Weekly news briefs from the pages of the Manitoban, your student newspaper.
Episodes
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Episode 015
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). Read more ›
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Episode 014
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 Montreal-based musician Anomalie (22:33). Both spoke about their music, as well as their Festival experience. Read more ›
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Episode 013
On this week's episode we spoke with UMFA president Janet Morrill (1:06), to briefly talk about the protest held on February 6 in regards to the selection process for finding U of M's next president. Faculty of education student Kristin Flattery, who is running unopposed to be a student representative in the faculty, spoke with us (4:46) and how she hopes to bring more Indigenous issues into the spotlight. Finally, we spoke with U of M administrator Barry Lavallee (13:29), who is set to resign on February 18, due to his concern that there is a lack of response from university administration on issues of anti-Indigenous racism. Read more ›
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Episode 012
On this week's episode we spoke with third-year nursing student River Steele Guillas (1:01), who is set to be editor-in-chief for the 2019-20 edition of the Proceedings of Manitoba’s Undergraduate Science and Engineering Research (PMUSER) journal. We had a chat assistant professor in the faculty of arts here at the University of Manitoba, Dallas Hunt (9:33), to talk about a children's book he recently released titled Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock. Finally, local Manitoba band The Middle Coast gave their thoughts (17:24) as they set to do their farewell show on February 2nd, as well as drop their final EP, as they plan to disband and pursue their solo projects. Read more ›
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Episode 011
This week's episode is featuring more art than usual! We spoke with three individuals. At (1:07) we spoke with Erwin Huebner, artist-in-residence at the U of M school of art and recently-retired biology professor. He spoke about the recent opening of his art exhibition titled, Outside the Boundaries: Exploring the Natural World Through Artist Books. Newly appointed dean of the Desautels faculty of music Edward Jurkowski sat down for a quick chat with us (9:10) to talk about what brought him here and what he hopes to bring to the faculty. Finally, we talked to Chris Johnson (19:20), professor emeritus and co-founder of the Black Hole Theatre Company. He is the director for their adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, which is set to be performed at the 19th Royal Manitoba Theatre Company's Master Playwright Festival. Read more ›
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Episode - 010
The first episode of the new year! In this week's episode we cover the protest on January 9 at the Portage and Main intersection as an act of solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land protectors in British Columbia (1:31). We spoke with Muslim Student Association external executive Mohamed Soussi in regards to UMSU executives, including UMSU president Jakob Sanderson, lobbying members of Parliament in early December along with the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities (UCRU) on several priorities, one of which, was to eliminate the federal tuition tax credit (4:41). University of Winnipeg associate professor Julie Nagam’s solo exhibit, locating the little heartbeats, is currently on display at the University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03 until Feb. 16, and we spoke with Julie to discuss the exhibit, including the inspiration behind the display and what it means to her (14:47). Finally, we spoke with U of M student Michelle Wuziniski to discuss her award-winning paper titled "Developing a Genotyping Scheme for Myobacterium abcessus Complex Using Whole Genome Sequencing Data." (23:00). Read more ›
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Episode 009
This week's episode is a light edition with three stories. Our first story is an interview with Winnipeg-born Juno-nominated musician Don Amero, who is currently on his "Amero Little Christmas" tour which ends in Winnipeg. We also cover the exhibition titled "Forest Encounters" that is currently on display at the School of Art Gallery. Finally, we spoke quickly with fifth-year player on Bisons men's volleyball team Dustin Spiring to talk about his career. We cap off the show with "Cheers" featuring Q-Tip off of Anderson .Paak's latest album, "Oxnard". Read more ›
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Episode 008
This week's episode features four stories. Our first story covers the motion recently passed by the Canadian Federation of Students which supports the Palestinian-led BDS movement; the motion was voted against by UMSU. Our second story is about the statement that was released by UMISA about what they believe are ignored calls for better engagement and support with Indigenous students. Our third story highlights the sixth annual Indigenous health symposium that was hosted at the U of M Bannatyne campus on Nov. 21 and 22. Finally, our fourth and last story is an interview with the editors of the 27th edition of Warehouse Journal, a publication by the faculty of architecture here at the U of M. Read more ›
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Episode 007
On this week's episode we have two stories. Our first story is about a recent poster campaign led by members of the School of Fine Arts Students Association (SOFA), we spoke with SOFA co-president Annie Beach and U of M Indigenous Students Association (UMISA) rep Kristin Flattery, as well as U of M security services director Rick Jansen. Our second story is about U of M alumnus Kristen Wachniak, graduate from the Desautels faculty of music, who talked about her work and what she has been up to since graduating. Read more ›
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Episode 006
On today's episode for our first story we have three interviews: one with Indigenous student coordinator for the nursing student's association River Steele Guillas, one with head of the department of native studies Cary Miller, and one with UMSU president Jakob Sanderson. All interviews were in response to the posters discovered bearing the phrase, "It's OK to be White". Our second story covers the current podcast available through UMFM titled "Minogondaagan: the Good Voice". A podcast about reconciliation, we talked to Elissa Black Wolf Kixen, executive producer of the podcast, and Sasha Mark, associate producer. Our third story is in regards to the recent astronomy open house hosted at the University of Manitoba on Oct. 31 by staff from the astronomy department and the Winnipeg chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. We spoke to Danielle Pahud, an instructor in the U of M's physics and astronomy department and is in charge of the Lockhart planetarium, and Bryan Stach, vice-president of the Winnipeg chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. We close the show with a quick chat with Nahlah Ayed, to talk about how she ended up in a career of journalism and becoming an international correspondent. Read more ›