Who’s afraid of Anna Hazare
The last two weeks of August saw India go through an unprecedented people’s movement, an Arab Spring of sorts. Maybe you have heard of the…
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Asper family matriarch dies at 78
Ruth ‘Babs’ Asper, the matriarch of the prominent Asper family, died suddenly on Saturday July 30 at the age of 78. She was the wife…
Professor recognized for LGBT activison
University of Manitoba law professor, Karen Busby, was inducted into the Canadian LGBT Human Rights Hall of Fame (Q Hall of Fame) in Vancouver last…
U of M introduces co-curricular record
They say that 80 per cent of academic breakthroughs occur outside the classroom, and it appears the University of Manitoba has been listening. Starting this…
Israel and Canada
Throughout the Middle East and Arab world, people are rising up against dictatorship and tyranny. They are fighting for their human rights and their human…
A step forward for human rights
The University of Manitoba and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) signed a memorandum of understanding May 30, establishing a partnership in education and…
Living on 10 litres a day
Early this year I watched a four-part special investigation conducted by the Winnipeg Free Press titled “No Running Water.” The footage, available on their website,…
Celebrating International Women’s Day
March 8, 2011 was International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the accomplishments of women and to contemplate the current political, economic and sociological situations…
Five students will live outside for five days to address homelessness
Five students can be found sleeping just outside University Center for five consecutive days, from March 15-18 in support of Five Days for the Homeless,…
Building an anti-apartheid activist
Like most people, I have a tough time caring about events and issues that don’t directly influence me or my immediate surroundings. I don’t think…