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New international students to provide photo, fingerprints
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Following border regulations put into practice Dec. 31, nearly all international students coming to study in Canada will be required to submit biometric information.
LGBTTQ* rep tables name change motion indefinitely
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A motion brought to the UMSU board of governors in December by its LGBTTQ* community representative to change the title of the position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative was tabled indefinitely...
Portage and Main blocked by pipeline protesters
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Winnipeg protesters flooded the Portage and Main intersection during rush hour Thursday in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land protectors in B.C.
UMSU condemns federation’s support of BDS
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UMSU passed a motion condemning the Canadian Federation of Students for affirming its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its last meeting of 2018 in December.
The motion, which was brought...
Grad student association restructures executive
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The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) is restructuring its executive team.
The number of executive positions is being reduced from six to five by combining the VP external (VPE) and VP marketing (VPME)...
UMGSA calls out racism, harassment on campus
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The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) released a year-end statement in December highlighting a number of issues U of M students and staff faced during 2018.
The statement touches on challenges including racism...
UMSU calls for student-faculty relationship policy
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After another member of U of M faculty was placed on leave following harassment allegations in December, UMSU has released a statement calling on the university to implement a policy prohibiting certain relationships between...







