Dear Faculty and Staff,

On behalf of the Queer & Trans Graduate Student Group, I would like to formally invite you to Lavender Graduation 2026. Please see the attached invitation.

To RSVP for Lavender Graduation 2026, please e-mail Mikayla Hunter (She/They) at hunterm7@myumanitoba.ca.

Thank you!

Kellie Thiessen, RM, RN, PhD

Dean, Associate Professor

College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Helen Glass Centre for Nursing

89 Curry Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

Clinician Scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Tel: 204-474-7821
Fax: 204-474-7682

Email: kellie.thiessen@umanitoba.ca

I live and work on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Dene, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. I respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, I acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and I dedicate myself to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration.