With Manitobans less than 24 hours removed from provincial polls, the focus now shifts to Canada’s 43rd general election less than six weeks from now. UMSU has already teamed-up with student unions across the country to ensure that post-secondary student priorities are heard by all political parties. With over 2.5 million post-secondary students eligible to…
By Samantha McCabe Student unions from postsecondary institutions across Canada, representing almost 900,000 students, have joined forces in an attempt to get the federal parties to consider their priorities in the run-up to this October’s election. The unions are set to release a joint letter Tuesday that outlines the groups’ top policy priorities: the…
By Joe Friesen Have you ever used a food bank? Were you raised by a single parent? What was your family income in the second decade of your life? And how should the answers to those questions influence who gets into medical school? Medical schools used to say their job was to find the best…
Jetting off to do research and attend conferences has become ingrained in the culture of academia. It’s also a mark of status. Speaking in glamorous capitals like London or Berlin expands their networks and burnishes their reputations. But anxiety about the environmental impact of air travel has reached a tipping point, leading academics around the…