March 8, 2019 Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is extremely disappointed in the Province of Manitoba’s 2019-20 budget. The budget, announced today by Finance Minister Scott Fielding, seeks to balance its books on the backs of students by implementing further decreases in the operating grants of post-secondary institutions, including the…
Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is proud to present an updated review on the progress of your 2018-2019 Executive Committee. “We wanted to be ambitious this year. Starting with 30 goals across all portfolios, and several other projects that were picked up along the way, we wanted to make this…
February 8, 2019 Winnipeg, MB – The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is proud to welcome celebrated equal rights advocate and Emmy Award-winning actress and producer, Laverne Cox, to the University of Manitoba campus on February 26. Renowned for her ground-breaking role as transgender African American woman “Sophia Burset” on Orange is the New…
On January 30th, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, alongside students across the country kicked off the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations’ (CASA) #StudentsLetsAct campaign, underlining the urgent need for action on student mental health. We are currently at a pivotal time for mental health and illness – a topic that has garnered significantly visibility…
By UMSU Executive Committee As your Executive Committee for the 2018-2019 school year, our focus is on three main objectives: making education more affordable and accessible, engaging students in UMSU’s decision-making and cultivating greater community on campus. In the first seven months of our term we have made progress on numerous initiatives towards each of…