News
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Historic queer dance puts accessibility first
Homo Hop is an annual dance party hosted by the University of Winnipeg’s LGBT Centre.
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News Briefs
Overdose prevention training // Thrive Week // Public reading with David Chariandy // Climate Action Plan // Waverley underpass
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PROFile: Jan Stewart
While Professor Jan Stewart is the dean of The Gupta Faculty of Kinesiology and Applied Health until the end of next June, she says she’s still working on her ongoing research projects.
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Role of the police in Winnipeg
Winnipeg has a long and complex history with policing. Many inner-city neighbourhoods and marginalized groups experience issues with safety but have had, at times, a strained relationship with the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS).
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CKUW radio marathon hits airwaves Nov. 8th
The annual CKUW Student Radio Marathon will take place this Nov. 8 from 6 a.m. to midnight. The marathon allows the voices of University of Winnipeg (U of W) and collegiate students, as well as faculty and staff to be heard all day on the station.
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PROFile: Department Assistant Rachel Berg
Rachel Berg is the office manager for the department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the department of Religion and Culture. As an office manager, she oversees everything for those departments.
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U of W to receive two biomass boilers
Two new 100 kWh biomass boilers will be installed at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) this year.
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Disease and low diversity puts trees at risk
Many residential streets in Winnipeg are lined with trees, but a lack of diversity in tree species puts this canopy at risk from threats like Dutch elm disease.
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Ownership and handling of cultural materials in collections contested
Curators and community stakeholders say questions of who rightfully owns artifacts in museum collections bring up important ethical issues.
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News Briefs
Winter donations // Finding Rainbow Summit // Winnipeg cannabis jobs // Stop Violence rally // Pet photos with Santa
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PROFILE: Mary Jane McCallum
Mary McCallum is a First Nations professor who started working at the University of Winnipeg in 2008 in the history department.
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UWSA hopes that board won’t raise tuition
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) hopes to learn specifically which financial struggles students are experiencing from the Campus Poverty Report survey that closed on Oct. 11.
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UWSA looking to change sexual assault policy
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) recently signed on to the Our Turn National Student Action Plan (Our Turn), a coalition of student groups and unions across the country, pledging to improve the university’s current sexual assault policy.
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St. Vital school gets new field
Dakota Collegiate’s historically undersized field has been renovated and renamed the Murray Field, allowing the school to have its first home games in 54 years.
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A hub for francophone resources
The St. Boniface Library, unique in the Winnipeg Public Library system for its extensive collection of French materials, serves an important role in St. Boniface and the broader Winnipeg francophone community.
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News Briefs
Nurses at St. Boniface Hospital // Canadian history lecture // Public feedback on skate park // 60s Scoop rally // Legalizing pot
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Exploring stories through The Human Library
The Human Library is an international movement for social change.
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Basketball team prepares for a new season
October brings basketball back to campus, as the University of Winnipeg Wesmen men’s squad is evaluating players and making final roster cuts during their pre-season schedule.
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Candidates run in UWSA byelection
The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) is holding byelections to fill a number of vacant board of directors positions, and, this year, the association hopes to exceed historically low voter turnout.
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City may prohibit vaping in public places
A newly proposed initiative by Winnipeg’s city council may see e-cigarettes counted among many tobacco products which will be prohibited on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants.