 Savan­nah Szocs, UMSU VP stu­dent life, and Jack­ie Wild, the first female pres­i­dent of the Man­i­to­ba Fil­ipino Busi­ness Coun­cil, speak on the impor­tance of diver­si­ty and female rep­re­sen­ta­tion in lead­er­ship positions. 

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The importance of diversity and female representation.

 This week’s news recap cov­ers the Rady faculty’s Indige­nous health insti­tute plans to deliv­er vac­cines to First Nations com­mu­ni­ties, the annu­al stu­dent anthro­pol­o­gy con­fer­ence and the new vice-pres­i­dent admin­is­tra­tion Nao­mi Andrew’s com­mit­ment to acces­si­bil­i­ty and EDI. 

News recap February 5th

 Lynette Bonin and Ali­son Hol­l­i­day share their expe­ri­ence act­ing in a play dur­ing the glob­al pan­dem­ic. We dis­cuss the rel­e­vance of the char­ac­ters in Zoom Lens and the impact of the­ater dur­ing these times 

The impact of theatre in a pandemic

 We dis­cuss the future of the stu­dent union with UMSU pres­i­dent-elect Bren­dan Scott. He talks about what stu­dents should expect from his term and how he plans to cre­ate a smooth tran­si­tion back to on-cam­pus classes 

The future of the student union with UMSU president-elect Brendan Scott

 UMSU VP advo­ca­cy Kris­ten Smith and Black Stu­dents Union VP advo­ca­cy Vim­bai Gudu on the advo­ca­cy efforts regard­ing inter­na­tion­al stu­dents’ health care and the con­se­quences that a lack of health care has had on the inter­na­tion­al stu­dent community. 

UMSU VP advocacy Kristen Smith and Black Students Union VP advocacy Vimbai Gudu on the state of international students healthcare

 An in-depth look at the impact of the vir­tu­al world on stu­dent pol­i­tics and engage­ment with mem­bers of our news and research teams. 

Student engagement in a virtual world

 For this week’s news recap we look at how the pan­dem­ic has impact­ed the ani­mal ser­vices’ abil­i­ty to care for ani­mals and the aid they can pro­vide to ani­mals as well as the adop­tion of these ani­mals. We also look at the impact of Bill 33 on stu­dents and the autonomous gov­er­nance of the stu­dent union. Last­ly, we take a look at the dis­pro­por­tion­ate effect the reces­sion has been hav­ing on women. 

News Recap Feb 22

 Our news recap for the week of Feb. 8 cov­ers the impor­tance of aca­d­e­m­ic integri­ty with UMSU VP advo­ca­cy Kristin Smith and a band pro­file of Six-Foot Citrus. 

Feb. 8 News Recap

 Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba school of busi­ness stu­dents speak on the bar­ri­ers and chal­lenges pre­sent­ed by the con­tin­ued remote teach­ing, and impact on inter­na­tion­al students. 

University of Manitoba school of business students speak on the barriers remote learning

 Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba polit­i­cal stud­ies pro­fes­sor Réal Car­rière dis­cuss­es the prac­ti­cal­i­ty and ben­e­fits of imple­ment­ing a uni­ver­si­ty-wide Indige­nous learn­ing requirement 

The practicality and benefits of implementing a university-wide Indigenous learning requirement

 Ven­ture Coach and Ser­i­al Entre­pre­neur Josh Zaporzan speaks on stu­dent entre­pre­neur­ship and how to val­i­date your idea to help nav­i­gate the cur­rent employ­ment landscape 

January 18, 2021

 Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba and Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty alum­na Johise Namwira dis­cuss­es apply­ing trau­ma-informed research meth­ods to ensure safe research process­es for both researcher and par­tic­i­pant and also the heal­ing effect of par­tic­i­pat­ing in trau­ma research. 

Johise Namwira Speaks On Trauma Informed Approaches To Research

 Rita Cha­hal, exec­u­tive direc­tor, and Eileen McDon­ald, wom­en’s pro­gram­ming co-ordi­na­tor, of the Mood Dis­or­ders Asso­ci­a­tion of Man­i­to­ba unpack the val­ue of peer-to-peer sup­port in times of men­tal health and dis­cuss resources avail­able to peo­ple dur­ing the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba unpacks the value of peer-to-peer support

 UMSU vice-pres­i­dent com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment Tino Dogo, Black Stu­dents Union (BSU) vice-pres­i­dent advo­ca­cy Vim­bai Gudu and BSU pres­i­dent Reem Elmahi talk about the pow­er of rep­re­sen­ta­tion with­in the Black com­mu­ni­ty and the impact of the new­ly cre­at­ed Black stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive posi­tion on UMSU’s board. 

The power of representation within the Black community.

 Mandi­pa Shum­ba and Braedan Hafichuck give insight on being self-pub­lished authors in the Man­i­to­ba mar­ket. They speak on their shift away from long-form books and how to nav­i­gate a busy sched­ule with writ­ing and publishing 

The evolution of storytelling through independent publishing

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