Summer 2025 – Rady UM

Cherie Murie stands by water and a forest.

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.

Kellie Thiessen outside the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing at Fort Garry campus.

Kellie Thiessen [PhD/14] is the new dean of the College of Nursing. Thiessen, who was born in Kansas, earned bachelor’s degrees in nursing and arts from Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia before obtaining her master’s in nursing with an emphasis in midwifery at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Judith Scanlan outside at Fort Garry campus.

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.