Staff News Archive
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Collaborate with fellow support staff
January 31, 2023 —
Call for applications for UM’s Support Staff Endowment Fund (SSEF) committee
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Sustainability
Nominations open for the UM Sustainability Awards
January 30, 2023 —
Do you have a friend, co-worker or professor who shows leadership, creativity and dedication to a sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals on campus? If so, nominate them for a 2023 UM Sustainability Award.
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Get UM winter-active
January 24, 2023 —
Free cross-country skiing, fat-tire biking, snow-shoeing and winter walks for Jack Frost Challenge
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CUPE 1482 (Engineering) ratifies revised collective agreement
January 19, 2023 —
New seven-year agreement covers period from Sept. 8, 2018 to Sept. 12, 2025
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Pop-up vaccine clinic comes to Fort Garry campus Feb. 1
January 18, 2023 —
At Fort Garry campus on Wednesday, Feb. 1 from 11 am to 3 pm
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Human Resources
Vacation Purchase Plan (VPP) available for 2023/2024
January 18, 2023 —
Applications due to HR Mar. 3; program starts April 1, 2023
![Portrait of Valerie Williams.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Williams-Valerie-01a1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
‘Inclusion is a right,’ says leader of Rady Faculty drive for equity, diversity, inclusion
January 12, 2023 —
Valerie Williams is inspired to do the pivotal work she does in the area of equity, diversity and inclusion because she believes deeply that every person – regardless of their identity – should be treated with dignity.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interconnected Care
December 22, 2022 —
Gayle Halas [Dip.D.Hyg./87, PhD/16] has taken a long journey as an educator and researcher since starting her career as a clinical dental hygienist. A key lesson of that journey, she says, is that health is multifaceted, with needs based on physiological, emotional and social factors.
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Human Resources
Flexible work program moves forward
December 21, 2022 —
After extensive consultation process