News
UMSU LGBTTQ*, Aboriginal representative positions filled
By
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) finally has a full slate of community representatives after filling its LGBTTQ* and Aboriginal students’ rep positions at its last regular council meeting Oct. 27.
The Aboriginal representative...
U of M’s office of sustainability set to begin waste audit...
By
The University of Manitoba’s office of sustainability is preparing to conduct a broad-scaled waste audit and organic waste processing feasibility study after receiving a $40,000 provincial grant this summer.
The project funding was granted through...
Canadian scientist leading research on synthetic compounds to treat Alzheimer’s disease
By
Is the answer to the Alzheimer’s disease epidemic computer-modelled molecules? Donald Weaver, senior scientist and director at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto, believes it very well may be.
The University of Manitoba’s faculty of science...
Picketing begins after UMFA, university mediations break down
By
“We just saw no flexibility whatsoever, despite the fact that we walked in to that mediation saying that we would agree for the moment to set aside the salary question" - Mark Hudson, UMFA...
Province directing U of M to freeze faculty salaries: U of...
By
“The province has unnecessarily endangered a complex negotiation through this misguided interference" - Mark Hudson, UMFA president
UMFA rally highlights major concerns of faculty members
By
Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) and a group of supportive students held an information picket in front of the administrative building Friday.
The rally came two days after the association representing...
PC government introduces new mandatory sexual assault policy legislation
By
The Progressive Conservative provincial government has introduced new mandatory sexual assault policy legislation for Manitoban universities and colleges after striking down similar legislation only a week before.
The Sexual Violence Awareness and Protection Act, also...






