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Real Talk
When Daily Xtra journalist Graeme Coleman asked actor Tom Hardy about celebrity and sexuality during a TIFF press conference for the film Legend, he didn’t expect it to create a media firestorm.
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View from above
From rooftops, urban explorers have quite a view. Caleb Ackerman-Stratton’s rooftop adventures started in primary school when he climbed Wolseley School.
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Stopping sexual violence
Having a downtown campus means University of Winnipeg students can’t shy away from the harsh realities of living in and around the city’s core. One such reality is sexual violence.
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News Briefs
Empowering the indigenous vote // Right to know week // Student issues debate // U of W prof nets national history award // Gold star for green building
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Media and the message
There have been a lot of conversations about media on campus this week. CBC/Radio-Canada held their Annual Public Meeting (APM) at the University of Winnipeg on Sept. 29, and senior staff fielded some tough questions from the floor about the future of the organization.
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Fashion Streeter
Pearl “This is just me keeping it simple.”
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Learning reconciliation
Some University of Manitoba student reps recently sat down to discuss how the U of M could better support indigenous students at the school.
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Bon lecture
When Bon Cop, Bad Cop was first released in 2006, it didn’t necessarily seem like a surefire hit. Canadian films don’t typically perform well at the box office.
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Coming back strong
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen women’s soccer team has a new outlook on competition in 2015.
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A safer space for help
Historically, the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) Counselling Centre has been understaffed and inappropriately located, but that changed on Sept. 14.
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The PROFile - David Duval
David Duval enjoyed teaching in New Zealand, but in 2011 it was time for a change.
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Smudging in the streets
Walking down Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg’s youth exploitation epidemic is hard to ignore.
Signs in the windows of community organizations plead: “Don’t buy sex from kids.”
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News Briefs
U of W Homecoming // CEO Sleepout // Puppy Days // Justache October // Student Group Fair
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Streeter
Sept 24, 2015 … Streeter. Has your service been affected by the bus shortage?
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People are talking
On the cover this week, we have a few communities starting conversations about an issue we should all be talking about by now. Racism was the core theme of the Mayor’s Summit for Racial Inclusion, but some people felt left out of that discussion, so they started their own Local Inclusion Summit.
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Fashion Streeter
Debora Adeosun “I like dressing casual but sporty. I like smiling and it compliments my dressing.”
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Required indigenous learning
The proposed Indigenous Credit Requirement (ICR) may not directly affect current students, but they are being encouraged to weigh in on the debate.
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A land of few lawyers
While we’re bombarded with endless coverage of conflict, we don’t often read about how to build peace. On Sept. 15, professor Stephanie Stobbe released a book titled Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Laos: Perspective for Today’s World at the Canadian Mennonite University.
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The PROFile - Mary LeMaître
Mary LeMaître is an instructor in the University of Winnipeg’s French department. While she clearly has a passion for language, she’s interested in so much more.
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Small choices to change the world
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone from the past couple generations who didn’t grow up revering Jane Goodall.