Annual General Meeting 2018
March 22nd, 2018
News
What does the 2018 Province of Manitoba budget mean for students?
March 14th, 2018
On Monday, March 12, President Laura Garinger attended the release of Manitoba’s 2018 budget alongside the Canadian Federation of Students-Manitoba.
For the second year in a row, Manitoba students are seeing another year of cuts disguised as increases. There is no new money for students in this budget, and once again, it is the provincial government offloading responsibility on to students and the institutions they attend.
- Operating grants for institutions will decrease by 0.8 % or $5,423,000 across the board
- General Loans and Bursaries will decrease by 97 %
- Funding has been eliminated for Health Professions Financial Assistance
The Pallister government promised financial help to Indigenous students while cutting 1 million dollars to the Access Program, which aims to provide university level education for Northern communities, especially Indigenous folks.
Even though the government believes students will get by with these proposed changes, they have already put students in a precarious situation by passing legislation allowing tuition to increase up to five per cent plus the rate of inflation.
With another year of decreased operational funding to post-secondary institution, universities including UWinnipeg will most likely rely on tuition increases to make up their budget shortfalls.
The only solution the Pallister government has for students is to seek out financial aid to pay for their tuition which will leave students with massive amounts of debt to deal with upon graduation.
UWSA General Election 2018 Results
March 8th, 2018
OFFICIAL 2018 UWSA GENERAL ELECTION & REFERENDUM RESULTS*
PRESIDENT
MORGAN BRIGHTNOSE – UWSA Engage slate – ELECTED
Yes: 504
No: 53
VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
ZEE MORALES – UWSA Engage slate – ELECTED
Yes: 483
No: 67
VICE PRESIDENT STUDENT AFFAIRS
JADE DEFEHR – UWSA Engage slate – ELECTED
Yes: 500
No: 51
VICE PRESIDENT INTERNAL AFFAIRS
BRENDEN GALI – UWSA Engage slate – ELECTED
Yes: 508
No: 53
SCIENCE DIRECTOR
TESSA BORTOLUZZI
276
DANIEL DENTON – ELECTED
297
ARTS DIRECTOR
JERICO NIEVES – ELECTED
Yes: 489
No: 61
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ DIRECTOR
IFEOMA NNADI – ELECTED
Yes: 495
No: 45
COMMUNITY LIAISON
UGONNA CHIGBO & MESERET KAHSAY – ELECTED
349
MIA RYDER-MARKS & NICHOLAS WARSZA
215
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS DIRECTOR
AVERY LETKEMANN – ELECTED
Yes: 494
No: 37
LGBT* DIRECTOR
QUENTIN MAYHEW & JUDE YALLOWEGA – ELECTED
Yes:472
No: 59
ACCESSIBILITY DIRECTOR
MOHAMED BEHI – ELECTED
Yes: 505
No: 42
PACE DIRECTOR
GOLDIE ARORA – ELECTED
Yes:503
No: 43
REGENTS
SOPHIA HERSHFIELD
261
MEGAN LINTON – ELECTED
305
SENATOR
MICHAEL KVERN – ELECTED
Yes: 480
No: 48
REFERENDUM – PASSED
“The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association will impose a levy on EDUC courses of 25 cents per credit hour to be accessed only by the Education Students’ Association as a means to create awards, bursaries, grants, or foundation investments with the express purpose of supporting Education students at the University of Winnipeg.”
*This referendum is open to be voted on only by students registered in the faculty of Education.
Yes: 35
No: 8
*All results are unofficial until ratified by the board
Voter Turnout: 6.8%
UWSA General Office and UWSA Day Care Open
March 6th, 2018
The UWSA General Office returns to regular office hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the UWSA Day Care is open.
For all questions or concerns, please email Karolya Vargscarr at generalmanager@theuwsa.ca
It’s Day 2 of voting for the UWSA General Election!
Today, students can vote in the Riddell Atrium, The Hive (Lockhart Hall), Merchants Corner and in the Buhler Atrium!
UWSA Closures - Monday, March 5
March 5th, 2018
The UWSA General Office will be closed today due to extreme weather conditions.
The UWSA Day Care will close today at noon due to a power outage.
We will be updating the status of the daycare as information is made available.
Voting for the UWSA General Election starts today. Students can vote in The Hive, the Riddell Atrium and the Butler Atrium. Our mobile station in Richardson College is closed due to a power outage. For more information about the General Election, click here.
For all questions or concerns, please email Karolya Vargscarr at generalmanager@theuwsa.ca
Canadian Federation of Students - Manitoba Annual General Meeting Registration
March 1st, 2018
Come out to the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students – MB!
Help set the mandate of the organization for the 2018-2019 year. We will also be electing our board for the 2018-19 year.
If traveling from Brandon please be advised travel will be arranged through the provincial office and you will be contacted with travel details.
PLEASE NOTE ONLY REGISTERED DELEGATES CAN ATTEND AND THEY MUST BE A MEMBER AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:
Local 8 – University of Winnipeg
Local 37 – Brandon University
Section 38 – Universite de Saint-Boniface
Local 96 – University of Manitoba – Graduate students
Local 103 – University of Manitoba – Undergraduate students
Any questions please feel free to contact organiser@cfsmb.ca.
Participez à l’Assemblée générale annuelle nationale de 2018 de la Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants – Manitoba.
Prenez part au processus décisionnaire pour la direction de l’organisation pour l’année 2018-2019. Nous allons aussi élire notre exécutif pour l’année 2018-2019.
Si vous voyagez à partir de Brandon, veuillez noter que vos déplacements seront organisés par le bureau provincial et nous prendrons contact avec vous pour vous fournir les détails.
VEUILLEZ NOTER QUE SEULS LES DÉLÉGUÉS ET DÉLÉGUÉES INSCRITS POURRONT PARTICIPER ET VOUS DEVEZ ÊTRE MEMBRE DE L’UN DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS SUIVANTS :
Section 8 – Université de Winnipeg
Section 37 – Université Brandon
Section 38 – Université de Saint-Boniface
Section 96 – University du Manitoba – Cycles supérieurs
Section 103 – University de Guelph – Premier cycle
Pour toute question, h’hésitez pas à prendre contact avec organiser@cfsmb.ca
To register, fill out a PDF below:
CFS-MB AGM Registration – English
CFS-MB AGM Registration – French
UWSA Election 2018 Candidates' Bios
February 28th, 2018
Download a PDF version here: Election Candidates 2018
