Manitoban sports year in review
The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 brought the entire globe to a standstill. Global markets, schools and businesses were closed to the…
Jenelle McCann
UMSU members vote ‘yes’ on all four referendum questions
UMSU members voted “yes” on all four questions posed in the referendum which ran from April 7 to 9. The questions of adopting Studentcare’s legal…
UMSU motions on slates, anti-Semitism definition pass
Two motions were passed at last week’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) meeting. One approving the abolition of slates in student elections, and a…
New book returns disabled narratives to history
A book co-edited by University of Manitoba associate professor Nancy Hansen was recently released in paperback. Titled The Routledge History of Disability, the book discusses…
Artists deserve better compensation post-pandemic
Following the launch of Manitoba’s vaccine rollout, there might be a glimmer of hope heading into the summer months. Although our circumstances feel largely the…
A letter from the MLA for St. Vital, Winnipeg
This past year has been a tough one, there’s no doubt about it. Students have faced unthinkable challenges throughout this pandemic with such a drastic…
Study finds pipeline project losses, Canada should ditch it
An evaluation released by the Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) school of resource and environmental management has concluded that there is no likely scenario where the…
Changing the face of historical education
As the world descends deeper into the digital information age, audiences of historical literature, newspapers and other printed mediums continue to decline. Despite this, printed…
Rady faculty’s Indigenous Health Institute to deliver vaccines to First Nations
Last month, the federal government enlisted the help of the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing at the University of Manitoba’s Rady faculty of health…
Winnipeg Ice playing season in Regina bubble
The Winnipeg Ice played last year’s season at home, sweet home, the Max Bell Centre. But for the 2020-21 season, in the midst of the…