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Pharmacy award recipient Sean Ticsay with Class of 1966 alumni Dan Sitar and Marian Kremer

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Pharmacy award winners say balance is key

November 1, 2024 — 
Top students advise making time for friends, hobbies and self-care.

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UM Fort Garry campus in the 1950s.

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Remembering the forgotten

October 31, 2024 — 
Hidden in a corner between University Centre and the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus, is a memorial that largely goes unnoticed, dedicated to the 30 members of the 11th Canadian Field Ambulance.

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Research and International

UM proudly represented among Canada’s top 100 most powerful women in 2024

October 30, 2024 — 
Five UM community members have been named among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2024, recognized for their leadership, vision, determination, passion and mentorship of others. 

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Winners of the 2024 Undergraduate Research Showcase stand and kneel together smiling.

Research and International

Student achievement on display at the UM Undergraduate Research Showcase

October 28, 2024 — 
2024 Undergraduate Research Showcase hosts more than 140 undergrad research posters and presentations.

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Katrina Pōtiki Bryant holds a balnce stick while leading a workshop on a wellness program she developed for Indigenous people in New Zealand.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New Zealand scholar finds common ground with Manitoba’s Indigenous people

October 28, 2024 — 
While visiting the College of Rehabilitation Sciences this fall, Katrina Pōtiki Bryant, associate dean Māori at the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago in New Zealand, said she was struck by the many similarities between Indigenous people in Manitoba and her homeland. 

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Three female Indigenous students in the lobby of the pinning ceremony. The student in the middle holds her UM nursing pin.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Over 100 new nurses welcomed to profession

October 23, 2024 — 
The College of Nursing welcomed 105 new nurses to the profession at a pinning ceremony on Oct. 22 at the new Desautels Concert Hall, a few hours ahead the graduands’ convocation. 

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Medal-winning students share their journey, advice at Fall Convocation

October 17, 2024 — 
Get to know these two students from the fall Class of 2024.

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A group of students around a tablein a discussion.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Over 300 health-care students take part in interprofessional workshop, film screening

October 15, 2024 — 
The Office of Interprofessional Collaboration (OIPC) at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences held a screening of the film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story for over 300 students representing multiple health disciplines on Oct.7. 

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Left to right: UM dentistry dean Dr. Anastasia Kelekis-Cholakis, honoree Dr. Heinz Scherle, honoree Cindy Isaak-Ploegman and UM dental hygiene director Mary Bertone celebrate at the awards gala.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

‘Spirit of giving back’ shines at gala for dentistry, dental hygiene alumni

October 11, 2024 — 
The 2024 Alumni of Distinction Awards in dentistry and dental hygiene were presented at a gala where giving back to the profession and community was a recurring theme.

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Three women stand in a semi-circle having a conversation.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

WISDOM mentorship program connects women scientists at UM

October 10, 2024 — 
The UM organization known as WISDOM (Women in Science: Development, Outreach and Mentorship) offers a mentorship program that connects women faculty members and students in the sciences.

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