April 2026 - Wisdom-members - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

FW: CAHR 2026 ancillary event invitation
by WISDOM MB 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

Hello everyone, The Women-Centered HIV Care Manitoba Sub-Hub will be at CAHR! We are pleased to invite you to the CAHR 2026 ancillary event in Winnipeg "Advancing Women-Centered HIV Care in the Prairies"! Please see the attached poster and the sign-up link for more information. Please share the attached poster widely with your networks and encourage them to register and attend! Event details: 🗓 Date: Thursday, April 23rd 2026 🕐 Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm CT (breakfast served at 8:30am and lunch served at 12pm) 📍 Location: RBC Convention Center<https://www.google.com/maps/place/RBC+Convention+Centre+Winnipeg/@49.889023…>, in the Millenium Suite<https://www.wcc.mb.ca/spaces/millennium-suite/> 🔗 Register at tinyurl.com/WCHCMB<https://tinyurl.com/WCHCMB> Advancing Women-Centered HIV Care in the Prairies is a one-day, hybrid-format, action-focused gathering responding to the urgent and evolving realities of HIV affecting women in the Prairies. The Prairie provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan continue to experience the highest HIV rates in Canada, with women increasingly and disproportionately affected. Many women are navigating overlapping challenges including limited uptake of prevention tools such as PrEP, housing instability, substance use, and gaps in care during pregnancy and postpartum. Addressing these intersecting issues requires coordinated action across sectors - not just among HIV care providers. Hosted by the Manitoba Women-Centered HIV Care (WCHC) Sub-Hub, this event will convene experts in HIV, sex and gender, housing, harm reduction, perinatal care, and outreach care - alongside women with lived experience - to identify practical, scalable solutions in a Prairie context. The day will include a keynote address, a cross-sector panel, and structured roundtable sessions focused on four priority areas: · HIV care for women in rural, remote, and isolated areas * Innovative harm reduction and housing initiatives * Expanding access to HIV PrEP for women * Improving HIV care in pregnancy and postpartum Participants will work collaboratively to generate concrete, actionable recommendations that will inform a post-event advocacy brief for provincial and regional decision-makers. If you are interested in strengthening coordinated, women-centered responses to HIV in the Prairies, your expertise is needed in this room, and we encourage you to register and join us! You will receive an email closer to the event with further details and the online access link. Please feel free to reach out to our coordinator Vanessa (vanessa.schulz(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:vanessa.schulz@umanitoba.ca>) if you have any questions. We hope to see you there! Vanessa Schulz MSc Research Technician for the Public Health Agency of Canada Coordinator for the Women Centered HIV Care Manitoba Sub-Hub Co-Chair for the Manitoba Schools Science Symposium Planning Committee

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WISDOM's 2026 LMP
by WISDOM MB 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

Dear WISDOM Members, We are the coordinators of Women in Science; Development, Outreach, and Mentorship (WISDOM). Since 2023, WISDOM has hosted the Longitudinal Mentorship Program (LMP) to support women trainees in the Rady Faculty of Health Science (RFHS) and it has been a resounding success. We recruited >20 mentors and >80 mentees that were matched into groups with 2 mentors and 4-6 mentees. This group mentorship structure allows for a "team" environment, which enhances communication skills, collaboration, and knowledge exchange opportunities in a larger network. We are now recruiting for WISDOM's 2026 LMP and we wanted to personally invite you to participate in our program! Mentors fill out a short survey and provide a bio for mentees to review and select their preferred mentor. The mentorship program coordinators form mentorship groups based on similar goals and mentee preferences. Once matched, there will be a kick-off introduction event (May 28) hosted by WISDOM to connect the groups in-person. The program will run until January 2027, with a midway event in October and a wrap up event in January to culminate the program. It is expected that mentees work to organize events with mentors in addition to the planned events. The Mentor responsibilities include: 1. Initiate and foster continuous group communication throughout the program 2. Organize in-person group gatherings (1 per term), responsibility should be split evenly between the two faculty members 3. Encourage group attendance of 1 WISDOM event per term 4. Encourage 1-on-1 discussion and mentorship with mentees We wanted to provide you with the basics of the program ( Mentorship Info 2026<https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1GOdXgcPmBxLtpavAjxPTQH7_Re9n-xST> ) so you can evaluate whether this initiative is something you would be interested in. If you have any questions or would like more information, please don't hesitate to reach out to the WISDOM mentorship team at WISDOMmentorship(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:WISDOMmentorship@umanitoba.ca> Deadline for mentors to apply is April 20th, please find the mentor recruitment form here: https://forms.gle/GY1Xn3m3C3aDTQw37 Thank you for your consideration, Lea & Riley WISDOM Longitudinal Mentorship Program [Image]

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Dance for Your Health Gala 2026 - Latin Style! Wednesday, April 29
by WISDOM MB 01 Apr '26

01 Apr '26

Sharing the following details regarding the Dance for Your Health Gala 2026. Just 4 more weeks to buy tickets... and they're going fast!! Don't be disappointed - purchase your tickets today! The Women's Health Research Foundation of Canada (WHRFC) are holding our annual fundraising gala "Dance for Your Health Gala 2026: Latin Style!" on Wednesday, April 29 at the Caboto Centre. The proceeds from this event will allow us to fully endow a FOURTH scholarship for graduate students at the University of Manitoba who are investigating any aspect of the health of women and gender diverse people. These scholarships are how I met Courtney Marshall (WISDOM), as she was one of the recipients last year who presented at the Gala. While this is a fundraiser for the health of women and gender diverse people, it is absolutely welcoming of male/gender diverse guests! (Ian had a blast the past couple of years, and will be attending again this year!) I have included a poster and additional information for the event below. To purchase tickets, please follow this link (click on the "Click to purchase tickets" link). https://whrfcinc.com/event/ If you are able to attend, I will do everything I can to ensure you sit with people you know (there are some privileges to being president!). Simply type SLF (my initials) in the box for table name on the ticket form. Also - if you have items for donation for the silent auction/raffle, I would be delighted to pick them up any time between now and April 24! Thanks for your support! ¡Ole! Sheri Fandrey [Get Your Tickets Now - WJ version.jpg] Join us on International Dance Day for a Latin-style evening hosted by Ainsley McPhail of CTV Morning Live in support of women's health research. Enjoy a buffet of Latin cuisine, delight in the performance of the Quidel Chilean Dance Group<https://www.facebook.com/quidel204/> and engage in a dance lesson for your health. Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Centro Caboto Centre<https://www.cabotocentre.com/>, 1055 Wilkes Avenue Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Door Prize | Raffle | 50-50 Draw Silent Auction You bid could win one (1) roundtrip flight for two (2) guests to any regularly scheduled WestJet destination! Conditions will apply. Tickets are $110 per person, with a partial tax receipt. Tickets are now available on our website<http://www.whrfcinc.com/>. ________________________ This year marks our 9th Dance For Your Health which helps support scholarships focused on health research for women and gender-diverse people. Every year, our scholarship winners present their research projects in three-minutes. These awards help to fill funding gaps in women's health research and encourage students to develop a career in this much needed field. [Inline image.png] Since 1992, we have awarded over 70 scholarships to students at the University of Manitoba. This year, our fundraising goal is to endow a fourth full-time graduate student scholarship. KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT Renée El-Gabalawy, PhD<https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/renee-el-gabalawy> Renée El-Gabalawy is an associate professor in the departments of clinical health psychology and anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba (UM). She holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology (Fort Garry), and is an adjunct scientist at CancerCare Manitoba. She is also a clinical psychologist for Shared Health with a specialization in health psychology. Her practice focuses on medical trauma. Dr. El-Gabalawy is the Director of the multidisciplinary Health, Anxiety and Trauma Laboratory (HATLab). She supervises undergraduate and graduate students, BSc(Med) students, and medical residents. Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy is also a recent CBC Future 40 2025 winner<https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7053323>. Not able to attend? You can support this event by making a donation<https://whrfcinc.com/support/> to Dance For Your Health. THANK YOU EVENT SPONSORS! Gold Sponsor Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg<https://www.kinsmenclub.com/> Bronze Sponsor University of Manitoba-Faculty of Graduate Studies<https://umanitoba.ca/graduate-studies/> Wine Sponsor Manitoba Liquor Marts<https://www.liquormarts.ca/> Print Supporter Corporate Source Graphic Solutions<https://www.corporatesourceinc.com/> Women's Health Research Foundation of Canada Inc. P.O. Box 61019, RPO Grant Park Winnipeg, MB Canada R3M 3X8 Charitable Tax Number 13293 2757 RR0001 You are receiving this email because you are a valued supporter of the WHRFC. If you do not wish to receive future emails, please reply to this email and ask to be removed from our mailing list. FOLLOW US: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/WHRFC> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/women-s-health-research-foundation-of-canada-in…> Donate<https://whrfcinc.com/support/> | Visit our website<http://www.whrfcinc.com/>

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