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Forum educates on sexual violence
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It can be difficult for survivors of sexual violence to find institutional support on campus and for both students and faculty to educate themselves on the issue. Student activists Karan Saxena and Atreya Madrone,...
UMSU shaves election day, passes preferred name motion
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UMSU’s board of directors gave the green light for two changes to its elections and referendum manual proposed by the UMSU governance committee at its Jan. 16 meeting. The changes include shortening the voting...
Student leaders call for more diversity in campus politics
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UMSU elections for executive and community representative positions are fast approaching, and Indigenous student leaders are calling on Indigenous students to get involved with campus politics.
Noah Wilson — former co-president of the U of...
Centre for campus members affected by sexual violence opens its doors
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On the fifth floor of UMSU University Centre sits an unassuming space — four adjoining rooms, with tea and hot chocolate for visitors — that seeks to serve an ambitious purpose: to provide a...
Winnipeggers join in 4th annual Women’s March
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Nearly a hundred Winnipeggers met at the Manitoba legislature Saturday to join thousands of demonstrators in hundreds of cities across Canada and the U.S. in the fourth annual Women’s March.
Organizers in more than a...
UMSU calls for de-escalation of Middle East tensions
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Manitoba Law Students’ Association representative Silas Koulack introduced an emergency motion at the Jan. 16 UMSU board of directors meeting putting out a call for de-escalation of conflict between the United States and Iran.
On...
U-Pass referendum set to be held from Feb. 12 to 14
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The UMSU board of directors took an official position in support of the continuation of enrolment in the U-Pass program and set the dates of the deciding referendum for Feb. 12 to 14 during...
