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Addressing safety and preventing sexual violence at Frosh Festival
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Just one year after a Frosh Week chant at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) glorified non-consensual sex with underage girls, UMSU prepares for their second annual Orientation Week Frosh Festival.
Some universities across...
U of M obtains major funding for First Nations research
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) recently awarded the University of Manitoba $195,657 for the “Embodying empathy” development project, and another $199,636 over three years to find solutions to food insecurity...
Food services temporarily unavailable
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Renovations to several food service locations are underway in University Centre (UC) as a new academic school year begins.
Changes are being made to some of the Aramark-managed food service establishments on campus, with select...
Students to vote on U-Pass in 2014 fall referendum
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Members of UMSU and University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) will vote this upcoming fall term on the universal bus pass (U-Pass) that could give post-secondary students access to more affordable transportation at reduced...
Gallery of Student Art hit hard by cutbacks
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Artists and students (financially burdened or otherwise) are among those most impacted by the UMSU executive’s decisions to cut financial support for the Gallery of Student Art and other UMSU student services.
Co-ordinator of...
Researchers examine the question of genocide in Canada
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How will it be determined whether indigenous people were the victims of genocide in Canada?
These types of questions were raised in front of the largest group of indigenous scholars from around the world...
Fighting for water rights in First Nation communities
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On June 25 to 26 the University of Manitoba faculty of law hosted the CREATE H20 and Water Rights Conference, which focused on the struggle for securing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in...
