Two candidates disqualified from UMSU election
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The UMSU executive candidates, Peter Akiode and Justin Langan, were disqualified from elections last week. Langan received two disqualifications, though the first was overturned through an informal appeal.
While the rulings are available on the...
New advanced education minister announced following provincial cabinet shuffle
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Following a provincial cabinet shuffle, a new minister is set to take charge of Manitoba’s post-secondary portfolio.
Previously the minister of mental health and community wellness and the minister of conservation and climate before then,...
The Manitoban up for two student journalism awards
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The Manitoban has been nominated for two John H. McDonald awards for excellence in student journalism.
Research & technology reporter Robert Moshe Thompson is nominated in the Indigenous reporting (print) category for his article, “What...
Many go maskless at UMSU party
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UMSU held its Shut Up and Dance silent disco event over the weekend, where, despite the university’s ongoing mask mandate, many attendees chose to go maskless. Images uploaded to UMSU’s Instagram page showed a...
A journey into U of M’s ‘untapped treasure’
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In a room on the third floor of Dafoe library, right beside the Icelandic reading room, a small group of archivists work to preserve history.
Since its establishment in 1877, life at the University of...
Vanity pickup trucks are a blight on Manitoba society
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I’m sure there was once a time, long ago, when there was a reason to have a pickup truck.
Living in the prairies myself, I’m sure that many Manitobans used them for work, or for hauling...
Update: New UMSU community rep position in the works
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Last week, UMSU reported that the potential racialized student representative position on the UMSU board of directors would be funded by taking $2,000 from the community initiative funding (CIF) budgets of the other community...
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