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Campus Briefs
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Fighting the green fight
Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency will make a stop in Winnipeg, along with musical guests Decades After Paris.
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Village checkup
Osborne Village was once named "Canada's greatest neighbourhood," a title that's been challenged by a rash of vacancies.
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City Briefs
Measuring SEED growth // Campus climate status updates // Making archives accessible // BUStxt going the way of the ghost // Pallister’s Chicken Chef conference // Report on homelessness and home insecurity as information
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BIPOC gallery launching in Artspace
In October, an artist-run studio and gallery space dedicated to supporting BIPOC artists will open in Artspace.
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Nuit Blanche shines through
The Culture Days festival, particularly Nuit Blanche, may look different this year, but their essential intentions remain the same.
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Bringing African cinema to Winnipeg screens
Despite its name, the African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AMFM) offers much more than film screenings.
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Arts briefs
Pop Up Sandwich Shop // Art in the Park // Norval Morrisseau at Urban Shaman // Over the Top // Joy is more than just a feeling // Architecture + Design Film Festival
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Critipeg: Kuessipan
Adapted from a novel by Naomi Fontaine, the French-Canadian film Kuessipan (directed by Myriam Verreault) follows the lifelong friendship between two Innu women in Uashat-Maliotenam.
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Publishing in the pandemic
The closure of bookstores earlier this year cancelled many book launches and changed how readers bought and how publishers marketed books.
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Adaptation
One of the most puzzling quandaries of making a newspaper during COVID-19 is trying to figure out how much to actually talk about the pandemic
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Horoscopes
Mars in retrograde begins September 9
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Prejudice in ‘the media’
Years ago, I noticed a shift when I transitioned from working in sports media to writing daily news. I adjusted my tone and spent different hours in the office, but the most striking change happened on Tinder.
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Collective grief and the individual
“I can’t be grieving. I haven’t lost anyone.”
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PROFile: Dr. Kathleen Venema
During Dr. Kathleen Venema’s 19 years as an associate professor for the University of Winnipeg’s English department, her scholarly work shifted significantly. Now, Venema is focused on the intersection of written letters and illness narratives.
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Waiting for the ball to be in court
While some private gyms have resumed service as part of Manitoba’s reopening policies, the University of Winnipeg’s (U of W) athletics facilities and programs have remained closed, and varsity sports, including the Wesmen, may or may not happen during the winter 2021 semester.
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On-screen salutations
When the University of Winnipeg officially announced that classes would be almost exclusively online for the 2020 fall semester, Sam Sarty and her team knew that they needed to think outside the box and inside the screen when planning Roll Call.
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The student case for a basic income
With the end of CERB benefits on Sept. 26 fast approaching, many Canadians are making the case for a universal basic income.
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Farewell to the Downtown Spirit
On Sept. 6, all three routes of the Downtown Spirit were terminated. As Winnipeg’s only free bus line, its fleet covered popular downtown destinations including The Forks, the University of Winnipeg and parts of the Exchange District for inner-city residents, commuters and tourists.
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City briefs
September street closures // Correctional Worker Day // Diversity Foods, delivered // Refurbishing Whiteshell trails // $8M to detention centres // UWSA executives resign
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