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Université de Saint-Boniface faculty and students push for campus child care...
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Students of the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) – the only publicly funded post-secondary institution in Manitoba without on-campus day care – are hopeful the university’s administration will commit to establishing on-site care in the...
Cao responds to UMSU sanctions
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The decision by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) to sanction the Science Students’ Association (SSA) was “extreme” and “excessive,” said SSA president Anthony Cao.
In an emergency motion in early December, UMSU voted...
U of M students engineer hands-on experience through city partnership
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A University of Manitoba civil engineering class is getting some real-world experience after the school entered into a joint partnership with the City of Winnipeg and several leading engineering companies with the aim of...
Faculty union launches alternative budget consultation
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The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) began consulting students, faculty, and staff last week as part of an effort to draft an alternative budget in contrast with the current spending priorities of the...
U of M finds silver lining in green initiatives
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The efforts of the University of Manitoba’s office of sustainability have been rewarded with a silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
In his report to the board...
Divestment not the answer: UBC prof
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While students at more than 20 Canadian universities – including the University of Manitoba – are engaged in campaigns pressuring their campuses to divest from fossil fuel industries, a University of British Columbia (UBC)...
University of Manitoba, UMSU sponsor Syrian refugee
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The University of Manitoba has welcomed a new student from Syria this semester after the university’s administration, in conjunction with the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), sponsored a refugee from the war-torn country.
The...
