Providing support for Indigenous students
For UMSU Indigenous students’ representative Michaela de Hoop, connecting Indigenous students with resources and communities on campus is vitally important. “A lot of Indigenous students…
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Report set to protect Indigenous identity on campus
Indigenous identity is a personal journey for all who experience it. However, such identities can face exploitation through acts of fraud. Fraudulent identifications are a…
UMISA holds 6th annual Miskofest
The University of Manitoba Indigenous Students’ Association (UMISA) held the sixth annual Miskofest on Saturday, March 25. Miskofest is a celebration of the campus community’s…
UMISA plans return of Miskofest on campus
The University of Manitoba Indigenous Students’ Association (UMISA) held its first planning committee meeting for the sixth annual Miskofest event on Jan. 20. The committee…
Students meet with admin over Thirty Meter Telescope
U of M students who recently met with administration officials to discuss their concerns with the university’s involvement in the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project have called the conversation “kind of useless.”
Canadian Federation of Students congregates in Ottawa
Members of the Canadian Federation of Students from across the country gathered in Ottawa last week for the federation’s yearly national general meeting.
UMISA says executive ‘co-opted’ Indigenous initiatives
Several members of the University of Manitoba Indigenous Students’ Association (UMISA) have accused the recently-elected Your UMSU slate of “co-opting” Indigenous initiatives without giving proper credit to the Indigenous students and faculty who founded them.
Education senate candidate builds platform
A long-serving Indigenous student activist is now running unopposed to be one of the faculty of education’s student representatives on the U of M senate.
Year in review: Revisiting the biggest stories of 2018
From plebiscites to protests, here’s what happened on campus last year.
Students react to Indigenous admin’s resignation
In the wake of U of M vice-provost of Indigenous engagement Lynn Lavallée’s resignation, some Indigenous students on campus are looking toward an uncertain future….