UMSU tries to combat student voter apathy
Voter turnout for the University of Manitoba’s student elections has been averaging about 11 per cent over the past decade, meaning 11 per cent of…
Chuthan Ponnampalam
UMSU election Get More slate loses vice-president external candidate
Disagreements in the Get More camp manifested in vice-presidential (external) candidate, Chantal Shivanna Ramraj leaving the slate to run independently. Ramraj stated that she decided…
UMSU election candidate interviews – Presidential candidates
Working Together Candidate: Camilla Tapp Experience Serves on Arthur Mauro Students’ Association council, UMSU council Sits on UMSU health and dental, finance, policy and bylaws,…
UMSU election candidate interviews – vice – president (advocacy)
Working Together candidate: Nour Rashid Experience Worked as a Resident Advisor, helping students in progression into university residence environment Program coordinator of PRAXIS Involved with…
UMSU election candidate interviews- vice-president (internal)
Working Together candidate: Justin Quigley Experience Serves as Student Architectural Society (SAS) rep on UMSU council Sits on UMSU environmental sustainability committee Why did you…
UMSU election Candidate interviews- vice-president (external)
Working Together candidate: Julie Rempel Experience U of M food bank coordinator President of U of M chapter of Unicef Involved with U of M…
UMSU election candidate interviews- vice president (student services)
Working Together candidate: Matt Hepner Experience Incumbent UMSU vice-president (student services) Involved with student council in high school Vice-president of Students Association for Physical Health,…
UMSU election candidate interviews – Community Reps
Women’s representative candidate: Bilan Arte Experience Involved with U of M Womyn’s Centre, FemRev Collective, Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre Why do you think the community reps…
U of M avoids strike
The University of Manitoba recently dodged a strike, but now workers for the City of Winnipeg face a similar battle. The University of Manitoba and…
News Briefs
Impending diabetes epidemic threatens health of Manitobans: CDA president The number of Manitobans living with diabetes is expected to increase by 48 per cent by…