Chester elected ASBC UMSU rep, referendum fails
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The Arts Student Body Council (ASBC) held a byelection Oct. 26 and 27 to fill a vacant position for ASBC University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) representative.
Students also voted in a referendum on implementing...
Students descend on legislature to protest expected tuition fee increases
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More than one hundred students marched from the University of Winnipeg to the Manitoba legislature on Thursday, calling on the provincial government to scrap Bill 31.
Bill 31 was introduced by the Progressive Conservative government...
The successful economic integration of refugees
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Taking two buses from Corydon Avenue, Rasha Kossad leaves her home on Saturday mornings to head to the Polo Park Hearing Centre where she works as an administrative professional.
“At Polo Park, I work from...
UMSU reports first budget surplus in nearly a decade
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) approved its 2016-17 year-end audited budget at its regular meeting Oct. 12, which, for the first time since the 2007-08 fiscal year, reports a surplus.
The budget shows...
Jane Goodall receives honorary degree from U of W
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Primatologist Jane Goodall received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Winnipeg Friday in a special convocation ceremony.
Goodall joins a distinguished list of individuals who have received honorary degrees from the...
UMSU approves motion supporting extending international students’ fee payment deadline
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The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) approved a motion to advocate for extending the deadline for tuition fee payments for international students at its regular meeting Sept. 28.
UMSU will pressure university administration to...
Syrian families targeted by hateful graffiti
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Syrian families living in a housing complex on Dufferin Avenue woke up the morning of Sept. 19 to discover hateful graffiti scribbled on their fence.
Phrases such as “Go back to your country,” and “Leave...
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