Authors
Moni Fricke (she/her), PhD, BMR(PT), is a physiotherapist with almost four decades experience and an expert in collaborative practice for relationship-focused care and services. She learned much of what it means to be collaborative in healthcare while working with older adults in a tertiary care setting, and in remote communities in northern Manitoba and Nunavut. Moni is passionate about team-based care for improving health outcomes and preparing future health and social care providers for complex and evolving practice settings that emphasize health equity, social justice and sustainability. Moni was the College of Rehabilitation Sciences Lead with the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences from 2016 to 2025, and the inaugural Director from 2019-2025. Email: Moni.Fricke@umanitoba.ca
Laura MacDonald (she/her), PhD, RDH is a dental hygienist with over four decades of experience as a University of Manitoba educator serving across the University, particularly from an interprofessional and interdisciplinary collaborative lens and interprofessional education pedagogy. She is committed to creating healthy learning spaces and relationships and is an expert in education theory and practice. Inspired by the Okanagan Charter on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges, Laura is devoted to collaborative teamwork as a means of promoting the health of people who ‘live, learn, work, play, and love’ on the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences campus, thus contributing to the health and wellbeing of our wider society. Health and social care provider learners learning ‘with, from, and about each other’ for better health for all promotes healthy learning. Laura has been the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and School of Dental Hygiene Lead with the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences since its inception in 2016. Email: Laura.MacDonald@umanitoba.ca
Michelle Boyce (she/her), BSc, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, RPh, is a pharmacist with over five years of experience and specializes in hospital pharmacy practice. Following the completion of her pharmacy residency at The Ottawa Hospital, she worked temporarily in various areas of the hospital including internal medicine, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurology, prior to obtaining a permanent full-time position in Stem Cell Transplant and CAR T-Cell Therapy (Transplantation and Cellular Therapy). Michelle collaborated closely with a variety of healthcare providers including but not limited to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, healthcare aides, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and clinical health psychologists. As a result of working with such an incredible team, she saw firsthand how important collaborative team-based care is in order to provide safe and quality person centered-care. Michelle joined the College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba in 2023 and is the College’s Lead with the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. Email: michelle.boyce@umanitoba.ca
