Faculty union launches alternative budget consultation
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) began consulting students, faculty, and staff last week as part of an effort to draft an alternative budget…
Ethan Cabel
Manitoba school boards need leadership, says professor
As Manitoba prepares for a heated provincial election, one professor is bringing her expertise in conflict mitigation to an important policy debate – the education of children and young people throughout the province.
Military recruiters should be welcomed, not scorned on campus
This past weekend, the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) sent out an ill-advised press release condemning military recruitment activities held at the campus’s RecPlex soccer pitch as part of the 103rd Grey Cup celebrations.
Outstanding CFS fees remain unpaid by UMSU
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is still in the process of determining how much they owe to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)…
The Hub turns first profit
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is turning a profit on its campus bar, the Hub, for the first time since its inception, but not all UMSU councillors are pleased with the union’s cost-cutting measures.
Breaking down barriers in business
A group of students at the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business is working to make it easier for Aboriginal graduates to step into the world of business.
Exigence Technologies makes pitch to global investors
Two students from the University of Manitoba’s Asper school of business are now making pitches to large multi-national companies as part of their effort to market an innovative technology first patented at the U of M.
Moving beyond the bottom line
The link between social capital and accounting transparency in public and private banks was uncovered in a recent lecture at the U of M, including its implication for contemporary Canadian society.
Holocaust Survivors in Canada offers cautionary tale, says author
As young Canadian scholar Adara Goldberg began her PhD dissertation for the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.,…
U of M not alone in housing dispute
As South Winnipeg-St. Norbert councillor Janice Lukes prepares to form a residents’ association to combat illegal housing around the University of Manitoba, she is increasingly…