UMSU withholding $640,000 in CFS student fees
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is refusing to hand over roughly $640,000 in student fees owed to the Canadian Federation of Students. The fees…
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Top 25 Manitoba Employers distinction awards University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba has been named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 Employers for the third year in a row, prompting mixed reactions from unions…
University Centre food court reopens
After undergoing extensive renovations for the first half of the academic year, Campo, the new campus food court in University Centre at the University of…
Goodbye “Gritty Grotto”
The new Active Living Centre at the University of Manitoba—a 100,000-sq.-ft., $45 million facility—will be open to all U of M students next month, accompanied…
Robert-Falcon Ouellette wants indigenous university
Less than 48 hours following the day of the Winnipeg civic election which saw a third place finish for former mayoral candidate Robert-Falcon Ouellette—who just…
Manitoba throne speech prioritizes online education
At last month’s throne speech the provincial NDP announced a number of policies to be implemented in the coming year. While interest-free student loans have…
Sexual assault maps
Last week, two posters featuring hashtags such as #BeenRapedNeverReported along with maps—one of the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus and the other of the…
UMSU neutrality sparks student criticism
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union has said that it will not condemn impending budget cuts at the University of Manitoba, sparking criticism from students…
Fractal butterflies
Tapash Chakraborty is a Tier-I Canada research chair in nanoscale physics, and a physics and astronomy professor at the University of Manitoba. His students are…
Isaac Newton’s genius still meaningful today
Isaac Newton’s fundamental work on motion and gravity may have been challenged by Einstein’s theories in the early 20th century; but the ideas and mathematical…