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. 



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.





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.