Making hockey more inclusive
Three education professors from multiple universities have joined to study hypermasculine culture within elite men’s hockey and what current and former players do to combat…
2021
Bedosky excited for future rookie debut
Since mid-October, university athletes have been disappointed by the news that there will be no winter 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included…
Students’ health a priority during extended winter break
For many University of Manitoba students, the holiday season is traditionally filled with celebrations that revolve around social gatherings.Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic interfered with the…
COVID-19 should wake governments up to the potential of climate catastrophe
For decades, the scientific community has gradually issued more pointed warnings about the dangerous impact that our changing climate will have on humankind and the…
Siloam Mission’s CEO is silencing Indigenous voices and reproducing colonial hierarchies
Former staff members of Siloam Mission, a local Christian charity, and the “Not My Siloam” movement are revealing violently colonial parallels in the charitable organization’s…
A eulogy to Adobe Flash Player, the software that raised a generation
Between the years when the oceans drank New Orleans and the rise of the Y2K scare, there was an age when shining webpages lay spread…
Preventing education from becoming another COVID-19 casualty
With devotion, teachers are standing by their students to maintain their learning and aid in the development of the social, emotional and academic skills during…
Associate professor educates the educators
University of Manitoba associate professor Robert Mizzi was named a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in queer, community and diversity education last fall. Mizzi was awarded…
Cabinet shuffle sees new minister for post-secondary institutions
In a cabinet shuffle Jan. 5, the provincial government appointed Wayne Ewasko, member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for Lac du Bonnet, to the newly…
‘Murky’ history surfaced at grad students’ AGM
Concerns and confusion around the University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association’s relationship with the Canadian Federation of Students — an organization with which UMSU also has…