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Part-time enrolment spikes despite tuition hike, pandemic

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Gillian Brown
Despite the increasing tuition costs and shift to remote learning amid a pandemic, a preliminary 2020 fall term report states that the U of M has seen a sharp increase in enrolment compared to...
Jenelle McCann
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UMSU offering subsidy to offset transit costs

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Amira Tekle
UMSU is offering a transit subsidy to some students who purchase a post-secondary pass for the fall semester.  No U-Pass is being offered this fall term due to the majority of courses being offered remotely....
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Faculty of health sciences approves anti-racism policy

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Amira Tekle
The U of M’s Rady faculty of health sciences (RFHS) approved the first anti-racism policy of any kind to exist in a Canadian post-secondary institution on Aug. 25. The creation of the disruption of all...
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UWSA executives resign after racism allegations

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Gillian Brown
As a result of racism allegations, a blackface scandal and an internal human rights investigation, former University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) president Jibril Hussein and vice-president external affairs Breanna Belisle have resigned. After Hussein’s...
Carolyne Kroeker
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Classes adapt to U of M COVID-19 rules

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Gillian Brown
This semester in STEM faculties, remote classes are posing challenges for educators and students when it comes to what is typically hands-on learning. The deans of the faculties of science, environment and agricultural and food...
Carolyne Kroeker
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U of M pilots Respondus anti-cheating software

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Amira TekleGillian Brown
The U of M piloted a program over the summer term to remotely monitor students writing exams online.  Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most classes have been shifted online since the latter...
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U of M holds off on online sexual violence reporting tool

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Amira Tekle
Eleven of Manitoba’s colleges and universities have signed on with Respect, Empower, Educate Survivors (REES), an online sexual violence reporting tool tailored to the needs of post-secondary campuses. The only institution yet to do...

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