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Funding slashed for Manitoba Institute for Policy Research

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Ethan Cabel
The Manitoba Institute for Policy Research, a provincial public policy think tank out of the University of Manitoba’s political studies department, has halted most of its activities after its funding dried up last month. The...
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International students hit the streets

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Ethan Cabel
University of Manitoba international students are planning a massive demonstration outside the Fort Garry administration building July 30 to protest what they view as unfair treatment in everything from tuition fees to entrance requirements...
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Campus child care inaccessible, unaffordable, says report

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Ethan Cabel
Day care is largely unavailable and unaffordable for University of Manitoba student parents, and more child care spaces are desperately needed on campus. That is the conclusion of the most recent in a series of...
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University of Manitoba approves 2015-16 budget

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Ethan Cabel
  The University of Manitoba’s Board of Governors approved the university’s 2015-16 budget last month, raising the ire of international students forced to cough up more in tuition fees despite steep cuts to U of...
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U of M budget woes a function of weak provincial leadership

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Ethan Cabel
The modern student movement, namely the Canadian Federation of Students and their ilk, has accomplished something that is at once absurd and increasingly detrimental: they have transformed university students, one of the most privileged...
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Economics professors speak out against CAUT report

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Ethan Cabel
Weeks after the Canadian Association of University Teachers renewed its call for the effective dismissal of the head of the department of economics, many faculty members are standing firmly behind him. Two weeks ago, the...
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National union demands changes to economics department

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Ethan Cabel
Over two months after the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) released a controversial report on tensions within the University of Manitoba department of economics, the national union is calling on the university to...
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