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…
international affairs
The election of Joe Biden is a victory for Canada
Over the last four years, I have been contemplating whether to stay in Canada after graduating from the University of Manitoba. I’m from the United…
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…
Lecture discusses COVID-19 vaccine distribution ethics
The race to create a COVID-19 vaccine has scientists scrambling all over the world, but the difficult questions the pandemic has raised will not end…
Trump is a symptom, not disease, of U.S. political crisis
As the upcoming U.S. presidential election draws near, anxiety is increasing about the potential re-election of President Donald Trump, despite recent polling data that shows…
Canada must reconsider its relationship with the U.S.
Unfortunately, uncertainty has become a defining trait of the U.S. on the world stage in the past three years.
U of A, the Holodomor and the political nature of genocide recognition
A Nov. 19 Facebook post disputing the Holodomor from assistant lecturer Dougal MacDonald sparked a series of protests and calls for his termination from the University of Alberta.
York University backlash an attempt to criminalize substantive criticism of Israel
On Nov. 20, the Herut Zionism Club hosted a talk at York University in Toronto featuring reservists of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) which was met with protests from students including Students Against Israeli Apartheid and CUPE 3903.
What Hong Kong can teach us about authoritarianism
In the face of an authoritarian Chinese regime, it is essential that Canadians bolster protests for democracy.
A call for solidarity
A new politics of solidarity is needed to institutionalize the struggle against hate.