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Alumni

Get discounted tickets to see the Winnipeg Sea Bears

May 24, 2023 — 
Cheer on the new local professional basketball team, Winnipeg Sea Bears, during their inaugural season with discounted home game tickets.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Individuals with disabilities still carry burden of accessibility at universities, panelists say

May 24, 2023 — 
Universities “still require disabled students to do the majority of the labour necessary in order for them to have the same rights as other students,” panelists said in a recent UM online discussion.

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The group of graduates toss their caps in the air.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

First PharmD class among 2023 ‘extraordinary’ graduates

May 19, 2023 — 
Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms looked toward the inaugural graduating class of doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students and told them they should be immensely proud of themselves.

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Dr. Thomas Quinn speaking at the podium at Convocation.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Always keep learning – even from failure, esteemed physician tells medical grads

May 19, 2023 — 
A physician-scientist who is renowned for his groundbreaking HIV/AIDS research urged the newest crop of UM medical graduates to be perpetual learners and to use failure to fuel discovery. 

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Students walk across the crosswalk in front of the administration building.

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Instructors invited to attend a Map the System information session Monday, June 19

May 19, 2023 — 
Map the System is a global competition out of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford. Map the System requires participants to use a systems-thinking approach to demonstrate deep understanding of a pressing social or environmental challenge. In doing so, students ultimately uncover levers for change. Last year 16 Canadian post-secondary institutions participated in this global challenge. In 2024, Map the System is coming to the University of Manitoba!

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Three students wearing graduation caps, gowns and lilac coloured diploma in dental hygiene stoles. One student holds a smartphone and takes a selfie with the other two students.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate

May 17, 2023 — 
Manitoba’s newest physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists will graduate on May 18, 2023, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies.

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Announcing 2023 Student Affairs Participation Award

May 16, 2023 — 
Congratulations to Emily Robb, who was unanimously selected as the recipient of the 2023 Student Affairs Participation Award by this year’s committee.

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Three female nursing students practice skills in a simulated hospital room with a manikin.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

College of Nursing welcomes first summer cohort as part of expanded program

May 8, 2023 — 
The College of Nursing at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences made history this month, as it expanded its bachelor of nursing program and welcomed a third cohort of 120 students at its first summer intake.

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St. Paul's College

St. Paul’s College Celebrates Academic Excellence with Baccalaureate Mass and Ceremony 2023

May 4, 2023 — 
St. Paul's College held its Baccalaureate Mass and Ceremony 2023 on Sunday, April 30.

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A colourful graphic with #MyStory for Canadian Mental Health Association's 2023 Mental Health Week.

The mental health care we all need is in our stories

May 3, 2023 — 
May 1 to 7 is Mental Health Week

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