Grad student association restructures executive
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) is restructuring its executive team. The number of executive positions is being reduced from six to five…
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UMGSA calls out racism, harassment on campus
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) released a year-end statement in December highlighting a number of issues U of M students and staff…
Grad students vote to index fees to inflation
U of M graduate students voted to index fees to inflation in a referendum in early December. Following an analysis of University of Manitoba Graduate Students’…
LGBTTQ* rep reconsidering name change motion
UMSU LGBTTQ* representative Eun-Bi Kang will be bringing forward a motion to change the name of her position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative at Thursday’s board meeting — a decision she now fears may have been “naive.”
Year in review: Revisiting the biggest stories of 2018
From plebiscites to protests, here’s what happened on campus last year.
UMSU executives lobbying in Ottawa
UMSU executives are in Ottawa this week advocating for students on Parliament Hill. The union is lobbying members of Parliament with the Undergraduates of Canadian…
School of art presents ‘Forest Encounters’
The school of art main gallery’s current exhibition Forest Encounters brings together a 40-piece collection of different artworks representing features of a forest.
Gingerbread competition hosted by architecture faculty
Faculty of architecture students at the U of M competed in its annual gingerbread design competition last week. The competition was hosted by the University…
A day to remember
As part of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) campus events, a memorial service was held Nov. 20 honouring the lives of transgender people that have…
Reclaiming the health narrative
Indigenous-focused research took centre stage last week when the sixth annual Indigenous health research symposium was held at the U of M Bannatyne campus Nov….