UMFA strike vote overwhelmingly successful Negotiations ongoing
Members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) have made clear their overwhelming support for a strike with 85 per cent of the union’s…
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UMFA strike vote overwhelmingly successful
UMSU to proclaim support of Israeli and Jewish students Palestinian students raise concerns about implicit bias in process
After passing motion 0521 at its board of directors meeting Oct. 7, UMSU will now be issuing a statement of solidarity with Israeli and Jewish…
UMSU briefs for Sept. 23 UMSU held its latest board of directors meeting SEPT. 23.
Canadian Federation of Students presents The Canadian Federation of Students — Manitoba delivered its annual presentation to the UMSU board of directors, providing an overview…
UMSU to issue statement of solidarity with Palestinian students 'Historical’ victory for Palestinian students at the University of Manitoba
Following a nearly four-hour UMSU board of directors meeting that president Brendan Scott described as “contentious,” the union is to begin work on drafting a…
Solidarity with Palestinians on UMSU agenda Informal group hopes to raise awareness, advocate for students impacted by conflict
An informal coalition of forty students at the University of Manitoba has managed to bring forward two motions to the UMSU board of directors regarding…
June and July review from UMSU’s president Brendan Scott on health care, student spaces and more
Dear Bisons, I hope you are enjoying your summer as Manitoba’s restrictions lift and the vaccine rollout continues successfully. Since my last address, the executive…
May review from UMSU’s president
Dear Bisons, I hope you were all able to enjoy the nicer weather the month of May had to offer, and that you are all…
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…
Necessitating support for low-income students
When it was first announced that the 2020-21 academic year would be held remotely it did not come as a surprise for many students. The…