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…
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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’…
UMSU to vote on new community funding policy
UMSU is putting forward a new strategy for providing funding for community groups. A motion has been put forward by the governance committee suggesting UMSU…
LGBTTQ* rep reconsidering name change motion
UMSU LGBTTQ* representative Eun-Bi Kang will be bringing forward a motion to change the name of her position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative at Thursday’s board meeting — a decision she now fears may have been “naive.”
Year in review: Revisiting the biggest stories of 2018
From plebiscites to protests, here’s what happened on campus last year.
Students react to Indigenous admin’s resignation
In the wake of U of M vice-provost of Indigenous engagement Lynn Lavallée’s resignation, some Indigenous students on campus are looking toward an uncertain future….
U of M vice-provost of Indigenous engagement resigns
The vice-provost of Indigenous engagement at the U of M has resigned, citing a lack of response on Indigenous issues by the school’s administration.
UMSU executive issues AGM report
The UMSU executive updated membership on upcoming projects and its ongoing turmoil with the Canadian Federation of Students at its 2018 fall annual general meeting.