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Elevate UMSU sweeps executive ballot

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Garett WilliamsQudus Abusaleh
Elevate UMSU – anchored by Arts Student Body Council president Jakob Sanderson – has swept the 2018 UMSU executive election. Sanderson beat out current UMSU VP finance and operations Jehan Moorthy’s Future UMSU slate and...
Quincy Houdayer
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UMSU moves forward in governance updates

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Qudus Abusaleh
UMSU is lobbying to introduce several amendments to the UMSU Act, which will be carried forward in a private member’s bill by Fort Richmond MLA Sarah Guillemard March 7, once the Legislature is back...
Jen Doerksen
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Meet your community representatives

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Qudus Abusalehwith files from Shaden Abusaleh
Alannah Mckay, Abubakar Ibrahim, and Eun-Bi Kang are running uncontested in the 2018 UMSU general elections for the positions of Indigenous, international, and LGBTTQ* students’ representatives, respectively. The are no candidates running for students living...
Quincy Houdayer
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Hundreds rally to honour Tina Fontaine

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Qudus Abusaleh
Hundreds of Manitobans took part in a march Friday honouring the life of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. The march and following rally came a day after an 11-member jury acquitted Raymond Cormier of second degree murder...
Jen Doerksen
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Manitoban referendum motion sent to executive committee

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Malak AbasQudus Abusaleh
A motion challenging the Manitoban’s funding was forwarded to UMSU’s executive committee Thursday. The motion, which was moved by Science Students’ Association representative Navkiran Chhina, seeks to trigger a referendum asking UMSU members if they...
Jen Doerksen
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University of Guelph professor talks Indigenous-led conservation

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Qudus Abusaleh
The University of Manitoba's Clayton H. Riddell faculty of environment, earth, and resources hosted Faisal Moola, University of Guelph associate geography professor, for a lecture on Indigenous-led environmental conservation Feb. 9. Moola’s talk was...
Quincy Houdayer
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Students vote to continue membership in Canadian Federation of Students

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Qudus Abusaleh
University of Manitoba students have indicated they wish to continue membership with the Canadian Federation of Students. Students voted in a non-binding plebiscite last week asking if they “believe UMSU should remain a member of...
Asha Nelson
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