U of M professor appointed to Order of Canada
A new feather was added to the cap of University of Manitoba professor and international palliative care leader Harvey Max Chochinov after he was named…
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Get on your bikes and ride
A team of cycling enthusiasts came together in 2010 to create an organization that strives to give Winnipeg cycling community a few things to smile…
Multiple sclerosis research gets a boost
Multiple sclerosis (MS) research at the University of Manitoba got a shot in the arm earlier this month with a $2-million investment from the Waugh…
Worm cancer
In 2013, a Colombian man died of cancer – what makes this particular case unusual was that the cancer wasn’t his, but that of a…
Foraging for food
We all have to eat; we might as well eat well. Eating well can be more than a strict fixation on carbs, sugars, gluten, or…
Put down that bacon
If you’re reading this over breakfast, you may want to rethink what’s on your plate. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that eating processed…
College of nursing grapples with palliative care and physician-assisted suicide
On Monday, Oct. 26, an engaged crowd of nursing students, social workers, registered nurses, and community members attended an open forum titled “Emerging Ethical Challenges for Palliative Care,” presented by nursing professor Carol Taylor, the Margaret Elder Hart Distinguished Visitor at the University of Manitoba’s college of nursing.
Legalize it – and by ‘it,’ I mean ‘all of it’
Commanding a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, and with the already-established support of the courts, there is no reason the incoming Liberal government cannot make good on its promise to legalize, tax, and regulate the sale of marijuana. The ending of the prohibition on marijuana is the proper time to reconsider our society’s stance on other drugs as well.
Many drugs, like marijuana, are not illegal because they are inherently addictive or harmful – the arguments put forward as justification for the legalization of marijuana apply to them also. There is no reason (other than the weight of tradition and old attitudes) that a significant part of currently outlawed substances cannot be legalized, taxed, and sold.
Lecture reflects on legacy of the Ebola crisis
The University of Manitoba welcomed medical lawyer Jonathan Cohen on Oct. 2 to deliver the annual Class of 1972 Arnold Naimark Lecture in Medicine and…
Blood politics
By highlighting MSM as an exposure category, current data collection and reporting methods support Canadian Blood Services’ screening practices. If UMSU wants screening practices to focus on specific high-risk behaviours, it needs data collection to also focus on specific high-risk behaviours.