Manitoba Post-Secondary Education Quality and Affordability At Risk by 2019-20 Budget Cuts

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…

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UMSU Presents: Emmy Award-Winning Actress & Producer Laverne Cox at the University of Manitoba

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…

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UMSU Launches CASA Campaign Demanding Government Action on Mental Health

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…

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