Reintroducing ourselves as ‘now-people’
Though physical illness is quick to come to mind concerning the pandemic, there is much to be said regarding the mental health narratives that formed…
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Vote in the 2022 UMSU referendum
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is holding a referendum this month to ask its members the following question: “are you in favour of…
Fast fashion cannot exist in a sustainable environment
The environmental damage done by the fast fashion industry on our planet is severe. However, this phenomenon has been building for a long time. Currently,…
Minimum wage increase too little, too late
Last month the Manitoba government announced that by October 2023 it plans to raise the provincial minimum wage to $15 per hour. The announcement was…
Is it time for term limits?
As the civic election heats up with the finalization of official candidates this past Tuesday, all levels of electoral races remain wanting. When Winnipeggers go…
The end of an aura and one candidate’s pledge for change
I took a four-month hiatus from Winnipeg this summer, working in four different provinces across Canada. As a native Winnipegger of 20 years, I hold…
Avoiding politics is impossible
I remember sitting in my first Model United Nations conference in 2018. It was the Honduran national competition with only 10 committees, yet each analyzed…
UMSU board got itself into this mess
At the end of August, the Canadian Federation of Students filed a lawsuit against the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), alleging that UMSU has…
It is irresponsible to romanticize university
The weekend before the beginning of school, I was talking with my sister and her boyfriend about how disappointing my university experience has been thus…
Chasing unattainable goals sets self up for failure
A couple of days back, I was making my way to campus when one of my favourite songs started playing on my headset, “The Chase”…