A post-strike letter to University of Manitoba students from UMFA president Mark Hudson
Over a month has passed since members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) closed our picket lines and returned to work in labs,…
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Backyard Memories
Fiona watches the sun rise. She hasn’t been sleeping lately. She floats for eight hours a night in a dreamless blur. She wakes up for…
Sessions
what did you do last night? i was on my knees. i was on my knees trying to pray but all that came out…
The Redwood
I turn the silver knob and push, stepping out the back door of my home. My senses instantly become realized as I take in the…
A historic opportunity squandered: reflections on the UMFA strike settlement
As one of us wrote in these pages a few weeks ago, the recent University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) strike stood to win historically significant…
Don’t tell international students to accept fee increases
Far past the closing of the 35th annual general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), tweets rang out early into the night with…
Women’s and gender studies should be a requirement for all university students
I was once a young student entering my first year at the U of M with no idea which direction I was heading. However, if…
The Conservative Party of Canada is ripe for a populist takeover
Unless they can find a way to harness a new, coherent vision for the country that sets them apart, their chances of victory in the next federal election are conservative at best.
After the storm: what happens now that bargaining is over?
Administration and faculty are both essential to the governance and direction of the university.
Winnipeg should follow Sweden in their dramatic overhaul of road safety regulations
Nearly 50 per cent of pedestrian-vehicle collisions happen when the pedestrian is crossing an intersection.