UMSU annual general meeting recap
The UMSU executive informed membership of its activities and projects at its 2020 fall annual general meeting (AGM) Dec. 3. The AGM did not…
University of Manitoba
Active living centre launches remote health programs
U of M recreation services is striving to keep people motivated regardless of a global pandemic. After the closure of the campus Active Living Centre…
Students are concerned about in-person labs
I am sending this letter to draw attention to the unfair circumstances currently imposed by the University of Manitoba’s faculty of science on students regarding…
Presenting a pandemic-friendly festival of student work
The U of M’s Black Hole Theatre Company (BHTC) planned on holding the fourth iteration of its festival of student work, Fire in the Hole,…
An experimental exhibition in more ways than one
Presented by the PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, 시험/ تست / yeèhdzà / test is an exhibition that showcases four school of art…
Petition for lower tuition gains thousands of signatures
On Nov. 22, third-year faculty of arts student Simranjeet Kaur — under the name “Advocating for Students” — launched a Change.org petition calling on the U…
Holiday hamper program in full swing
The shape of education and student life is continuously changing over the course of the year, and students of all backgrounds have had to adjust…
Strike action avoided
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) voted Nov. 20 to ratify the deal reached on Nov. 15 as a result of mediation between UMFA…
Faculty of engineering appoints first-ever female dean
Marcia Friesen is paving a new road in the Price Faculty of Engineering as its first female dean. Even though female enrolment has increased since…
A journey to junior epidemiologist
Margot Henry started her post-secondary academic career studying biology at the University of Winnipeg while playing as a goalkeeper on the school’s women’s soccer team….