Where do those student fees go?
With UMSU about to experience a changeover of executives following the recent election, the current executives are busy drafting the budget for 2011-12. UMSU vice-president…
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Inner-city rep & racialized student rep coming soon to UMSU council
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is in the process of creating two new student representative positions, one of which will sit on UMSU council…
UMSU election voter turnout beats 2010 levels
While voter turnout in the UMSU election has been historically low, one student felt compelled to get her peers out to the polls. Enlisted by…
And here are your 2011 UMSU Community Representatives . . .
Along with the five incoming UMSU executives elected, voters also acclaimed four student representatives for the roles of students living with disabilities representative, women’s representative,…
Working Together wins 2011 UMSU election
On March 11, after the last polling station on campus closed, the last ballot was counted and the results tallied, a new UMSU slate was…
GSA election candidate interviews
GSA presidential candidate Presidential Candidate: Peter Nawrot Experience Senator in Social Work Students’ Association (two years) GSA vice-president (academic) (two years) Why did you decide…
GSA election candidate interviews
GSA senate candidates senate candidate: Olivier Gagne Experience Vice-president of departmental students’ association Vice-president of U of M tennis club GSA councillor GSA senator since…
UMSU elections?
University of Manitoba Students’ Union elections are once again upon us, and once again I find myself saying, “It’s election week?” Like a lot of…
Senate highlights
A Senate meeting was held on March 2 in the Senate chambers. Richard Sigurdson, dean of the faculty of arts, chaired the meeting in place…
UMSU tries to combat student voter apathy
Voter turnout for the University of Manitoba’s student elections has been averaging about 11 per cent over the past decade, meaning 11 per cent of…