rehabilitation sciences News Archive
![An elderly man looks at a tablet while wearing headphones. A wheelchair is in the background](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iStock-1202861252-sm-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Health research projects receive $31M in federal funding
March 31, 2022 —
CIHR announces investment to provide new training and development opportunities for early career researchers and trainees across Canada; faculty members from Rady Faculty of Health Sciences playing roles in projects funded through the new initiative
![A health care worker assists a woman in a wheelchair in a hospital hallway.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1J0A4733-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Panel to explore disability experience in health care
March 17, 2022 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will host a panel discussion on March 21 exploring ableism in health care and the dangers that poses to persons with disabilities
![Marcia Finalyson.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Marcia-Finalyson-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Enabling Self-Care
December 3, 2021 —
Marcia Finlayson [BMROT/87, M.Sc./95, PhD/99] is internationally recognized for her work to improve the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly as they age.
![Dr. Diana Sanchez-Ramirez with a portable spirometer.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SanchezRamirez-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Respiratory Rehab at Home
November 23, 2021 —
When the first wave of COVID-19 hit Manitoba in March 2020, Dr. Diana Sanchez-Ramirez was less than two months into her position as assistant professor of respiratory therapy in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.
![Graduating students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences: Corrine Clyne, Haley Nakonechny and Laura Carroll.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Convo-story-v2-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rehabilitation sciences, MPAS students ready for virtual convocation
November 9, 2021 —
Students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and the Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program will graduate at the final session of the UM Fall Convocation on Nov. 10.
![Katie Kitchen](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/k.kitchen-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rehab sciences alum shares long-COVID experience
October 15, 2021 —
A College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences alumna recently shared her experience with the lingering effects of COVID-19 as part of the college’s Illuminate Speaker Series.
![Four students working on the community health project: Taylor Naccarato, Prabhnoor Osahan, Victoria Ploszay and Mark Philip.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/student-infused-project-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Students to play major role in interprofessional community health project
October 4, 2021 —
A group of students from three different Rady Faculty of Health Sciences colleges took part this summer in an ongoing interprofessional initiative to create a student-infused community health centre in Manitoba
![A children's play park designed with mini roads and traffic signs to teach road safety to young kids.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Park-Picture-2017-Steinbach-Family-Resource-Centre-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Students develop road safety program for preschoolers
September 8, 2021 —
A resource centre in Steinbach, Man. aims to educate preschool children on road safety using a program developed by occupational therapy students at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
![A respiratory therapy student practices her skills on a manikin..](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RT-student-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Respiratory therapy students join workforce early
July 5, 2021 —
Students in the final year of the respiratory therapy program at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences met their licensing requirements and officially completed the program four weeks early this year in order to assist with the need created by the COVID-19 pandemic
![A UM physical therapy practices orthopedic skills in a lab.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ortho-5-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM faculty, alumni honoured by Canadian Physiotherapy Association
June 24, 2021 —
Several faculty and alumni from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have been honoured by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) as part of the association’s 100th anniversary.