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03/14/2024

U of Them aims to create a safe space where women, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people can get together to climb on Monday nights at the University of Manitoba.

Sports, the people who play them, and the community fostered around them, have always fascinated me. As a q***r person, getting involved in sports

03/14/2024

The results are in, and UMSU’s newly elected executive team for 2024-25 has been decided. Columnist Lakshmisree Shaji emphasizes that it is important for the new team to uphold their promises to counter the rescindment of health care for international students.

The results are in, and UMSU’s newly elected executive team for 2024-25 has been decided. Among the elects, Divya Sharma, the incoming president and

03/13/2024

Results for the 2024-25 UMSU general election are in. Divya Sharma, Prahbnoor Singh, Rachhvir Dhaliwal, Bolu Akindele and Carolyn Wang have been elected to make up the executive team for the union next year.

Results for the 2024-25 UMSU general election are in. Divya Sharma, Prahbnoor Singh, Rachhvir Dhaliwal, Bolu Akindele and Carolyn Wang have been elected

03/13/2024

Columnist Braden Bristow analyzes how considering Métis and bisexual identity as being made up of two halves negatively impacts our ability to understand others.

I came out as bisexual when I was around 13. I understood myself as half-gay. A year before I came out, I became a citizen of the Manitoba Métis

03/13/2024

U of M associate professor in the faculty of kinesiology and recreation management, Ayesha Saleem, is one of the recipients of Manitoba's Innovation Proof-of-Concept Grant Program. Her research focuses on cellular biology and its implications for understanding childhood health and diseases.

Last month, Research Manitoba’s Innovation Proof-of-Concept (IPoC) Grant Program allocated close to $550,000 in funding over the span of two years to

03/12/2024

Volunteer Allie Stone reflects on the story of Darrell Night, a Starlight Tour survivor and anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian police forces. Stone discusses how Night’s story can teach us how to make a difference in our own communities.

There are too many examples of the police mistreating the Indigenous people of Canada. There’s no way I can walk through them all in an article, but I can

03/12/2024

A motion to allow amendments to a motion that suspended student-at-large Victoria Romero from UMSU meetings was ruled out of order by UMSU’s board of directors.

A motion to allow amendments to a motion that suspended student-at-large Victoria Romero from UMSU meetings was ruled out of order. Motion 0598, brought

03/11/2024

As the Winnipeg Jets’ season continues and the trade deadline fast approaches, Sports editor Joshua Brandt discusses concerns about low ticket sales and the NHL commissioner's visit.

As the Winnipeg Jets’ season careens along and the trade deadline fast approaches, the team has been placing consistently within the top 10 of the NHL

03/11/2024

Arts & Culture editor Jacob Davis reviews Poetry Unbound, a poetry podcast that takes listeners through a journey of dissecting and exploring a single poem per episode. For Davis, the podcast provides intimacy and humanity in its rawest and earnest forms.

Poetry Unbound wasn’t the first podcast I listened to, but it certainly was the podcast that inspired a new kind of love in me for the platform. I was

03/09/2024

The Bison’s women’s volleyball team competed against the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades in the CanWest semi-finals this past week, ultimately booking its tickets to the Can-West finals for the first time in ten years.

The Bison’s women’s volleyball team competed against the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades in the CanWest semi-finals this past week. The U

03/09/2024

Michelle Jonathan, assistant professor in the U of M’s faculty of social work, explores relationship dynamics in marriage and what it takes to build a happy marital relationship.

The Thriving Center of Psychology found in a 2023 survey that 83 per cent of Generation Z and millennials would like to get married at some point in

03/09/2024

Former dean of U of M’s faculty of law Jonathan Black-Branch was disbarred and fined $36,000 last month for misappropriating more than half a million dollars of university money in a series of expenses the Manitoba Law Society has described as fraudulent.

Former dean of U of M’s faculty of law Jonathan Black-Branch was disbarred and fined $36,000 last month for misappropriating more than half a million

03/08/2024

The U of M's musical theatre ensemble will perform its yearly cabaret showcase, La Vie Bohème, at the Gas Station Arts Centre on March 9 and 10. The show, composed of a medley of musicals, is written by the ensemble students themselves.

The musical theatre ensemble is one of many ensembles tucked away in the practice rooms of the Taché Arts Project. The course is open to auditions from

03/08/2024

Columnist Lakshmisree Shaji questions why misogynists find it acceptable to litter the internet and real life with vile and patriarchal ideas.

Those who have ever had the misfortune of coming across the animated meme of two men sharing tea, saying “women” and laughing maniacally will have likely

03/08/2024

Bassem Eid was a guest speaker at a talk on campus hosted by Students Supporting Israel (SSI) and Bridges for Peace, with funds from the Asper Foundation. He is accused of making Islamophobic remarks at the event. UMSU has suspended SSI and community members are calling for action.

Haneen Nakhleh and Belkis Elmoudi attended Bassem Eid’s talk on campus last Monday. Before even walking into the room, they felt unwelcome. When Nakhleh,

03/06/2024

Comment editor Jessie Krahn critiques how UMSU and the U of M continue to ignore the genocide in Palestine and its effect on the U of M community, following Bassem Eid’s Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian display at an event hosted by Students Supporting Israel’s U of M chapter.

UMSU and the University of Manitoba’s wilful and continuous ignoring of both the genocide of Palestinians, and the way the genocide has come to affect the

03/06/2024

Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba can apply to the Indigenous summer student internship program starting on March 8. Students who are accepted to the program are placed in full time positions in their field of study over the summer.

Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba can apply to the Indigenous summer student internship program on March 8. René Ouellette, who is Inuit,

03/04/2024

Canada is currently facing severe levels of food insecurity. Natalie Riediger, an associate professor in the U of M’s department of food and human nutritional sciences, explores the relationship of policy to food equity.

Canada is currently facing severe levels of food insecurity. In 2022, 18.4 per cent of Canadians across the provinces (and 19.6 per cent of Manitobans)

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The Manitoban is the official student newspaper of the University of Manitoba. It is published monthly during the summer and each week of regular classes during the academic year by the Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation.

The Manitoban is an independent and democratic student organization, open to participation from all students. It exists to serve its readers as students and citizens.

The newspaper’s primary mandate is to report fairly and objectively on issues and events of importance and interest to the students of the University of Manitoba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and exchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meaningful debate on issues that affect or would otherwise be of interest to the student body and/or society in general. The Manitoban serves as a training ground for students interested in any aspect of journalism.

Students and other interested parties are invited to contribute to any section of the newspaper. Please fill out a volunteer form or contact the appropriate editor for submission guidelines. The Manitoban reserves the right to edit all submissions and will not publish any material deemed by its editorial board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic or libellous. Opinions expressed in letters and articles are solely those of the authors. Editorials in the Manitoban are signed and represent the opinions of the writer(s), not necessarily those of the Manitoban staff, Editorial Board, or the publisher.