Megan Lynne Ronald
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Dealing with dark days
Winter’s colder days and darker nights can impact mental health and wellbeing more than people may realize.
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An inaccessible city
Transportation and infrastructure in Winnipeg centres on cars.
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Courage, defiance and the sea
Stanley Wany is an Afro-Caribbean artist. His work For Those Who Chose The Sea is a multimedia installation that engages with the past, present and current effects of the transatlantic slave trade.
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Tricks and tampered treats
Perhaps the most demonized holiday, Halloween has long served as a scapegoat for society’s fears.
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Escaping holiday consumerism
ArtsJunktion is a creative space filled with shelves of paper scraps organized by colour, buttons ordered by size and piles of fabric scraps, reclaimed wood and old magazines.
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‘Asking for more’
EduCanada’s pre-departure guide for prospective international students describes Canada as “a progressive, warm and welcoming nation.”
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Academia, ableism, and collective action
Studies have shown that online learning was difficult for many students. This is not news.
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Writing on wokeness
The word “woke” rose to popularity amid growing public discourse around the Black liberation movement.
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‘Radio is romantic’
Imagine: the year is 1998, and you’re at the University of Winnipeg campus, sitting in the student lounge and smoking a cigarette while listening to CKUW.
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A film foundation
The UWpg Film Festival is more than an exhibition of short films.
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‘A real crisis right now’
Many Canadians struggle to afford groceries and other necessities.
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‘It’s both or neither’
In 2018, Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks to protest the lack of government action to mediate the climate crisis.
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‘Write your own story’
Liz Howard is a renowned writer of mixed settler and Anishinaabe heritage. Her debut poetry collection, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent, was the winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize, and her second collection, Letters in a Bruised Cosmos, made the 2022 short list.
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Klinic on campus returns
While the COVID-19 pandemic brought “unprecedented times” for everyone, students at every age were (and are) especially impacted.
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Hidden in plain sight
On the first floor of Lockhart Hall at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) is a room unknown to many. From the outside, it looks like almost any other classroom on campus.
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Serving face this fall
While the University of Winnipeg (U of W) is home to a number of diverse groups and clubs, there has never been one specifically devoted to drag.
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The return of the U-Pass
The U-Pass is back at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) after a pandemic-induced hiatus.
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To mask or not to mask
Face masks are no longer required on the University of Winnipeg (U of W) campus. As of Aug. 17, students and staff members may choose whether to wear a mask – but the decision may not be that simple.
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‘Not affordable for them’
Adequate housing is a human right, but for many students, it’s far from accessible.
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Working through eco-anxiety
Many people are taught to plan only for the future. Where do you see yourself in five years? In 15? What’s not often discussed or prepared for, though, are the feelings of despair created by simply existing in the current world.