Is health care for international students just a promise?
The results are in, and UMSU’s newly elected executive team for 2024-25 has been decided. Among the elects, Divya Sharma, the incoming president and incumbent…
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A beautiful journey of hand-made bowls
Right now, I find myself in Toronto, teaching people how to make pottery on the wheel. This process is truly fascinating and holds deep meaning…
The fragility of life
In the delicate fabric of existence, life is like a thin thread and a fragile dance between breaths. With constant reminders that our presence here…
Re: ‘Feminism and genocide: a reflection on ‘Hear our Voices’’’
I read with interest the article in the Manitoban, “Feminism and genocide: a reflection on ‘Hear our Voices’” by Dana Medoro and Serenity Joo. Written…
U of M and UMSU sweep aside anti-Palestinian racism
UMSU and the University of Manitoba’s wilful and continuous ignoring of both the genocide of Palestinians, and the way the genocide has come to affect…
My identity is more than two halves
I came out as bisexual when I was around 13. I understood myself as half-gay. A year before I came out, I became a citizen…
Is it just men hating women, or is there more to it?
Those who have ever had the misfortune of coming across the animated meme of two men sharing tea, saying “women” and laughing maniacally will have…
Starlight tours show anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian policing
There are too many examples of the police mistreating the Indigenous people of Canada. There’s no way I can walk through them all in an…
Colonization is far from over
Colonization never ended in Canada. Depending on who you are, that’s either a controversial statement or an incredibly obvious one. When I say this, I…
Capitalism doesn’t support enduring friendships
Friendship is a deeply social process. bell hooks writes in All About Love, “friendship is the place in which a great majority of us have…