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Manitobans protest for safe housing, affordable transit
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Manitobans marched from City Hall to the legislative building Thursday to advocate for a poverty-free province.
The walk, organized by Make Poverty History Manitoba — an activist group focused on changing public policy to identify...
Indigenous prof critical of U of M land acknowledgement
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Indigenous U of M professor Laara Fitznor expressed concern with the U of M’s Traditional Territories Acknowledgement during a lecture Oct. 4.
Fitznor, an associate professor at the U of M’s Faculty of Education, has...
U-Pass negotiations in beginning stages
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As the end of the three-year U-Pass contract nears, Winnipeg Transit has requested to begin negotiations with UMSU.
UMSU’s current U-Pass contract will expire in May 2019, which UMSU president Jakob Sanderson called an “exciting...
Laws changing too slowly: disability rights advocate
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Disability rights advocate David Lepofsky spoke at a talk hosted by Barrier-Free Manitoba at the Millennium Library Oct. 4 where he criticized the provincial government for lagging behind when bringing accessibility standards into law.
Lepofsky,...
Study finds 28 per cent of Manitobans diagnosed with mental illness
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A study conducted by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy has found that 28 per cent of Manitoban adults have been diagnosed with at least one mental illness.
The study, titled Mental Illness among adult...
Dining Services limiting single-use plastic straws
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U of M Dining Services has been limiting the availability of plastic disposable straws on campus since the beginning of the school year.
The movement to eliminate single-use plastic cutlery worldwide strives to lessen the negative...
Fewer commuters biking to U of M campuses
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The U of M community is making more sustainable choices when travelling to and from campus.
According to a survey by the Green Action Centre, while 29 per cent of students, staff and faculty were...
