This year marks the University of Manitoba’s 140th birthday. As we celebrate, we’re highlighting the theme of identity. Senator Murray Sinclair, former chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, has encouraged us all to reflect on four questions: Where do I come from? Where am I going? […]

  At our sixth annual Teacher Recognition and MMSA Teaching Awards Dinner last week, our students reinforced the crucial role our faculty members play in preparing them to become future physicians. The Teacher Recognition dinner gives University of Manitoba medical students the opportunity to recognize the outstanding teachers who have […]

I was recently forwarded a touching letter from Clarke Wilkie [MD/77] highlighting his time with the J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit and its impact on his practice and his medical career. I, too, am very familiar with the ‘pull’ of the North and the satisfaction of northern medicine. Following are […]