UMCycle offers safe space for bike maintenance
UMCycle’s first Mechanic Bootcamp for “women, transgender, two spirit and gender non-binary folx” of 2019 will be held Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. By the…
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UMSU executive advocating for a terrible mistake
UMSU’s decision to advocate for cutting the federal tuition tax credit is the worst sort of student advocacy.
Pro-life student group resurrects campaign in UC
After having its tabling materials confiscated in the fall, U of M pro-life student group Students for a Culture of Life (UMSCL) faced renewed criticism…
Community initiative funding motion pushed
UMSU voted to table a motion at its Jan. 10 board meeting that, if passed, would alter how community groups receive funding.
Sometimes less is more
Given the need for increased representation of marginalized communities and its inherent relationship to the need for increased funding, UMSU is facing a difficult situation. Perhaps the best solution is to stop trying to represent them.
UMSU, UCRU lobby against tuition tax credit
At the first board meeting since lobbying for students in Ottawa in early December, UMSU president Jakob Sanderson gave a presentation explaining the priorities of the trip — some of which left some at the meeting feeling “frustrated and disappointed.”
LGBTTQ* rep tables name change motion indefinitely
A motion brought to the UMSU board of governors in December by its LGBTTQ* community representative to change the title of the position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative was tabled indefinitely Thursday.
UMSU condemns federation’s support of BDS
UMSU passed a motion condemning the Canadian Federation of Students for affirming its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its last…
UMSU calls for student-faculty relationship policy
After another member of U of M faculty was placed on leave following harassment allegations in December, UMSU has released a statement calling on the…
UMSU to vote on new community funding policy
UMSU is putting forward a new strategy for providing funding for community groups. A motion has been put forward by the governance committee suggesting UMSU…