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UM’s Governor General medal winners are determined to shape a better world

June 5, 2023 — 
Meet some of the exceptional members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2023! These individuals have been awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals for outstanding achievement at their level of study.

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Dr. Kristine Cowley in her lab. A large piece of scientific equipment is in the foreground.

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Outsmarting Injury

June 5, 2023 — 
Long before Kristine Cowley [PhD/98] received a prestigious Canada Research Chair at UM, she was a wheelchair track athlete at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona.

Profile of Christine Leong sitting in a chair.

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Digging into Data

June 2, 2023 — 
Since working as a research assistant during her undergraduate studies, Dr. Christine Leong [B.Sc./06, B.Sc.Pharm/10], now associate professor in the College of Pharmacy, has been drawn to data.

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Bannatyne campus.

Research and International News

Canada Research Chairs Symposium at Bannatyne campus

June 1, 2023 — 
On June 19 the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Symposium returns to Bannatyne campus for the final presentation of the 2023 school year.

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Portrait of André Picard, standing at a podium.

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Family medicine holds key to healing health-care system, journalist tells UM gala audience

May 31, 2023 — 
André Picard looks back on Manitoba medicine, expresses hope for the future.

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Small groups of people look at research posters at a Research Day event.

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Award winners share passion for dental research

May 29, 2023 — 
Earning the prize for the best basic research poster at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s Research Day for the second year in a row left Md Mahamudul Haque feeling elated.

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Research and International News

Meet Evelyn Forget, the 2022 Dr. John M. Bowman Memorial Winnipeg Rh Award winner

May 26, 2023 — 
Evelyn L Forget is the 2022 Bowman Rh Award recipient.

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Mandy Archibald

Research and International News

Meet Mandy Archibald, 2022 Rh Award Winner in the Health Sciences category

May 26, 2023 — 
Mandy Archibald is the 2022 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Health Sciences category.

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A group of female students in a discussion with Indigenous health leaders at a table.

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Students to bring vital service to First Nation adults with disabilities

May 25, 2023 — 
A group of occupational therapy students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is developing a much-needed day program for adults with disabilities in Sagkeeng First Nation.

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Closeup of a university student with a visual impairment reading a braille book.

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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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