U of M offers online course on sexual violence
Members of the U of M community looking for “foundational information on sexual violence” can now access a five-part course provided by the university online.
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UMSU targets city councillors for U-Pass talks
After receiving what the executive calls pushback from Winnipeg Transit, UMSU has decided to set up meetings directly with city councillors to negotiate its summer U-Pass.
Controversial UMGSA election unratified
A controversial University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) 2019 executive election is headed to a run-off vote after two candidates for vice-president services and support (VPSS) finished in a dead tie and a handful of appeals — including one each against the CRO and uncontested returning president Carl Neumann — have been filed.
UMSU polling referendum interest
In its ongoing bid to leave the Canadian Federation of Students, UMSU has set up a website encouraging students to “demand better” use of their fees.
UMISA says executive ‘co-opted’ Indigenous initiatives
Several members of the University of Manitoba Indigenous Students’ Association (UMISA) have accused the recently-elected Your UMSU slate of “co-opting” Indigenous initiatives without giving proper credit to the Indigenous students and faculty who founded them.
U of M community gathers after mosque shootings
Students, faculty and members of the university community gathered in mourning Monday, days after terror attacks in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, took the lives of 50 Muslims.
UMSU motion to close selections committee to public purview fails
A motion to close off UMSU selections committee meetings from public scrutiny failed by only a few votes Thursday after members expressed concern the changes would create a less transparent union.
McNally Robinson launches local lesbian space opera
In the latest in local literature, a “lesbian space opera” was launched Feb. 22 at McNally Robinson Booksellers. Author Laurel Johanson’s All Things Mortal, a…
Community rallies for justice after man shot and killed by police
Winnipeggers gathered in the cold outside of the Winnipeg Police Headquarters Friday morning to demand justice after a police shooting left a newcomer to Canada dead.
“As a Métis student on campus, a lot of the stuff that we see around campus is really troubling to me”
Jakob Sanderson is hoping for one more year as UMSU president as part of the Your UMSU slate.