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U of M and UMSU sweep aside anti-Palestinian racism
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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 the U of M community locally, has come home...
My identity is more than two halves
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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 of the Manitoba Métis Federation. I understood being Métis...
Is it just men hating women, or is there more to...
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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 likely watched the origin of the insulting meme “women...
Starlight tours show anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian policing
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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 article, but I can begin in Saskatoon, Sask. where...
Colonization is far from over
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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 am not explicitly referring to the continued presence of settlers...
Capitalism doesn’t support enduring friendships
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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 our first glimpse of redemptive love and caring community.”
Many...
There is a difference between freedom and safety at the U...
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In the last few months, multiple articles and letters to the editor in the Manitoban have discussed the meaning and limitations of freedom of speech and expression in a university environment.
Although this can quickly...







