Automation isn’t the problem, capitalism is
Automation of the workforce need not be a looming dystopia, but instead a gleaming utopia – so long as weaknesses in social infrastructure are addressed.
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UMSU vice-president internal resigns
And then there were three. A second University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) executive member has stepped down in less than six months as the…
Progressive Conservatives stock U of M board of governors
The University of Manitoba’s board of governors will undergo its largest one-time turnover in years after the provincial government revoked the seats of seven sitting…
New players in an old game
It’s 1:25 p.m. on a November Thursday like any other at Manitoba’s legislative assembly. A bell echoes loudly through the limestone hallways, calling members into…
PCs are out of touch with average Manitobans
The working class have nothing to gain and everything to lose under Pallister.
Building body parts: a look into the world of 3D-printed organs
By the end of 2015, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the sale of over 85 3D-printed medical devices, such as prosthetics,…
Provincial government to introduce reforms to Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative
The provincial government has revealed it will introduce reforms to the Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative (MSBI) in its next budget, making good on an…
UMFA labour board complaint alleges provincial interference in collective bargaining
A representative of the Pallister government discouraged the University of Manitoba from entering into mediation discussions with the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA), according…
NDP, PCs row over government involvement in faculty strike
As picket lines continue to greet those still attending classes or working at the University of Manitoba, politicians continue to debate the role the provincial…
Teaching machines to learn
Most “introduction to psychology” students would be familiar with the importance of computers in the history of cognitive psychology, or the study of human mental…