U of M scientific journal announces best paper winner
Wuzinski, a fourth-year microbiology honours student, won for her paper titled “Developing a Genotyping Scheme for Myobacterium abcessus Complex Using Whole Genome Sequencing Data.”
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UMSU, UCRU lobby against tuition tax credit
At the first board meeting since lobbying for students in Ottawa in early December, UMSU president Jakob Sanderson gave a presentation explaining the priorities of the trip — some of which left some at the meeting feeling “frustrated and disappointed.”
New international students to provide photo, fingerprints
Following border regulations put into practice Dec. 31, nearly all international students coming to study in Canada will be required to submit biometric information.
LGBTTQ* rep tables name change motion indefinitely
A motion brought to the UMSU board of governors in December by its LGBTTQ* community representative to change the title of the position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative was tabled indefinitely Thursday.
Portage and Main blocked by pipeline protesters
Winnipeg protesters flooded the Portage and Main intersection during rush hour Thursday in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land protectors in B.C.
UMSU condemns federation’s support of BDS
UMSU passed a motion condemning the Canadian Federation of Students for affirming its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its last…
Grad student association restructures executive
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) is restructuring its executive team. The number of executive positions is being reduced from six to five…
UMGSA calls out racism, harassment on campus
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) released a year-end statement in December highlighting a number of issues U of M students and staff…
UMSU calls for student-faculty relationship policy
After another member of U of M faculty was placed on leave following harassment allegations in December, UMSU has released a statement calling on the…
Grad students vote to index fees to inflation
U of M graduate students voted to index fees to inflation in a referendum in early December. Following an analysis of University of Manitoba Graduate Students’…