UMSU’s problematic erasure of decades of Indigenous advocacy bolsters settler saviourism
Humility is a virtue, especially in leadership; it is key that leaders of any description be able to recognize the role of others in achieving…
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Make legal education more practical, flexible, and hands-on
Lawyers often caution students that law school is absolutely nothing like practising law. On one level, this is uncontroversial; learning about abstract, general principles and…
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…
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…