UMFA president’s open letter to students at the University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) has been negotiating with the administration since mid-June. The issues that remain on the table are the ones…
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Missing and murdered Aboriginal women remembered
Relatives and supporters gathered outside the Manitoba Legislative Building last Friday to remember missing and murdered Aboriginal women, and to call on the federal government…
Speaking up for mental illness
Join your fellow students throughout the week in a challenge to Stomp Out Stigma. The University of Manitoba is taking part in Mental Illness Awareness…
Student loans: the less you have, the more you have to pay
Bilan Arte Canada currently uses provincial and federal student loans as a way to increase the accessibility of our post-secondary education system. The idea is…
Mental health and poverty
Bruce Tefft It is a well-established fact that rates of mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, schizophrenia) within the general population are strongly correlated with income….
Is Winnipeg ready for a population of one million?
Another instalment of the U of M’s Visionary Conversations series was held last week at the university’s Fort Garry campus. An interdisciplinary panel, drawing from…
Re: ‘UMSU removed CFS promotional materials from day-timers’
As a past president of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU), I would like to correct some misinformation that was posted in the article…
PST’d off
Caleigh MacDonald Entrepreneur Robert Half once said, “People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that…
Pro-life on U of M campus
After three days of pro-life demonstrations and counter-demonstrations on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry Campus, the former making use of graphic genocide imagery, a…
Re: Removing CFS material from agendas a political move
The current University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) president Al Turnbull and his fellow executives seem to think they can make unilateral decisions on behalf…