Canada’s student movement is split between practicality and ideology
This is the latest in a series of instances in which the left-wing student movement, with which I typically identify, has put ideological dogma ahead of tangible progress.
UMSU
Nagra loses CFS national chair bid
Nagra lost the election by a vote of 35-24, with each student union local casting a single ballot.
After the storm: what happens now that bargaining is over?
Administration and faculty are both essential to the governance and direction of the university.
Friday student rally on campus precedes UMFA, admin agreement
Roughly 200 students joined the picket line and marched into the U of M administrative building as a show of support for the striking University…
UMFA ratifies new collective agreement, classes resume today
Affected classes resume today.
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.
Military expansion is vital for a secure Canadian future
Prioritizing military means that we have the capacity to provide badly-needed international social and economic development in areas of instability.
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
UMSU snubbed at CFS Day of Action
University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) vice-president external Wilfred Sam-King said he was prevented from addressing students during the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Day…
UMSU must support UMFA in their strike
On Oct. 27, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) council discussed whether to take a stance on the precarious negotiations that have been ongoing…