WINNIPEG A sitting member of the Canadian Senate has been named the new chancellor at Brandon University. Senator Mary Jane McCallum was announced as the new chancellor on Thursday, after the university’s senate unanimously confirmed her. She will be officially installed in the position later this month. She is the first Indigenous chancellor in the university’s history, and the first woman to be appointed to the role. McCallum replaces Michael Decter, who completed the maximum two terms as chancellor. “We couldn’t be more thrilled,” said BU president Dr. David Docherty in a statement. “Senator Mary Jane McCallum inspires us all, she is full of energy and action, and we will greatly benefit from her knowledge and experience as Brandon University works towards Reconciliation and continues to grow. We are deeply honoured to have Senator McCallum agree to serve as our Chancellor.”
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WINNIPEG Along with checking your pearly whites, Manitoba dentists are jumping on the COVID-19 frontline. Dentists are answering the call to help with vaccine injections, according to Dr. Marc Mollot, president of the Manitoba Dental Association. Dentists were asked by the government to take part in efforts of vaccination and they are part of an interdisciplinary team of vaccinators, said Mallot. While dentists already know about injections and disease prevention, those looking to start immunizing people have to take a special one-day course at Red River College. So dentists will have completed a one-day calibration credentialing course along with all the invited parties to the table before being deployed to the vaccination team, Mallot said. The purpose of that course was to provide a hands-on opportunity for dentists and other health care professionals to handle the vaccine and to talk about the specifics about vaccination.