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Regenerative medicine program at U of M first of its kind...
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Researchers in the field of regenerative medicine at the University of Manitoba will soon be able to conduct their work in a new facility, following significant investments from the federal government.
The regenerative medicine...
Israeli Apartheid Week 2011 to take place at the U of...
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Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), an annual international series of events, will be running for the sixth consecutive year on campuses across the globe.
Although the events have incited major controversy in Canada and abroad,...
Five students will live outside for five days to address homelessness
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Five students can be found sleeping just outside University Center for five consecutive days, from March 15-18 in support of Five Days for the Homeless, a national charity campaign created by business students.
The...
UMSU tries to combat student voter apathy
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Voter turnout for the University of Manitoba’s student elections has been averaging about 11 per cent over the past decade, meaning 11 per cent of students are making 100 per cent of the voting...
Several other complaints crop up during 3-slate election
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Several other complaints cropped during the past week of campaigning, including one indicating that volunteers for Clean Slate were campaigning in the hallways of 102 University Centre, too close to advanced polling stations, after...
UMSU election candidate impersonated in email account
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 2, Jason van Rooy, the chief returning officer (CRO) for the 2011 UMSU election, posted an irregular ruling on the wall outside of his office.
The complaint was...
UMSU election Get More slate loses vice-president external candidate
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Disagreements in the Get More camp manifested in vice-presidential (external) candidate, Chantal Shivanna Ramraj leaving the slate to run independently.
Ramraj stated that she decided to run independently because she could not agree on key...
