Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News Archive

April 9, 2025 — 
With First Nations families still seeing higher rates of contact with Child and Family Services, Manitoba leaders are calling for more support and change

April 9, 2025 — 
When Alexandra Moya learned there would be an oral cancer screening pop-up clinic on the Fort Garry campus, she signed up right away.

April 8, 2025 — 
A joint study by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and researchers from the University of Manitoba reveals that First Nations birthing parents in Manitoba experience significantly higher rates of contact with Child and Family Services (CFS) compared to non-First Nations birthing parents.

April 1, 2025 — 
When Courtney Chartrand heard about an opportunity to travel to the Amazon to learn from traditional South American healers, she knew she had to be part of it. 

March 27, 2025 — 
Wintana Mokonnen was 17 when she first heard the term “respiratory therapy” (RT) while volunteering at Health Sciences Centre (HSC). Today, at 21, she is a passionate advocate for the field that she’s chosen. 

March 24, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba Academic Contract Research Organization, situated at the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, is a new innovative unit in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences to strengthen Manitoba’s capacity for leading and conducting human clinical trials.

March 21, 2025 — 
A knowledge exchange trip to New Zealand in 2024 was life-changing for Shayna Moore, a recent graduate from the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences who now works as a skills education coach for Indigenous students in the program. 

March 21, 2025 — 
Do you know an Indigenous campus community member who is making a difference?

March 13, 2025 — 
Recently, the federal government announced support for four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and three renewals at UM.

March 12, 2025 — 
Melanie Leslie-Bernard describes their mom Zoe as a brave, adventurous woman who loved travel and the outdoors