Women’s March signals hope in the face of a bleak Trump presidency
Heading into his inauguration with the lowest approval rating of any modern president-elect, at only 40 per cent, Donald Trump gave a dark speech vowing…
Comment
Canada’s global peacekeeping role undermined by lack of attention to Egypt
Hate manifests itself in many forms. It can be bigoted beliefs, rude behavior towards a subset of society, systemic mistreatment of a group, or genocide….
Take the time to learn about Syria
The Syrian conflict, one of the deadliest humanitarian crises of our time, has become synonymous with death, gore, and sheer hopelessness as war-torn images of…
Staying calm, cool, and collected post-UMFA strike
The end of the U of M strike has brought with it many changes. Two exam schedules, deadlines sprinkled throughout late December and early January,…
Reignited spat with CFS a pretext for defederation
If nothing else, the University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union’s (UMSU) latest foray with the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has shown the UMSU executives are…
PCs are out of touch with average Manitobans
The working class have nothing to gain and everything to lose under Pallister.
In defence of pragmatic tuition policy
I recently read Mary Asekome and Sofia Descalzi’s piece “Don’t Tell International Students To Accept Fee Increases” and I would like to address some comments…
Calm reflection must prevail during next round of faculty negotiations
Happy New Year to all my university colleagues, administrators, and students! I am excited, as I’m sure you are as well, about the prospects of…
A post-strike letter to University of Manitoba students from UMFA president Mark Hudson
Over a month has passed since members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) closed our picket lines and returned to work in labs,…
Liberals on the wrong side of history with pipeline approvals
The prime minister helped create thousands of new jobs, billions of dollars in new revenue for our country, and strengthen international trading relationships. But at what cost?