Growing up in Winnipeg’s St. James neighbourhood, Cherie Murie [MOT/08] never imagined that she would spend her life working in the north.
Issue 16 | Summer 2025
Relationship & Respect
The year was 1991. Shannon McDonald [BA/94, MD/98] was working as a cashier at a Winnipeg grocery store when she made the life-changing decision to pursue a degree in medicine.
Always a Mentor
This fall, Judith Scanlan [Cert.Nurs.(T&S)/66, BN/67, M.Ed./83, PhD/96], associate professor of nursing, will mark an extraordinary 51 years of teaching at UM.
Fit for Pharmacology
What does it take to land a job at a high-profile pharmaceutical company like Pfizer? For Daryl Fediuk [B.Sc.(Pharm.)/03, PhD/12], it all started 24 years ago with a summer job in a UM lab.
Dual Dedication
Jared Bullard [B.Sc.(Med.)/04, MD/04] can’t imagine just conducting research or just working as a physician.
Journey to the Islets
If you scan the titles of Dr. Lucy Marzban’s numerous published studies from the past 18 years, her scientific obsession is clear.
Honing in on Hearing Loss
Imagine being told that your child needs cancer treatment with a chemotherapy drug called cisplatin, and that, unfortunately, the drug can cause a severe side effect: permanent hearing loss.
Primary Protector
Making a difference in the lives of kids who face social and economic inequities drives Canada’s leading expert in early childhood oral health.
Transforming Trauma
Dr. Madeline Burghardt never expected to become an arts-based researcher. But the demands of specific projects have changed her perspective.
Refilling the Cup
In Canada, for every 100 nurses who graduate and start working, 40 leave the profession before the age of 35. That’s according to a report last year by the Montreal Economic Institute.