What to expect from UMSU in 2017-2018
UMSU council and the incoming executive team will be evaluated on their ability to create a common vision, unite the student body, and respond to the challenges ahead.
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Governments need to regulate the sharing economy
The government has a duty to step in and halt the unethical practices of what can be called Big App.
UMSU needs to get organized to fight tuition increases and budget cuts, and quick
Recent UMSU executives have repeatedly stressed having a seat at the table, but that does nothing if the others sitting around it aren’t listening.
Online voting won’t save student democracy
Voter turnout in the 2017 UMSU general election was low, but it was not because of a lack of ability to vote. It was because of a lack of desire to vote.
Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau missed the point of International Women’s Day, but so did the people attacking her
International Women’s Day should be a day about women, not attacking women.
Trudeau needs to scrap the Third Safe Country Agreement
When it comes to refugee policy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has two stances: one on Twitter, and the other on paper. Nowhere is that more…
Automation isn’t the problem, capitalism is
Automation of the workforce need not be a looming dystopia, but instead a gleaming utopia – so long as weaknesses in social infrastructure are addressed.
UMSU community reps need a bigger platform
UMSU community representatives need more resources so the advocacy of marginalized groups can be carried out more efficiently, more substantially, and with greater impact.
The malaise of student politics
UMSU is powered by the tyranny of the self-interested.
Conservatives have it wrong on Parliamentary motion condemning Islamaphobia
Arguing that “no religion should be singled out for special consideration” aligns Conservatives with the counterproductive “All Lives Matter” movement.