Toban Talks

Debra Jonas­son-Young explains the new Asper school of busi­ness IDM 4050: Applied Small Busi­ness Con­sult­ing class and the val­ue stu­dents will acquire from it.

Chris Karasewich, U of M alum­nus and pres­i­dent of Exchange Agency, a dig­i­tal adver­tis­ing agency in Win­nipeg, gives advice on how to suc­cess­ful­ly apply for jobs and nav­i­gate the entre­pre­neur­ial landscape.

For­mer finan­cial tech­nol­o­gy con­sul­tant Lester Love and U of M stu­dent Taff Mahachi dis­cuss man­ag­ing stu­dent finances, prop­er cred­it card use and budgeting.

We speak with Bren­dan Scott, UMSU’s VP of Finance and Oper­a­tions, on the func­tion of stu­dent unions.

We sat down with UMSU VP Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment to here his thoughts on the black lives mat­ter issue and ways that the union can help sup­port stu­dents. we went deep­er into issues of priv­i­lege that exist and ways to over­come them as a com­mu­ni­ty. He gave us some tools to empow­er our­selves and sup­port those in need.

This week at the Man­i­to­ban is our joke edi­tion! Be sure to pick up a copy of the Ivory Buf­fa­lo avail­able on news­stands! We hope you enjoy our joke pod­cast, Buf­fa­lo Banter.

On today’s episode we have three sto­ries. First, we spoke with UMISA co-pres­i­dent Alan­nah Mck­ay and UMISA mem­ber Jack The­is (1:16), and in regards to their com­ments, a response from UMSU pres­i­dent Jakob Sander­son. (8:51) We also spoke with Jakob about the pub­lish­ing by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba of new guide­lines put in place for uni­ver­si­ty employ­ees (12:40), with com­ments from U of M spokesper­son John Danakas. (17:38) Final­ly, Jakob pro­vid­ed some infor­ma­tion on the ​“Demand Bet­ter” cam­paign being put for­ward by his exec­u­tive team. (20:26)

On today’s episode we have some post-UMSU gen­er­al elec­tion cov­er­age, includ­ing com­ments from pres­i­dent re-elect Jakob Sander­son (8:01), UMSU chief return­ing offi­cer Dar­ius Hunter (11:09), and LGBT­TQ* com­mu­ni­ty rep Trevor Smith. (1:12) We also have a sto­ry from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Win­nipeg student’s asso­ci­a­tion, speak­ing with pres­i­dent-elect Mea­gan Mal­colm. (16:08) Final­ly, we have a quick inter­view with $15 and Fair­ness U of M chap­ter orga­niz­er James Wilt. (21:46)

On this week’s episode we cov­er two sto­ries. First, we talk about a ral­ly that was held out­side of the Win­nipeg Police Head­quar­ters on March 1, in regards to the shoot­ing of Machaur Madut, 43, after a con­fronta­tion with police. (1:08)

We then close out the show with inter­views from the pres­i­dents of the exec­u­tive slates that are run­ning in the 2019 UMSU gen­er­al elec­tion. This includes Jakob Sander­son with Your UMSU (9:00), Annie Beach with Exist (14:12), and Jake Letwin with New UMSU (22:28).

On this week’s arts-filled episode we fea­ture four inter­views! The first two sur­round the screen­ing of the film titled ​“We are the Roots: Black Set­tlers and their Expe­ri­ences of Dis­crim­i­na­tion on the Cana­di­an Prairies” which will be screened in the GSA Lounge Feb. 28 as part of the university’s cel­e­bra­tion of Black His­to­ry Month. The co-lead on the project, Uni­ver­si­ty of Leth­bridge pro­fes­sor Jen­na Bai­ley, spoke (2:43) about the work that went into the film. Myr­na Don­ald of the U of M’s Black His­to­ry Month com­mit­tee orga­nized the screen­ing, and she also spoke (10:29) about the mean­ing of the film. The final two inter­views are with acts from Fes­ti­val du Voyageur’s (FDV) 2019 line­up. First we spoke with local Win­nipeg band Mont­golfière (16:17), and capped it off with a chat with Mon­tréal-based musi­cian Anom­alie (22:33). Both spoke about their music, as well as their Fes­ti­val experience.