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A group of female students in a discussion with Indigenous health leaders at a table.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Students to bring vital service to First Nation adults with disabilities

May 25, 2023 — 
A group of occupational therapy students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is developing a much-needed day program for adults with disabilities in Sagkeeng First Nation.

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Content handsome young disabled student with headphones on neck siting in wheelchair and looking at camera in modern library or bookstore.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Panel to explore solutions to ableism in higher education

May 2, 2023 — 
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will host a panel discussion May 15 on ableism in academia and how it impacts students, faculty and staff with disabilities.

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Profile of Margaret Hart.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Ininiw scholar bringing Indigenous curriculum to occupational therapy

January 27, 2023 — 
Since joining the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences in the role of Ininiw scholar, Margaret Hart has been working toward a complete rebuild of the occupational therapy program to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing.

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Young men exercising in the physical therapy room next to their health care providers.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

College joins WHO network to promote rehab sciences as an essential service

January 23, 2023 — 
The College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences recently joined the World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA), a global network hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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University and community representatives work at tables in a conference room.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rehab partnership with First Nations grows

December 15, 2022 — 
A First Nations partnership at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences has doubled its community reach in the last six years.

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Karen McElroy sits at her desk with several respiratory therapy devices.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Breathing Rural

December 12, 2022 — 
When Karen McElroy chose a career in respiratory therapy (RT), she was attracted to the “adrenaline junkie” side of it – the intense situations in emergency rooms where there are sometimes only minutes to save a patient’s life.

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Individual portraits of the winners side-by-side.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Six grad students receive Rady Dean’s Prize

December 6, 2022 — 
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to six exceptional graduate students in 2022.

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Jacquie Ripat in the smart suite kitchen with her smartphone.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Advancing Assistive Tech

December 5, 2022 — 
In her 30-year occupational therapy career, one of the biggest changes Jacquie Ripat [BMROT/92, M.Sc./98, PhD/11] has seen in her field is the mainstream adoption of technology that was once used almost exclusively by people with disabilities.

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Christina Keeper, dressed in cap and gown, stands in a line with the University of anitoba

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

‘Our professional responsibility’

October 31, 2022 — 
Dismantling racism and reflections on learning through the COVID pandemic were common themes at the first in-person convocation since 2019 for graduates of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program at the Max Rady College of Medicine.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences dean Peter Nickerson speaks at a media conference.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Investment to increase class size for respiratory therapy

September 15, 2022 — 
The respiratory therapy program at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will see a 20 per cent increase in its class size starting this fall to address a projected shortage of respiratory therapists in Manitoba.

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