What’s in store for students now that the strike is over?
Our success this year will depend on how willing both professors and the administration are to fully accommodate students.
UMFA
UMFA ratifies new collective agreement, classes resume today
Affected classes resume today.
University and faculty reach tentative agreement
Confirmation by UMFA members is not expected until late Monday evening.
Students are minds, bodies, and souls, not customers
If we are not able to deal with students in all their complex and dynamic individualism, then education is merely a commodity and professors are simply cogs in the system.
Not my UMSU
Support who you want on your own time, but dragging 25,676 undergraduate students into labour negotiations is not an appropriate way to represent the student body.
UMFA rejects administration call for membership vote on latest offer
“It kind of felt like they had just taken their ball and gone home” – Mark Hudson, UMFA president
Graduate students vote to support faculty association
Today, U of M graduate students announced tentative support to faculty in their ongoing strike with administration.
The U of M stands at a historic crossroads
The administration is fighting for a cause it dare not name and seeks to camouflage behind talk of lack of funds.
UMSU adopts new motion supporting faculty
“I’m hoping that our stance works alongside the current discussions and we’re able to pressure the negotiations to go quicker” – Tanjit Nagra, UMSU president
Education for profit
A top university should aim to provide the best education possible. Larger class sizes means less one-on-one time with the students.