{"id":678,"date":"2023-11-08T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/?p=678"},"modified":"2023-11-08T12:40:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:40:17","slug":"more-news-from-the-dr-gerald-niznick-college-of-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/more-news-from-the-dr-gerald-niznick-college-of-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"More news from the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Campus cleanup<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s Student Environmental Group organized a Bannatyne campus cleanup in September. View photos<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KAIROS blanket exercise<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many faculty and staff participated in a KAIROS blanket exercise held on August 8. The exercise was facilitated by Debra Beach Ducharme<\/strong>, director of Indigenous health integration at Ongomiizwin \u2013 Education, with Elder Margaret Lavallee<\/strong> and Elder Charlotte Nolin<\/strong>. We journey on in our commitment to truth and reconciliation through our individual and collective thoughts and actions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum renewal retreat<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene faculty gathered June 26 and 27 for a dentistry curriculum renewal retreat. To begin the renewal in a good way, faculty joined Knowledge Keeper Leslie Spillet<\/strong> from Ongomiizwin \u2013 Education in the Medicine Garden. Spillet invited all to participate in smudging. Faculty members paused, listened and reflected on their own positionality and intersectionality, and roles\/responsibility for dismantling racism in health and education structures and systems.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
Knowledge Keeper Leslie Spillet<\/strong> (middle) invited faculty members to participate in smudging.<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

UM Alumni Reception<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry held its annual UM Alumni Reception at the Pacific Dental Conference in Vancouver, BC, earlier this year. View photos<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spooky season<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry got in the Halloween spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
[From left to right] Eli Miranda<\/strong>, Brenda Gerwing<\/strong>, Erin Langford <\/strong>and Jeff Mendoza<\/strong>.<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Coffee party<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, the college held a coffee party each day for a week to thank its part-time academics for the outstanding work they do. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Four
[Back row, left to right] Dr. Michael Rodillo<\/strong>, Dr. Anthony Nowakowski<\/strong>, Dr. Anastasia Cholakis<\/strong>, Laura Friesen<\/strong>.[Front row, left to right]Dr. Michael McIntyre<\/strong>, Dr. Cori McClarty<\/strong>, Dr. Aaron Kim<\/strong><\/sup>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Campus cleanup The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry’s Student Environmental Group organized a Bannatyne campus cleanup in September. View photos. KAIROS blanket exercise Many faculty and staff participated in a KAIROS blanket exercise held on August 8. The exercise was facilitated by Debra Beach Ducharme, director of Indigenous health integration at Ongomiizwin \u2013 Education,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/dentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}