Toban Talks

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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 polit­i­cal stud­ies pro­fes­sor Réal Car­rière dis­cuss­es 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

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.