The Manitoban: UMSU sifts through participatory budgeting suggestions

By Amira Tekle UMSU vice-president finance and operations Mbuli Matshe is spearheading an ongoing initiative to incorporate participatory budgeting into the students’ union’s finances, holding three days of tabling in UMSU University Centre to ask students “What would you do with $20,000?” The first participatory budgeting exercise was held in the 2018-19 academic year. This…