UMSU condemns federation’s support of BDS
UMSU passed a motion condemning the Canadian Federation of Students for affirming its support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its last…
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Grad student association restructures executive
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) is restructuring its executive team. The number of executive positions is being reduced from six to five…
UMGSA calls out racism, harassment on campus
The University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA) released a year-end statement in December highlighting a number of issues U of M students and staff…
UMSU calls for student-faculty relationship policy
After another member of U of M faculty was placed on leave following harassment allegations in December, UMSU has released a statement calling on the…
Grad students vote to index fees to inflation
U of M graduate students voted to index fees to inflation in a referendum in early December. Following an analysis of University of Manitoba Graduate Students’…
UMSU to vote on new community funding policy
UMSU is putting forward a new strategy for providing funding for community groups. A motion has been put forward by the governance committee suggesting UMSU…
LGBTTQ* rep reconsidering name change motion
UMSU LGBTTQ* representative Eun-Bi Kang will be bringing forward a motion to change the name of her position to the Gender, Sexual and Relationship Diversities (GSRD) representative at Thursday’s board meeting — a decision she now fears may have been “naive.”
Why the stock market is about to crash yet again
The reality is that while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has largely done well under the first two years of Trump, the rapid growth it experienced early in his presidency is nothing more than a bubble which is ready to burst.
Stella’s unionization raises important questions
As more Stella’s locations continue to organize and join the union, it should be the priority of the collective to force all management out of their seats of power.
“Hellboy” (2019) doomed to wander the uncanny valley?
Even before the Hellboy reboot drops later this year, it is condemned to the deepest recesses of audience hellfire by its very design.