Kitty Fitzgerald: U of M’s writer-in-residence
As with any skill, writing requires consistency and knowledge to be honed. The University of Manitoba Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture is giving…
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Dance on over to UMSwing
Ballet. Jazz. Tap. These are just a few dance classes you might have taken as a child at the urging of your mother. You might…
Vandana Shiva backs U of M fossil fuel divestment
The push to see the University of Manitoba divest its holdings in carbon-burning industries was put into a global context on Oct. 8 when renowned…
Mentorship program helps at-risk pregnant women, report finds
The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba recently released an analysis of the InSight Mentoring Program, a provincial program intended to…
Faculty union opposes teaching load increase
Changes to the instructor workload in the faculty of arts have sparked criticism from the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). As of Sept. 2,…
Canada’s supply management system imposes heavy burden on households, says report
On Oct. 5, 2015, after five days of intense negotiations, Canada agreed to a tentative trade deal called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) alongside 11 other…
University of Manitoba launches $500 million Front and Centre campaign amid criticism
The University of Manitoba launched its $500 million Front and Centre fundraising campaign earlier this month to much fanfare, but some critics claim that private…
Re: Give us a break
A week ago, I wrote a sports piece entitled “Build it and they will come ,” which discussed what Bison Sports has been doing to try and encourage fans to come out to sporting events. In this piece, I stated it’s also up to students to do their part and show up to the games.
Lecture reflects on legacy of the Ebola crisis
The University of Manitoba welcomed medical lawyer Jonathan Cohen on Oct. 2 to deliver the annual Class of 1972 Arnold Naimark Lecture in Medicine and…
Community meeting charts way forward on illegal housing
If the illegal rooming houses that have been sprouting up in neighbourhoods surrounding the University of Manitoba are to be weeded out, the effort has…