Building your alternative career in healthcare
Let’s explore some health occupations you might like to consider beyond medicine and registered nursing.
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Mandatory vaccines the answer to growing global issue
The World Health Organization recently released a list of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019. Among the list of diseases like Ebola virus, HIV and a global influenza pandemic is the hesitancy for parents to vaccinate children.
U of M community remembers residential school survivors
Students across Canada wore orange on Friday in remembrance and to honour the scores of children who attended residential schools. Orange Shirt Day is a…
Canadian legislators lagging on public health
A Canada-wide ban on partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of industry-produced trans fats, went into effect Sept. 7. The ban is long overdue, having…
Doug Ford, beer and working-class politics
Premier Doug Ford’s spectacular victory in Ontario’s provincial election has ushered in a new era of Progressive Conservative politics. While Ford’s win is in part…
Kinew criticizes opening of for-profit clinic
Manitoba’s NDP is criticizing of the opening of Prota clinic, a private, for-profit medical testing facility in Winnipeg. In a letter dated Jan. 3, Manitoba…
Opponents of long-term addiction recovery centre victim to not in my backyard syndrome
The underlying issue in a case like this is the uniting force behind many opponents of social progressivism, which is simply a lack of empathy.
Help keep bike advocacy rolling
On Nov. 11, attendees of the Bike Winnipeg fundraiser will have the opportunity to listen to the sweet sounds of local duo Roger Roger and…
Concerned Manitobans rally against healthcare cuts
Hundreds rallied outside the Manitoba Legislative Building on Sept. 13 to protest ongoing cuts to healthcare. The rally was organized by the Manitoba Government and…
Grassy Narrows: Learning through action
Last month, 22 University of Manitoba students took part in a two-week program that situated them directly in the context of the Anishinaabe of Northenwestern…