The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) will be hosting election forums with candidates running in the 2025-26 UMSU general election from Feb. 25 to 27.

The forums will provide the chance for candidates to voice their visions and goals as a prospective elected representative of the union. UMSU members in the audience will also have the chance to ask questions to all the candidates.

Presidential candidates will have a forum on Tuesday, Feb. 25, followed by the vice-presidential forum on Wednesday, Feb. 26 and the community representative forum on Thursday, Feb. 27. All forums will occur at the Fireside Lounge on the first floor of UMSU University Centre and will start at 12 p.m.

According to the UMSU Election Manual, there is to be at least one election forum on the Fort Garry campus during the campaign, as well as a forum at the Bannatyne campus if deemed practicable by the UMSU chief returning officer (CRO). Each candidate will have the same fixed period of time to speak.

Coffee and cookies will be served at the forums while supplies last and attendees can enter for a chance to win a pair of AirPods, according to a social media post by the students’ union.

Nominations for the UMSU general election close on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. UMSU election regulations state that the list of candidates is to be posted by the CRO no later than 36 hours after the nominations close.