Treaty interpretations: beyond state-based mechanisms of rights
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University of Manitoba’s department of Native Studies hosted university lecturer Gina Starblanket on Nov. 29 as part of their weekly colloquium series, “Revisions and revitalizations: Native studies in the future.”
Starblanket, a member of the...
Winnipeggers respond to reports of slavery in Libya
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Winnipeggers have organized in response to a mobile phone video, obtained by CNN, of men being auctioned off in Libya.
The video, which has been met with international outrage, shows a man in front of...
UMSU shifts performance incentives to finance committee
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UMSU council approved a motion giving the finance committee the responsibility of rewarding performance-based incentives to the union’s executives at its regular meeting Nov. 23.
Previously, the reward of performance incentives was a function of...
Meet Me at the Bell Tower celebrates six years
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Since 2011, every Friday evening - rain or shine - North End community members have rallied next to the bell tower at Selkirk Avenue and Powers Street to tackle a range of issues including...
Panel challenges Quebec’s “religious neutrality” law
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The Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) and the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) co-hosted a panel discussion Thursday challenging the constitutional legitimacy of Quebec’s recent “religious neutrality” bill.
Bill 62 -...
Battling Islamophobia does not rest solely on the shoulders of Muslims
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The communal feature of the phrase enabled the progress of democratic movements in the Arab Spring. Reclaiming “Allahu Akbar” is to see the world not just in black-and-white.
Math students challenge “unfair” midterm
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Actuarial science students enrolled in the MATH 2720 multivariable calculus course are challenging what they are charging was an unfair midterm exam.
“A few of us students believe that the midterms that we have been...
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