Women in science at the U of M
This week is International Women’s Week, and to observe the occasion, let’s take a look at women in the sciences at the University of Manitoba….
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Women in the sciences: Hall of fame
Women have been contributing to the sciences for a great number of years. Here is a brief list of only a small fraction of the…
Women’s Day – why?
International Women’s Day (IWD) has strong roots in the socialist and labour movements, but in 2014, the symbolic meaning of this day is not so…
Family of Brian Sinclair drops out of inquest
The legal inquest into the death of Brian Sinclair—the man who died in a Winnipeg emergency room after 34 hours of waiting to be treated—will…
Aboriginal Students Gathering at Migizii Agamik
The 2014 Aboriginal Students Gathering was held at the University of Manitoba’s Migizii Agamik building earlier this month. On Feb. 14 and 15, students discussed…
Indigenous politics and Canada’s colonial legacy
Two University of Manitoba associate professors met last Thursday in a round-table discussion with students to debate ideas of liberalism, indigenous political theories, and human…
Are you aware?
February is Black History Month (BHM) in Canada and the U.S. Begun as a week-long event in 1926, the initial recognition in Winnipeg occurred in…
Activism, porn, and pleasure coming together
Some may see the term feminist pornographer as a bit of an oxymoron, but just as there is no one right way to be a…
Myths about Mandela
Brian Latour With the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 5, the world lost an interesting political figure and a powerful leader in the struggle…
Growing health gap a concern for poor Manitobans
Seamus Hamilton-Pattison, volunteer staff Given the rate modern medicine progresses, it should come as no surprise that overall, health in our province has been improving….