Tomorrow, youth in Winnipeg’s inner city will have the opportunity to learn in a laboratory equipped with the latest in scientific equipment, developed through a partnership between the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine, the Winnipeg School Division and the Winnipeg Foundation.

The Winnipeg Inner-City Science Centre (ICSC), located in the Niji Mahkwa School on Flora Avenue, will bring students together with university professors, graduate students and science enthusiasts, using the same sophisticated equipment as the medical campus.

The Centre promotes science and medical literacy among the public, serving as an on-site teaching and training location for excellence in science and in the process, break down barriers for inner-city, Aboriginal and new Canadian students to explore the field of science.

Representatives from the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg School Division and the Winnipeg Foundation will be on hand to officially open the Inner-City Science Centre.

The official opening of the Inner-City Science Centre will take place on
Thursday, December 10, 2009, from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m., at:
Niji Mahkwa School, 450 Flora Avenue, Winnipeg

For more information contact Ilana Simon, communications and marketing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, at: 204-789-3427 or 204-295-6777

Founded in 1883 as Western Canada’s first medical school, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine has graduated more than 9,000 physicians who have become influential medical leaders, world renowned health researchers and dedicated doctors. As Manitoba’s only medical school, the U of M Faculty of Medicine has educated and trained the majority of our province’s physicians.