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Two rows of dentistry students wear graduation caps and gowns.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Manitoba’s newest dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists graduate

May 16, 2025 — 
The accomplishments of Manitoba’s newest dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists were celebrated on the afternoon of May 15 at the Spring Convocation ceremony on the Bannatyne campus.

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Sister Lesley Sacouman speaks at Convocation, wearing a red and white ceremonial gown.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Compassion for patients, dignity for all celebrated at Medicine Convocation

May 16, 2025 — 
A Catholic nun who has dedicated her life to helping vulnerable and marginalized people called on UM’s newest class of graduating doctors to "see the person" in every patient and recognize that we are all interconnected.

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Native prairie grasses in the Russel Building greenspace

Sustainability

Native revegetation at UM

May 16, 2025 — 
Join us for a tour of the native revegetation plantings at the Fort Garry campus.

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Students

Community Leadership Development Program and Grow Your Community Fund Applications Opening Soon

May 15, 2025 — 
The Community Leadership Development Program (CLDP) supports marginalized, minoritized, and underrepresented students in taking on community leadership roles through experiential training and opportunities to engage, organize, and facilitate events for their communities.

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Seven Indigenous graduates of the Rady Faculty pose at their graduation celebration.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Ongomiizwin – Education celebrates Indigenous grads as ‘leaders, healers and advocates’

May 15, 2025 — 
Naomi Peters was proud to cross the UM Convocation platform on May 15 to receive her degree in medicine. But for Peters, who is Métis, it was also deeply meaningful to attend an earlier celebration on May 13 that honoured Indigenous graduates of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Kaydence Morgado Thomas smiles in front of mural with ribbon skirt

Celebrating Indigenous nurses

May 12, 2025 — 
Meet Kaydence Morgado Thomas, proud Indigenous nursing student whose cultural identity shapes her path in health care.

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St. Paul's College

St. Paul’s College Celebrates Baccalaureate Mass and Ceremony 2025

May 7, 2025 — 
St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba celebrated its graduating students at the Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, April 27, 2025.

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Students lounging on "the beach" in front of Redpath Museum. Valeria Lau | McGill University (April 2018)

Students

Rachel Cluett Named University of Manitoba’s Fourth McCall MacBain Scholar

May 6, 2025 — 
“Receiving the McCall MacBain Scholarship means the freedom to fully engage in my master’s studies. It allows me to focus on learning, growing, and meaningfully contributing to my new community.”

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Map showing road construction and detours on Sifton Rd.

Spring/summer road construction starts up on Fort Garry campus

May 2, 2025 — 
Three road construction projects happening at or near UM’s Fort Garry campus will impact traffic flow and travel times to campus for the 2025 construction season. The infrastructure projects are happening on Sifton Road, University Crescent and Pembina Highway.

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Graduate nursing students Jess Crawford, Ashley Bell, Adam Brandt and Jennie MacMillan Gomez outside the Smartark Innovation Hub at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Student research inspires symposium on gender and sexual minority health

April 29, 2025 — 
Research from graduate students in the College of Nursing was the inspiration for the theme of this year’s Helen Glass Research Symposium.   

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