Reignited spat with CFS a pretext for defederation
If nothing else, the University of Manitoba’s Students’ Union’s (UMSU) latest foray with the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has shown the UMSU executives are…
Canadian Federation of Students
UMSU council demands apology from CFS executives over alleged harassment at national general meeting
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council passed an emergency motion Thursday demanding an apology from the national executive of the Canadian Federation of…
Don’t tell international students to accept fee increases
Far past the closing of the 35th annual general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), tweets rang out early into the night with…
Canada’s student movement is split between practicality and ideology
This is the latest in a series of instances in which the left-wing student movement, with which I typically identify, has put ideological dogma ahead of tangible progress.
Nagra loses CFS national chair bid
Nagra lost the election by a vote of 35-24, with each student union local casting a single ballot.
National Day of Action demonstration attracts large turnout of students, union members
Hundreds of students marched from the University of Winnipeg to the steps of the Manitoba legislature Nov. 2 in a demonstration calling for free post-secondary…
UMSU snubbed at CFS Day of Action
University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) vice-president external Wilfred Sam-King said he was prevented from addressing students during the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Day…
CFS-MB calls on PC government to pass mandatory sexual assault policy legislation
The Canadian Federation of Students–Manitoba (CFS-MB) is calling on the Progressive Conservative (PC) government to pass a bill that requires public post-secondary institutions to have…
UMSU settles three-year dispute with student federation
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) has settled a more than three-year-old dispute with the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), paying the lobbying group…
Putting education front and centre
Michael Barkman, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students – MB, weighs in on U of M budget cuts.