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Winnipeg Women’s March shifts focus to local issues

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Shaden Abusaleh
Hundreds rallied outside Winnipeg City Hall for the Women’s March Jan. 20 as part of a series of protests that unfolded across Canada and the United States. Last year’s Women’s March, which saw thousands walk...
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U of O professor emeritus unpacks North Korean nuclear threat

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Qudus Abusaleh
In a lecture co-hosted by Peace Alliance Winnipeg and the U of M’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group Jan. 15, University of Ottawa professor emeritus of economics Michel Chossudovsky spoke to students on the dangers...
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Jaskiran Dhillon draws attention to Indigenous youth tangled in colonial institutions

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Imreet Kaur
The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) hosted New School university professor Jaskiran Dhillon for a keynote lecture to discuss her book, Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth,...
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MSA’s Bandaids for the Soul sheds light on mental illness in...

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Diana-Abasi Ubokudom
The Muslim Student Association (MSA) is hosting regular gatherings called Bandaids for the Soul at the U of M Fort Garry campus. The program is aimed at ending the stigma attached to mental illness in...
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Dele Ojewole appointed CFS-MB interim-chairperson

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Shaden Abusaleh
The Canadian Federation of Students - Manitoba (CFS-MB) has appointed Dele Ojewole as the interim-chairperson following the resignation of Carlen Comegan-Ronke. The announcement was made in a statement posted on CFS-MB’s Facebook page Dec. 16....
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U of M international students express worry, hope in response to...

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Shaden Abusaleh
Ongoing protests in Iran, which began on Dec. 28, mark what Reuter's has referred to as the country’s “most audacious challenge to its clerical leadership” in nearly a decade. Demonstrations in reaction to Iran’s weakening...
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Kinew criticizes opening of for-profit clinic

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Imreet Kaur
Manitoba’s NDP is criticizing of the opening of Prota clinic, a private, for-profit medical testing facility in Winnipeg. In a letter dated Jan. 3, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew and NDP health critic Andrew Swan...
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