Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive
U of M launches Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing
June 1, 2017 —
June 2 is a landmark day as the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences launches its Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing-Ongomiizwin
Dr. Kirshenbaum named as director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
May 30, 2017 —
The University of Manitoba and St. Boniface Hospital announce the appointment of Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum as director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
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Open up about mental health, speaker urges Medicine grads
May 23, 2017 —
A prominent Canadian mental-health advocate has called on the Medicine Class of 2017 to talk openly about mental illness and seek treatment, not only for their patients, but for themselves if they are struggling
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Indigenous Institute to be launched with celebration, dialogue
May 23, 2017 —
The official launch of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing (Ongomiizwin) on June 2 will be a day-long gathering at which everyone is welcome
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‘You made me flourish’: Students celebrate their teachers
May 19, 2017 —
Students from each faculty presented awards of recognition to extraordinary teachers at STRR
Six new Canada Research Chairs, two renewed
May 12, 2017 —
'Leading crucial investigations into a wide-range of problems our society is facing'
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Researcher profile: Dr. Genevieve Thompson
May 10, 2017 —
Exploring what it’s like to experience intimate personal care and how health-care aides and nurses can help patients keep their sense of dignity.
Globe and Mail: How to improve Indigenous health? Address jurisdictional disputes
May 9, 2017 —
Josée Lavoie, a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, and director of the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, at the University of Manitoba, wrote an article for the Globe and Mail
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Calls to ‘Re-Concili-Action’ Focus of Margaret Elder Hart Distinguished Visitor
May 4, 2017 —
This years' talk to look at Indigenous perspectives in health care and taking action based on the recommendations of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission.
Can breastfeeding help protect babies from wheezing?
May 2, 2017 —
U of M study shows that babies who are breastfed longer are less likely to wheeze, putting them at lower risk for asthma later on.