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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Kaydence Morgado Thomas who was raised in Winnipeg with family ties to Norway House Cree Nation graduated from the University of Manitoba's faculty of nursing through the Pathway to Indigenous Nursing Education Program on June 1. She will be working at the Health Sciences Centre starting July 15 while working casually at the Percy E. Moore Hospital which serves Peguis First Nation. The 22-year-old Cree graduate is pictured in front of the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing at the U of M's Fort Garry campus in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, June 4, 2026.