By Amira Tekle UMSU president Jakob Sanderson and VP advocacy Sarah Bonner-Proulx met with two provincial politicians in recent weeks to advocate for several policy proposals on behalf of international students, sexual assault survivors and the UMSU membership-at-large. Meetings were held with Progressive Conservative (PC) MLA and Minister for Economic Development and Training Ralph Eichler,…
By Jakob Sanderson and Sarah Bonner-Proulx While post-secondary education in Canada largely falls under provincial jurisdiction, the federal government has a major stake in ensuring that the students of today are the skilled workers, innovators and leaders of tomorrow. This week, the two of us have joined our counterparts from the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive…
By UMSU Executive Committee During the first half of 2019/2020, UMSU’s centennial year, we’ve been focused on two things: building on a number of different advocacy initiatives that have been underway since last year, and making UMSU more engaged with and responsive to the needs of its members and stakeholders going forward. Here’s what we’ve…
November 5, 2019 Winnipeg, MB – Yesterday, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) President, Vice President Finance and Operations, and Vice President Advocacy presented an alternative proposal to the City of Winnipeg’s Public Works Committee in opposition to the fee increase of $24.50 per term for the Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass). The UMSU Executives…
Today, Winnipeg Transit provided its report on the UPASS and is recommending an increase in the cost of the program to $160.75 per term. This is an increase of $24.50 per term from the 2019/20 cost; an increase that is said to be necessitated by budgetary restraints and the expansion of the program to red…