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UMSU Council to be named Board of Directors

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Qudus Abusaleh
UMSU council approved a motion at its regular meeting March 29 to formally change its title to "UMSU board of directors." This follows a series of changes to the union’s bylaws, which were presented by...
Jen Doerksen
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UMGSA elections committee unanimously upholds candidate’s penalty

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
A candidate who ran for the University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association’s (UMGSA) VP external claims a penalty issued by the chief returning officer (CRO) for campaign violations was unfair, and cost him the...
Beibei Lu
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ReconciliACTION campaign kicks off

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
The ReconciliACTION Campaign launched at the U of M March 27 as one of a number of events lined up to mark Indigenous Awareness Month. The ReconciliACTION campaign was launched with the objective of ensuring...
Dane Monkman
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Tuition fee increases coming to U of M

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Shaden Abusaleh
Tuition fee increases are coming to the University of Manitoba. Provost and vice-president (academic) Janice Ristock has confirmed the U of M plans to raise tuition for the upcoming fall term by 6.6 per cent...
Megan Colwell
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UMFA challenges administration in open letter

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Imreet Kaur
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) is urging university administration to increase full time academic staff, increase funding for students enrolled in graduate studies, and to invest in a day care space closer...
Quincy Houdayer
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Ace slate leads grad students association election

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
Ace slate - led by current University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) president Carl Neumann - nearly swept the 2018 UMGSA elections. Neumann was re-elected to the position with a total of 497 votes...
Asha Nelson
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CFS-MB cries foul over UMSU act amendments

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Qudus Abusaleh
Amendments to the UMSU Act are being criticized by the Canadian Federation of Students - Manitoba (CFS-MB) as an assault on students. The UMSU Act is a piece of provincial legislation and the highest governing...
Jen Doerksen

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