Roberta Woodgate, Faculty of Nursing professor at the University of Manitoba, has been awarded a research chair in child and youth health from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Woodgate has been a trailblazer in this area of medical research. Prior to her research in this field, the voices of children and youth were […]

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On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Dr. Harvey Chochinov, University of Manitoba Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, is giving a presentation on the dignity of people with disabilities.
Last month, he released a major paper in the journal Cancer on the importance of caregivers’ actions to reduce stress in people living with cancer. The article provided […]

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The Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the Fort Garry campus will become the “Helen Glass Hospital for Sick Students” on Feb. 1, when students participate in Nightmare Night Care.
Students from the Faculties of Nursing, Medicine, and Pharmacy will play the role of patients and caregivers in a hospital setting.
The purpose of the event is […]

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The University of Manitoba will celebrate Nursing Week, which runs from May 7-13, to increase awareness of the many contributions of nursing to the well-being of Canadians.
This year, Dr. Nancy Edwards is the 2012 Dr. Helen Glass Researcher in Residence and she will host a series of workshops and public lectures as part of Nursing […]

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The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Manitoba now offers a doctoral program with a unique and innovative focus on health policy and knowledge translation.
The program integrates areas of philosophy of science and knowledge translation along with health care services, systems, and policy research as a foundation to nurture health researchers within the discipline […]

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The Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the Fort Garry campus will become the “Helen Glass Hospital for Sick Students” on Feb. 3, when students participate in Nightmare Night Care.
Twenty nursing students, fourteen medical students and three pharmacy students will play the role of patients and caregivers in a hospital setting.
The Faculty of Nursing has […]

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To celebrate National Nursing Week from May 9 till May 15, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Nursing will unveil a long-awaited video game.
The game was developed by professor Roberta Woodgate, with funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research. Woodgate’s research finds ways to improve the quality of life for children diagnosed with cancer. […]

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