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City briefs
Last late-summer late-night market // Defining research data // Walk in a United way // National Day for Truth and Reconciliation // Shoal Lake 40 water update // Vaccine mandate updates
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Winnipeg Twitter hates itself
What are the rules of creating humour from Winnipeg? A tweet from the account @MasonDRM sums it up nicely: “You are only allowed to make fun of Winnipeg if you are from Winnipeg, anybody else & we’ll fight you & steal your bike.”
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See you there
With the return of live events and music picking up steam, organizers and artists are thinking outside the box and putting in extra effort to bring in-person events to fruition.
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The wrong election
On Sept. 20, Manitobans will, like the rest of Canada, head out to the polls to vote in the upcoming federal election. The election was called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau two years early, a decision that left many Canadians scratching our heads. Conventional wisdom is that Trudeau, whose popularity rose due to his COVID-19 pandemic response, hoped to seize the moment and snag a majority government. The unpopular decision to call the election in the middle of said pandemic, however, has that popularity rapidly declining.
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Campus briefs
Undergraduate add/drop period // Study Skills Workshops // Student ID Cards // Wanted: Volunteer Notetakers // On a Waitlist? // UWSA's Health Plan and U-Pass Updates // Pay Tuition the Easy Way // Apply Now for Fall/Winter Awards // Use the myVisit app
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Creative writing and internationality
As the new assistant professor for the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) English department, Dr. Sandy Pool has ideas for incorporating her international experience into the creative writing stream.
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A (somewhat) normal back-to-school
After more than a year of closure, the University of Winnipeg (U of W) reopened its doors to students and instructors on Sept. 7. This long-awaited return to on-campus instruction comes after the 2020-21 academic year, which was delivered almost entirely online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hayer takes the helm of UWSA
Back to school at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) means new student leaders and lots of planning for the coming year. At the end of last year, U of W students chose a new slate of representatives.
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City briefs
U of W vaccination mandate update // Doors Open Winnipeg is back // Rock climb online // Virtual Pride panel // Federal election voting details // When Veins Meet Like Rivers at Plug-In
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The feds giveth, and the feds taketh away
While liberal and conservative political commentators alike characterize youth in post-secondary programs as politically engaged in the extreme, voter turnout rates over the past 30 years suggest that while the youth (typically defined as those between 18 and 24 years of age) vote is currently the largest voting bloc by age, young people have been casting fewer and fewer votes since the 1990s.
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Distress from afar
Close your eyes and envision education for all, peaceful gatherings and women rising the workforce ladder. This was Afghanistan’s trajectory before the atrocities that have flooded media outlets in the past weeks.
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Vaccines mandated on U of W campus
After weeks of advocacy from faculty unions and pressure from students, the University of Winnipeg (U of W) is set to follow in the footsteps of other Canadian universities by implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the fall term.
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Finding common ground
As Manitoba reopens and news articles turn to discussion of booster shots, it may feel like we’re finally leaving COVID-19 behind. But we’re not out of the woods just yet, as vaccine uptake in the province continues to plateau.
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London, Ont. terror attack ignites calls for change
The Muslim community in Winnipeg has been thrown into a state of grief. On June 6 in London, ON, four members of the Afzaal family were killed by a driver who was targeting them because of their faith.
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Freedom of information at risk with Bill 49
Premier Brian Pallister’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been roundly criticized by the opposition, local news media and community activists alike. But beyond the pandemic response itself, Pallister’s Progressive Conservative (PC) government has also been accused of using the pandemic as cover to push through anti-democratic legislation.
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Empty sanctuaries
Local places of worship adapt to COVID-19
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‘Eye-popping’ conditions and ‘reactive’ policies
A transit operator’s pandemic work environment
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Campus briefs
Winter Term // Spring Term // Good Friday // Exams // Bursaries for Spring Term // Convocation Awards // Grades // myVisit
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Romance, unprecedented
Making it official in the time of COVID-19
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City briefs
See it before the final curtain call // Physics and geography thesis presentations // A new space to gather and learn in // Psychology students sharing research // Exploring strategies to end homelessness