The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry has received more than $6.1 million in federal funding to improve access to care for underserved populations and expand learners’ experience in caring for these patients.
‘A Ray of Hope’
It’s a winter morning on Winnipeg’s gritty Main Street strip. Inside the Bell Hotel, a housing site for people who have experienced homelessness, an Indigenous resident named Wayne, 68, has a screening appointment with dental hygienists Lezah Evan and Stacey Urban [Dip.D.Hyg./24].
Northern Therapy
Growing up in Winnipeg’s St. James neighbourhood, Cherie Murie [MOT/08] never imagined that she would spend her life working in the north.
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.
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.