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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - U of M 140th Convocation Manitoba’s newest health professionals throw the hats into the air after receiving their medical degrees at the 140th Convocation ceremonies on the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus Thursday. The Medicine Class of 2019 includes 109 graduates. As they move on to residency training, 70 of the graduates (64 per cent) are staying in Manitoba. Of the 36 undertaking residencies in family medicine in the province, five will be in northern and remote locations and 20 in rural locations. The class includes 11 students of self-declared Indigenous ancestry and six French-speaking students who are graduating in the college’s bilingual stream. May 23, 2019