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Province mulls stripping universal healthcare from international students

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Malak Abas
The Manitoba government is looking to save money, but it may come at a cost for international students studying in the province. The provincial government is considering cutting universal Manitoba Healthcare coverage for international students,...
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UMSU lends support to international students

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Qudus Abusaleh
At its regular council meeting March 15, UMSU council unanimously approved a motion encouraging its members to help increase the number of student signatures on petition E-1524. Centred around international students and their route towards...
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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...
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Future UMSU candidate accused of involvement in verbal racist altercation

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Malak AbasShaden Abusaleh
Future UMSU VP finance and operations candidate Jonah Wasylak is facing allegations of involvement in an incident where two international students were allegedly verbally assaulted with racial slurs in a students’ union business in...
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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...
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UMSU boosts Indigenous support

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
UMSU  has committed to fund up to 25 new scholarships for Indigenous students. The UMSU Award for Indigenous Community Leaders, which will be spread out over 12 years beginning this academic year, will be...
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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...
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