telling Our Stories” on Bannatyne campus

January 20, 2020 — 
Ongomiizwin, the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its health services unit with a gala dinner and symposium

October 15, 2019 — 
Maximus Sandberg stood in the middle of the Pinaymootang School gym holding a stack of pamphlets and papers he planned to take home and read. The Grade 12 student had just visited the 10 booths that were part of the health-care professions career fair held on Pinaymootang First Nation on September 24.

April 3, 2019 — 
The inaugural Pimose ta, Let’s Walk Together event was held for Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students to make connections, build relationships and begin mentorship opportunities while learning about traditional teachings and Indigenous health.

November 30, 2017 — 
Researchers demonstrate benefits of decolonizing health care and integrating traditional knowledge