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We feature events planned by Doctors Manitoba, as well as other events submitted by the medical community to share and connect with their peers.
Featured Event:
Fostering a Thriving Workplace: Turning toxicity into opportunity, with Dr. Mamta Gautam
DATE: June 12, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT at Qualico Family Centre, Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg
OVERVIEW: The medical profession is built on principles of care, compassion, and excellence. However, our healthcare system faces a persistent and deeply rooted issue – workplace toxicity. Mistreatment can take the form of bullying, discrimination, and misused power dynamics. In this engaging workshop, members in or interested in leadership and those working to enhance well-being, can learn how to prevent and address mistreatment in medicine and create a healthy culture of belonging and support.
DETAILS: This event is open to all Doctors Manitoba Members at no cost. Registration required. Space is limited. Register here.
FUNDED BY: Doctors Manitoba
Other Events:
Caring for Our Relatives: Practicing Emergency Medicine on Turtle Island
DATE: May 30, 8 a.m. to noon, Buhler Atrium, Max Rady College of Medicine
OVERVIEW: Presenters: Knowledge Keeper Wally Chartrand, Dr. Sheila Peters,
Dr. Jenna Poole, Dr. Dianna Craig, Dr. Tara Wilson, and Mikayla Barbosa M3
DETAILS: Learn more and register here.
Mental Health Rounds
DATE: May 23, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., 16th Floor, 363 Broadway, Winnipeg
OVERVIEW: Psychological injuries in the workplace - What role does WCB play? At the end of this two-hour presentation, participants should have improved knowledge of the types of psychological injuries affiliated with the workplace, an understanding of a psychological injury as defined in The Workers Compensation Act, an appreciation of the nuances of treatment and recovery among workers with psychological injuries affiliated with the workplace, and an improved understanding of the WCB’s role in supporting workers with psychological injuries.
DETAILS: RSVP by May 20 with an email to Amanda Lockstett at alockste@wcb.mb.ca
HOSTED BY: WCB
Dr. David Crawford Memorial Run
DATE: June 1, 9 a.m. at Marpeck Commons Bldg, CMU, 2299 Grant Avenue
OVERVIEW: Run/Walk 3.3km or 5km to raise funds for the Dr. David Crawford Memorial Fund.
DETAILS: Register for the run.
HOSTED BY: Manitoba Runners Association
Introduction to Mindful Practice presented by Dr. Jillian Horton
DATE: June 7, 8 p.m. at The Studio in Pineridge Hollow
OVERVIEW: Rooted in the evidence-based, JAMA-published Mindful Practice Program from the University of Rochester, this CPD accredited workshop teaches and deepens skills in meditation, self-awareness, and self-regulation
DETAILS: Sign up today! No previous experience with mindfulness is required.
HOSTED BY: Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Reflection and Renewal: How Narrative-Based Medicine Makes Us Better (and Happier) Doctors
DATE: June 7, 9 a.m to noon at Doctors Manitoba
OVERVIEW: Join us for breakfast and an enriching workshop open to all Doctors Manitoba members. Discover how narrative-based medicine enhances patient care and physician well-being. Learn practical strategies for integrating narrative approaches into your clinical practice.
DETAILS: This event is open to all Doctors Manitoba Members at no cost. Registration required. Space is limited. Register here
HOSTED BY: Doctors Manitoba
Resuscitation Course for Acute Medicine Practicing Physicians (ReCAPP)
DATE: July 12, Clinical Learning and Simulation Facility, Brodie Centre
OVERVIEW: Designed to provide a high-quality, interactive educational opportunity for Canadian practicing physicians who are involved in the initial or ongoing care of acutely unstable patients, increasingly cared for outside the walls of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
DETAILS: Register.
HOSTED BY: Canadian Critical Care Society
Cultivating Wellbeing for Health Professionals - Retreat
DATE: September 21-26,Cortes Island, BC
OVERVIEW: This mindfulness-based meditation retreat for health professionals and partners counts for 15.5 hrs of MOCOMP Section 1 unaccredited small-group activity credits for specialist Canadian physicians (31.25 hours total – 0.5 credits per hour). Come away to the serene shores of Cortes Island to be replenished, restored, and equipped with tools to help navigate life in modern healthcare. This retreat emphasizes connection as key to vitality, and fosters connection with supportive peers, connection with a nourishing environment, and connection with our own moment-to-moment experience. Facilitated by Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRCPC and Erin Burrell, MD, FRCPC
DETAILS: Register
HOSTED BY: HollyHock
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