Students News Archive
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Righting the bias
December 14, 2023 —
How Mikayla Hunter and friends formed UM’s first Queer & Trans Graduate Student Group
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Students
Worrying about making ends meet? Learn about supports that can help
December 12, 2023 —
If you’re struggling right now, please know there’s support available for eligible students.
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Students
UM supports available throughout the exam period
December 11, 2023 —
As we enter the upcoming exam period from December 12 to 22, I extend my best wishes to each of you.
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Students
Update for Winnipeg Transit users
December 8, 2023 —
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 (ATU), the designated representative for transit workers in the City of Winnipeg have accepted their offer from the City. As a result, Winnipeg Transit service will continue with regular schedules and operations.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Physical therapy student promotes movement with household items
December 6, 2023 —
Second-year UM physical therapy student Amanda Shiplack believes that exercise should be seen as fun, rather than a chore. That’s the approach she used when creating a one-day event for people with cognitive and physical challenges at a local geriatric day hospital earlier this year.
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Exploring virtual reality in teaching and learning
December 5, 2023 —
One of the newer opportunities in simulation education is virtual reality, which provides opportunities to teach things like prioritization, problem solving, and clinical decision-making skills.
![A nursing student posing at a simulation lab bedside.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Bryn_1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Students, educators share ‘common nursing experience’
December 5, 2023 —
When Bryn Sitarik first began studying at UM in 2016, she was interested in a business degree, with a focus on human resources. But after an experience working at CancerCare Manitoba in Summer 2018, she shifted her focus to nursing.
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Six grad students receive Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize
December 5, 2023 —
The 2023 Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to six distinguished learners.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Dentistry, dental hygiene Awards Evening celebrates successes
December 1, 2023 —
The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and the School of Dental Hygiene celebrated the achievements of its hard-working students, faculty and staff at its Awards Evening last week.
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Meet our newest Rhodes Scholar, Joel Nichols
November 28, 2023 —
This exceptional School of Art grad is UM’s 100th recipient of the prestigious scholarship