Features (Winter 2023/24)

Jacquie Ripat in a clinical setting which looks like an apartment kitchen.

Assistive Appointment

Jacquie Ripat [BMROT/92, M.Sc./98, PhD/11], professor of occupational therapy, has been appointed the first Endowed Chair in Technology for Assisted Living at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

Toward Safe Indigenous Care

Is it possible to decolonize health care in Manitoba? Margaret Hart [M.Ed./21] believes the answer is yes – if Indigenous people and anti-racist allies work together like termites attacking a house.

A patient partner sits up on a bed and is wearing a VR headset and is holding two VR controllers.

Investing in Innovation

Leading-edge studies focused on phantom limb pain, Huntington’s disease and heart valve disease each received funding of $100,000 from The Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund in 2023.

Dr. Peter Nickerson stands at a lectern on a stage. In the background are people seated at tables at the gala.

Medical College Milestone: 140 Years

The Max Rady College of Medicine reached a significant milestone in 2023, marking 140 years since it was founded in 1883 as the Manitoba Medical College.

Architectural illustration of the new dental clinic space. Shows student in white coat looking at an X-ray, a student with a patient, and a patient in a wheelchair.

Dental Deluxe

When a gleaming new five-storey building opens on the Bannatyne campus in 2027, it will transform the way dentistry and dental hygiene students learn and care for patients.