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UBC responds to reports of mishandled sexual assault, human rights complaint
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VANCOUVER – All eyes are on the University of British Columbia (UBC) after a CBC investigation revealed problems in the way the university’s administration handled multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against former PhD student...
UMSU sanctions Science Students’ Association
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In an emergency motion passed at its final meeting before breaking for the holidays, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) voted to have an independent chair appointed to the Science Students’ Association (SSA)...
Notes from the Star Field
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On Nov. 19 I attended one of several planned high-level preparatory meetings in anticipation of UNISPACE +50 to be held in 2018. The UNISPACE conferences are organized by the United Nations Committee on Peaceful...
Dementia Hack
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This November, three graduate students from the department of electrical and computer engineering attended Dementia Hack in Toronto, focusing on technology-based solutions for patients with dementia.
Nigerian students’ scholarships in limbo
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As many as 50 University of Manitoba international students are facing an uncertain academic future after the Nigerian state-run agency sponsoring their education suspended services in November.
The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) –...
Protesters challenge budget cuts, fee hikes
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A crowd of University of Manitoba community members demonstrated their dissatisfaction over the school’s budgetary process at a rally held last Tuesday afternoon.
Participants protested budget cuts to faculties and departments and an increase in...
Winnipeg students to take over CFS leadership
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Two Winnipeggers have been elected to the leadership team that will steer the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) through the next year at the association’s annual national general meeting in Gatineau, Que. last week.
Incumbent...




