Catherine Peeler, a University of Manitoba business student and competitive body-builder, spends nearly three hours a day in the Active Living Centre (ALC) campus gym working on her physique – but she said she has been feeling more unwelcome after a body-shaming run-in with staff earlier this month.
In the face of persistent transportation challenges in Winnipeg, South Winnipeg-St. Norbert Coun. Janice Lukes is listening as the city’s residents sound off through a series of public consultations this winter and into the spring.
The University of Manitoba Critical Environments Research Group dug into an environmental history of pipelines in Canada with a guest lecture from York University professor Sean Kheraj Feb. 23.
Academic dishonesty has been a recent point of focus for the Manitoban. In particular, the articles “Academic dishonesty on the rise” (Feb 10) and “The…
With a provincial election around the corner and the University of Manitoba facing a second round of cuts to its operating budget, post-secondary education funding is likely to be a contentious issue on the campaign trail.
With the 2016 University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) general election in full swing, the Manitoban caught up with each of the presidential candidates to hear their plans surrounding the ongoing campus divestment campaign.
After 10 years in the making, the University of Manitoba’s Assistive Technology Lab officially opened on Feb. 4. The lab’s development was funded by the…
Erik Klassen – Bachelor of arts, labour studies, 2015 Klassen was born and raised in the small Manitoba francophone community of Saint-Jean Baptiste. After graduating high…
Alex Ateah – Bachelor of fine arts (honours), 2015 Kylie Friesen – Bachelor of arts (honours), English literature, 2014 After graduating from the U of…
As the three short-listed candidates, all from outside Manitoba, I would like to first welcome you to our province. I hope that you enjoy your visit.
Students do not have much meaningful input into your appointment (a process that is opaque at best) but I hope that you will hear me out nonetheless.
It is clear, so far, that the issue of a tuition increase is not on your radar. I don’t blame you. The faculty may have forgotten to mention it. In case you are interested, here is my perspective.