Recommendations for your next virtual viewing party
It is around this time every year that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honours some of the best filmmaking, acting and technical…
Dallin Chicoine
Canada will not fight for the Keystone XL pipeline despite pressure from Alberta
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made a bad bet and it looks like the house is about to clean him out. On his first day in…
Student Counselling Centre sees drop in use despite increase in mental health pressures
Despite a University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) members survey in October 2020 indicating that 57 per cent of members had experienced declines in terms…
Worrisome legislation amendments will reduce public education sector’s ability to self-represent in collective bargaining
In October, the provincial government adopted the Labour Relations Amendment Act (LRA), which made it easier for employers to fire striking workers and has done…
As the temperatures drop and families sit in quarantine, the homeless community needs us more than ever
This year’s winter has been something of a dream for many Winnipeggers, with temperatures remaining surprisingly high considering the morbid report earlier in the year…
Application of code of ethics within the CBC newsroom raises questions
Jan. 27: A full statement from Austin Grabish has been included. “Many people might find it ironic, even amusing, that a news organization that, as…
‘Compassionate’ grading scheme approved by senate
After months of students voicing difficulties brought by the fall’s remote learning, the U of M senate approved a version of the student senate caucus’…
How ‘thinking with glaciers’ can help decolonize the university and challenge intellectual authority
Come fall 2021, new faculty of arts students at the University of Manitoba will have to fill an Indigenous content requirement with a minimum of…
Early humans adapted to rapidly-changing environment
University of Manitoba assistant professor Paul Durkin is part of an ongoing project studying the environment in which early ancestors of humans lived. The project…
Making hockey more inclusive
Three education professors from multiple universities have joined to study hypermasculine culture within elite men’s hockey and what current and former players do to combat…