Bilan Arte

Volunteer Staff  

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte

    As a second winter draws us in, it’s easy to forget that spring (better known as exam season) is just around the corner. But if your year has been anything like ours, the end of the year is arriving all too quickly.

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte

    The Conservative government of Canada has decided that your vote is unwanted. Lots of people like to talk about low youth voter turnout and the importance of engaging us in the political process. No one who cares about democratic participation would claim that Canada is at risk of having too many people voting – during the last elections, 61 percent of eligible voters cast ballots across the country, and only 49 percent in Winnipeg Centre – making it that much stranger that the government tabled the Fair Elections Act on February 4.

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte and Peyton Veitch

    Low tuition fees and a high-quality post-secondary education are often framed as an either-or scenario. The argument goes that we can either have low fees and low quality, or high fees and high quality.

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte

    It can be hard to imagine having enough power to change something in life.

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte

    Throughout September, the University of Winnipeg faced student and community outrage against the University’s agreement with global oil giant, Enbridge, to fund the Eco-Kids Program.

  • Student Dispatch with Bilan Arte

    Welcome back to campus for another year filled with textbooks, term papers, and all-nighters. While you were enjoying the summer working (or looking for work), spending time with family and friends, or taking a summer class, a lot was happening on the post-secondary education front.