UMSU board meeting update
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) has released a detailed timeline for changes to the governance board structure. At the beginning of the fall…
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Student nurse ‘almost gave up’ on helping with vaccination efforts due to disorganized hiring process
Jan. 27, 2021: An earlier version of the article said that Shared Health is leading vaccination efforts. These efforts are being undertaken by the provincial…
New condensed training programs to address school staff shortages amid COVID-19 pandemic
Red River College’s (RRC) new condensed training programs are aimed at tackling shortages in Manitoba’s education workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A staffing shortage…
New cuts to nursery school funding spark concerns of a ‘she-cession’ in Manitoba
The Manitoba provincial government has announced incoming cuts to funding for nursery school programs, effective July 1, 2021. The announcement was made by the province’s…
Indigenous course requirement a ‘good step, but only one step’
Out of any city in Canada, Winnipeg has the largest Indigenous population, and the University of Manitoba has been home to the National Centre for…
Bell Let’s Talk week raises mental health topics
This week, the U of M will join the conversation on mental health with Bell Let’s Talk. From its origins in September 2010, the Bell…
Students to host panel featuring refugees
The master of human rights student association (MHRSA) is hosting a virtual panel on Jan. 28 featuring three North Korean refugees sharing stories about life in…
UMGSA woes with Canadian Federation of Students have decades-old origins
Students raised concerns over the uncertainty of the U of M Graduate Students’ Association’s (UMGSA) December 2020 annual general meeting (AGM) after discovering that despite being…
Upcoming UMSU elections to make use of slate system despite abolition in works
The upcoming UMSU elections slated for early March will run according to the same rules as last year, as the changes which would see the abolition of the slate system approved by the UMSU board of directors back in early October have yet to be implemented.
UWSA parts ways with chief elections commissioner
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association’s (UWSA) executive board has seen an embezzlement accusation along with multiple resignations and racism allegations over the past year. On…