Senate Notes
The University of Manitoba Senate met on Oct. 5. In university president David Barnard’s absence, Joanne Keselman, vice-president (academic and provost), chaired the meeting. The…
activism
Things are good, but they could be better
It’s time for a good ole revolution. Well, sort of. In what is being compared to the Arab Spring, the left in the U.S. have…
Professor protesting removal from thesis committee
A professor in the faculty of education is protesting his removal from a master’s thesis committee last summer, alleging his removal violated the “appropriateness of…
Variety aplenty at FemFest
On Sept. 17, I had the pleasure of attending the opening cabaret for FemFest. FemFest is an annual, weeklong Winnipeg festival that showcases women in…
Movie Review: Eco-Pirate: the story of Paul Watson
Eco-Pirate is a documentary about Canadian activist Paul Watson, who represents the radical and violent end of the green movement. Watson has sunk numerous whaling…
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…
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…