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Nursing student reinstated
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University of Manitoba nursing student and former senior stick of the U of M Nursing Students’ Association Arij Al Khafagi’s status as a student has been reinstated.
Al Khafagi was previously suspended following social media...
Shortfalls in menstrual equity at U of M, audit reveals
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Volunteers for the Period Poverty and Equity on Campus and Beyond project at U of M’s Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses have found significant room for improvement when it comes to to reaching menstrual...
Historic agreement reached to protect Manitoba watershed
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between four Indigenous nations, the Manitoba government and the Government of Canada to protect the Seal River Watershed.
The Seal River Watershed is comprised of 50,000 square kilometres of...
UMSU to adopt ranked ballots in general elections
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The UMSU board of directors voted at its Jan. 11 board meeting to move toward the implementation of a ranked ballot voting system for general elections.
Motion 0588, which proposed adopting a ranked ballot voting...
Damilola Ojo named UMSU Black students’ rep
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Becoming the new Black students’ representative on the UMSU board of directors feels like a “full circle moment” for Damilola Ojo.
Ojo was elected as Black students’ representative for the remainder of the term during...
Kinew revokes Eckhardt’s honours, WAG drops name
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Premier Wab Kinew posthumously revoked one of the province’s highest honours from Ferdinand Eckhardt earlier this month. Eckhardt was an art historian and philanthropist who was recently uncovered to have been a Nazi sympathizer.
Eckhardt...
Barbershop opens on U of M campus
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Two years after the opening of its first location in 2019, Swish Barbershop was voted the number one barbershop in Winnipeg by CommunityVotes Winnipeg. Since then, the shop has opened two additional locations to...
