On Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, Healthy Minds Canada (HMC) and its national research partners are hosting “Open Minds Across Canada Mental Health Symposia 2011”, an event focusing on the mental health of Canadians.
These free, public symposia – offered in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Saskatoon, Durham Region, Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax — are sponsored by the […]

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Marcia Anderson Decoteau, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, will receive the National Aboriginal Achievement Award this weekend in Edmonton.
The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (NAAA) was established in 1993 to exemplify, encourage and celebrate excellence in First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities across Canada.
“Dr. Marcia Anderson DeCoteau has established herself as a leader […]

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Three University of Manitoba professors have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the country’s most esteemed association of scholars and scientists, and one has been declared an award winner.

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A group of researchers from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine hopes to support the Government of Karnataka in India, in partnership with the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes after the University received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Today the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Medicine is poised to officially open its innovative new Centre for Global Public Health, housed in the Department of Community Health Sciences and established in collaboration with the Department of Medical Microbiology.

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More than 500 people in Winnipeg who are homeless and living with a mental illness are being recruited to participate in Canada’s largest-ever study on the issue. The Winnipeg At Home project is aimed at providing people with stable, long-term housing and supports, with particular attention to the Aboriginal population. Using a $3.75 million grant […]

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