Students to host panel featuring refugees
The master of human rights student association (MHRSA) is hosting a virtual panel on Jan. 28 featuring three North Korean refugees sharing stories about life in…
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U of M hosts commemoration, human rights roundtable
The University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) hosted a roundtable Dec. 4 titled “Commemoration Matters: History, Human Rights, and the Politics of…
Colloquium discusses Indigenous activism
The Manitoba branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives co-presented a virtual event with the University of Manitoba’s Native studies department Nov. 25. Assistant…
History prof awarded for Chinese community outreach
University of Manitoba history professor and department head Tina Mai Chen was announced as the recipient of the 2019-20 Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell Award…
Father of microcredit criticizes vaccine profiteering
The Arthur V. Mauro Institute for Peace and Justice and the University of Manitoba’s peace and conflict studies graduate program co-hosted a discussion with Nobel…
Alumni discuss Indigenous potential in co-op structure
On Oct. 15, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) held a webinar and launched a report entitled Indigenizing the Co-operative Model, authored by Jimmy…
Some classes cancelled in solidarity with virtual scholar strike
Underrepresentation in academia among BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) students and faculty is nothing new, but last Wednesday and Thursday, academics across Canada…
COVID-19 is exposing fundamental flaws in the Canadian housing market
Provincial eviction bans across Canada have begun to end. The bans were initially adopted as a response to the economic shut-down induced by COVID-19. These…
A guaranteed basic income will make the rich richer
With the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit coming to its conclusion at the end of September and the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, the federal…
Cancel culture is not new but it is legitimate
This summer has witnessed an influx of op-eds about a so-called “illiberal” cancel culture growing within leftist movements. Cancel culture is defined as the practice…