Reflections on Israel-Palestine, teaching and the suspension of Arij Al Khafagi
Over the past decade at the U of M, I’ve taught a course called “Sometimes Pus, Sometimes Poetry: Cinema and Israel/Palestine” several times. The first…
Features
The increasing need for mental health support
Katie Surinx’s stress around midterm season can become physiological. Her third-year criminology coursework seems to have piled up and the stress of achieving good grades…
The Manitoban enters 110th year
As the Manitoban approaches the midway point of its 110th publishing year, we are reminded of the vital role that student journalism plays in a…
‘No one really understands unless you’ve lived through it’
Last weekend, Hamas — a militant group and political party that governs the Gaza Strip — launched surprise attacks on Israel, bulldozing sections of fence…
‘We have a right to be here’: To achieve in academia, four Indigenous scholars resist more than a century of colonialism, cultural genocide
“Anishinaabe of Treaty 3, 55,000 square miles, signed in 1873.” Lorraine Seymour knows the details of her home by heart. Sitting on a rock outside…
A day in the life (in the Arctic)
Arctic life. An experience unique in and of itself, yet, not entirely different from that of southern Canadian living. As the Arctic provides a highly…
U of M and the case of academic misconduct
There has been a significant rise in cases of academic misconduct at the U of M since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to…
A journey into U of M’s ‘untapped treasure’
In a room on the third floor of Dafoe library, right beside the Icelandic reading room, a small group of archivists work to preserve history….
Why we wear our ribbon skirts
Every 30th of September in Canada is set aside as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. This day…
Truth and Reconciliation commissioners critical of slow progress
The commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) issued a public statement Dec. 15, five years after the release of its final…