The University of Manitoba will be implementing institutional safety officers (ISOs) to assist with campus security in the near future. ISOs are licensed security officers who can be outfitted with batons, handcuffs and aerosol weapons,...

During a nearly four hour special UMSU board meeting last Thursday featuring what UMSU president Jaron Rykiss called a “very heated, emotional” debate, a motion to hold a revote for the position of UMSU...

The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) election results are in, with Christopher Yendt, a PhD student in the faculty of education who ran unopposed, elected as president with 85 per cent of...

Following the chief returning officer’s (CRO) report on the election to the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) board of directors, the board voted to ratify the election results. In a board meeting last Thursday,...

Last week saw Palestinian Awareness Week come to campus, courtesy of the university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Zahra Rizvi, president of SJP, said that the group exists to discuss “the underlying...

The 5 Days for the Homeless campaign — a national campaign to fundraise and spread awareness regarding homelessness — returned to the University of Manitoba campus last week following the shift back to in-person...

The 2023 provincial budget will see the first increase in real dollars for post-secondary funding in seven years. Advanced Education and Training funding is expected to increase by $169 million from last year’s budget due...