CFS-MB cries foul over UMSU act amendments
Amendments to the UMSU Act are being criticized by the Canadian Federation of Students – Manitoba (CFS-MB) as an assault on students. The UMSU Act…
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UMSU lends support to international students
At its regular council meeting March 15, UMSU council unanimously approved a motion encouraging its members to help increase the number of student signatures on…
Universities and colleges see less funding in 2018 provincial budget
As part of Manitoba’s $17.4 billion budget for the 2018/19 fiscal year, unveiled March 12, support for post-secondary institutions will be cut by 0.9 per…
Engage slate takes UWSA executive unchallenged
UWSA Engage, led by president Morgan Brightnose, ran unchallenged and was voted in for executive positions of the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association. Brightnose received…
Elevate UMSU sweeps executive ballot
Elevate UMSU – anchored by Arts Student Body Council president Jakob Sanderson – has swept the 2018 UMSU executive election. Sanderson beat out current UMSU…
Farewell to the UMSU listener-in-chief
Let us look back at the events of the last two years in the world of student politics.
UMSU moves forward in governance updates
UMSU is lobbying to introduce several amendments to the UMSU Act, which will be carried forward in a private member’s bill by Fort Richmond MLA…
Federal Liberal budget commits to research
The federal government announced new investments for research-intensive universities in its 2018 budget, released Feb. 27 Minister of Finance Bill Morneau’s third budget included federal…
Group aiming to increase UMSU participation
A group of students at the U of M is aiming to improve democracy on campus. The group, Students for Democracy in UMSU, aims to…
Meet your community representatives
Alannah Mckay, Abubakar Ibrahim, and Eun-Bi Kang are running uncontested in the 2018 UMSU general elections for the positions of Indigenous, international, and LGBTTQ* students’…