Community Interest Groups

IRHIG aims to promote peer learning of the various health challenges faced by immigrants and refugees locally and nationally.

IHPG provides an opportunity for Indigenous medical students to become involved and create a sense of community, while bringing important health-related information to fellow students. Our group also strives to foster understanding of others when working with Indigenous populations.

The Medical Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group serves to provide students with the skill set to grow their ideas and projects. We seek to provide students with resources such as speakers and skills nights, and want to create an environment that facilitates development of innovative and entrepreneurial ideas in healthcare.

Our Mission is to support future abortion care providers and advocate for reproductive justice globally. Together we ensure that sexual and reproductive healthcare, including abortion, is a standard part of medical education and training. MSFC provides financial and logistical resources to help future physicians receive this exposure, practice hands-on skills, and review residency training sites with the intention of becoming abortion providers. Our chapters work on a variety of projects, from hosting skills workshops to reforming their school’s curriculum to advocating for reproductive rights and healthcare access in their communities. In the past, MSFC has organized MVA workshop and IUD insertion workshop, which we hope to organize again.

The Medical Women Interest Group (MWIG) mandate is to bring together medical learners to improve their personal and professional wellness and promote care for womxn-identifying patients.

The Chess Interest Group is the best place for anyone interested in chess or just a space to socialize! We’d like to emphasize that whether you’re a player who doesn’t know the rules of the game to being a competitive player or anything in between, there is a space for you in our club.

In Medicine Journal Club we take turns presenting and critiquing academic research papers. This is a great group to join to practice critically appraising research papers which is an essential component of evidence-based medicine.

The Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC) is a registered non-profit organization, providing a national platform for Canadian Muslim physicians and medical students to collaborate on clinical services, community health promotion and outreach, professional education, networking, mentorship, advocacy, and research initiatives. The U of M Chapter hold events to promote collaboration and networking and have held events in the past such as Mock MMIs, Iftars, and BBQs!

Project Green Healthcare is a newly formed interest group dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for eco-friendly health care processes. If you are passionate about the environment and want to create real change to our wasteful systems in healthcare, this is the group for you. We meet monthly for about an hour, to brainstorm ideas and set goals for our current projects.

The Public Health Interest Group is focused on providing University of Manitoba medical students with the best opportunities and experiences with all things public health related! If you are interested in public health issues including policy, health prevention, community health, or other public health topics, this is the Interest Group for you.