Board meeting reveals plans for student advocacy and Bison Bash
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union held its first in-person board meeting this year on Aug. 18. UMSU president Jaron Rykiss said it felt great…
Dallin Chicoine
U of M would fail service inspection
With a surplus of $94 million in the 2020-21 fiscal year the university — regardless of the fact that the University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) advocated that graduate student fees should not go up, particularly during the ongoing pandemic — upped graduate student summer fees by at least 464%.
Nickerson appointed new dean of RFHS and MRCM
Dr. Peter Nickerson has been appointed the new dean of both the Rady faculty of health sciences (RFHS) and dean of the Max Rady college of medicine (MRCM) for a five-year term beginning this September.
Conservatives are an imminent threat to health care
As social conservatism has slowly lost traction, the economic state of affairs of Conservatives has remained firm despite the evident disruption this has caused to the health system throughout Canada.
The ‘pilgrimage of penance’ is not enough
The reconciliation agenda awaiting Pope Francis is broad and might not live up to the standards of Indigenous communities, but the neglect that Indigenous people continue to face from the political establishment is not promising either.
Federal Tories and extremism continue to converge
If the interim leader seems to be damaging the party’s public image, the incoming leader is not offering much hope either. Leadership candidates prove unity is more than lacking within Conservative party membership.
Bridging the mental health gap is the community’s job
Though Zoom memberships have now expired without an expected renewal, sweatshirts are wearing thing, and restrictions are essentially fully eased, one issue persists: the toll the pandemic has taken on the student body.
’Toban tracks: so, what did we miss?
To quickly shout out all of the great local and Canadian music that we weren’t able to cover, we’ve put together a little playlist of the highlights
UMSU highlights plans for new semester
University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) board members discussed preparations for a new semester at the University of Manitoba during their most recent board meeting last Thursday.
New political party enters provincial race
The newly-formed Keystone Party registered with Elections Manitoba On June 28.