Campus child care inaccessible, unaffordable, says report
Day care is largely unavailable and unaffordable for University of Manitoba student parents, and more child care spaces are desperately needed on campus. That is…
social issues
Peace, bound
We are all entitled to support whom we choose and to give voice to that choice. To listen to our conscience and act upon the things it tells us about the world. If we do so without violence, there can be no case for the use of government force against us. In a free and just society, the use of government power to punish individuals for speaking their beliefs, no matter how unpopular, is oppression.
University of Manitoba to undergo transformation under campus development plan
The University of Manitoba has long been known as a ghost town over the summer months and on holidays. That will soon be changing, pending…
Targeting racial oppression on campus
Following Nancy Macdonald’s Jan. 22, 2015 Maclean’s article denouncing Winnipeg as “where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst,” there was much uproar around the…
The politics of fear
Every human action is rooted in either love or fear. It’s not a new or a particularly complicated analysis of the human condition, but it…
Being alone
This was originally going to be a very negative article about the students camping outside of University Centre for 5 Days for the Homeless. I…
Leave the tweets out of it
Shortly after Christopher Bélanger confirmed his candidacy for the position of vice-president internal of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), a set of screenshots…
Point/Counterpoint: Assisted suicide
On Feb. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada released its landmark ruling in the Carter vs. Canada case, striking down the existing law prohibiting assisted…
Student leaders fight to end racism in Winnipeg
Two UMSU councillors are speaking out against racism towards Aboriginal people in Winnipeg after a recent cover story in Maclean’s magazine labelled Winnipeg the most…
Re: Je ne suis pas Charlie
Letters published in the Manitoban are edited for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Views expressed in the letters are those of the author and do not…