Toban Tuesdays

This episode features… -Jason Gibbs, asso­ciate pro­fes­sor in the depart­ment of entomology -Ben Schel­len­berg, assis­tant pro­fes­sor in the fac­ul­ty of kine­si­ol­o­gy and recre­ation management -Kari­na Bagi, UM wom­en's soc­cer goalie

This episode features… -Rusty Souley­manov, asso­ciate pro­fes­sor in U of M's fac­ul­ty of social work & direc­tor of the Vil­lage Lab

This episode features… -Cecil Ros­ner, devel­op­er and instruc­tor of new media lit­er­a­cy program Ros­ner is a jour­nal­ist of 40+ years, a pri­or man­ag­ing edi­tor for CBC Man­i­to­ba, and an exec­u­tive pro­duc­er of The Fifth Estate. -Rod Las­tra, act­ing dean of extend­ed edu­ca­tion at U of M +U of M's extend­ed edu­ca­tion will be run­ning a media lit­er­a­cy pro­gram that aims tohelp peo­ple iden­ti­fy fake news and eval­u­ate the cred­i­bil­i­ty of con­tent in media using inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ism techniques. +The pro­gram is designed for a diverse audi­ence: jour­nal­ists, edu­ca­tors, activists, con­sumers, and more! +Infor­ma­tion about the new media lit­er­a­cy program!

This episode features… -Jared McK­e­ti­ak, UMFM Sta­tion Manager -Michael Elves, UMFM Pro­gram Director +A spe­cial shoutout goes out to UMFM (101.5 FM) for broad­cast­ing our TobanTalks episodes on Thurs­days at 11:30 am! +Check out the pro­gram sched­ule to learn more! If you're inter­est­ed in get­ting involved, drop by the sta­tion on the 3rd floor of Uni­ver­si­ty Cen­tre (between VW's and Degrees). +Lis­ten to UMFM any­time! +About UMFM!

This episode features… -Danielle Pahud, U of M astron­o­my instruc­tor and direc­tor of the Lock­hart Planetarium -Kait­lyn Goncalves, master's stu­dent, UMAnime event plan­ner, and cre­ator of man­ga club -Mar­garet Shaw-MacK­in­non, cre­ator of the exhib­it Ukraine: Close to Home

This episode features… -Ezra Taves, copy edi­tor at the Manitoban -Mor­gan Heck, copy asso­ciate at the Manitoban +We out­line the Man­i­to­ban's pub­lish­ing process with a focus on edit­ing and fact-check­ing. Learn about our 1 – 5 sys­tem and just how many arti­cles have been edit­ed by our copy team. (Hint: it's more than 400!)

This episode features… -Alex­is Nor­mand, Fransaskois singer-song­writer and filmmaker -Coltin Day, Under­world: Mis­thaven guildmaster -Lau­ren Per­ry, U of M fac­ul­ty of arts stu­dent and Mis­thaven player +French Enough is a short film that explores the diver­si­ty of Cana­di­an fran­coph­o­ne iden­ti­ties. It is cur­rent­ly avail­able for free stream­ing! +Under­world: Mis­thaven is one of Manitoba's dark fan­ta­sy Live Action Role Play (LARP) guild hous­es. Play­ers inter­est­ed in join­ing can find this season's sched­ul­ing and oth­er infor­ma­tion on the group's Insta­gram or web­site.

-We eval­u­ate the find­ings from a recent report pub­lished by the UDC on the rise of aca­d­e­m­ic mis­con­duct. We also dis­cuss the ethics of cheat­ing. Read the report about the 2021 – 2022 aca­d­e­m­ic year! -We get excit­ed about Trou­ble in Mind, a dram­e­dy cap­tur­ing the day-to-day real­i­ties of racism. Buy tick­ets to the Roy­al MTC's run until March 11! Fun fact: Trou­ble in Mind was almost the first play to appear on Broad­way that was writ­ten by a Black woman. Lis­ten to learn more! Fea­tured in this episode… -Arthur Schafer, pro­fes­sor of phi­los­o­phy and found­ing direc­tor of the Cen­tre for Pro­fes­sion­al and Applied Ethics at U of M -Sheryl Zelen­it­sky, chair of the Uni­ver­si­ty Dis­ci­pline Com­mit­tee (UDC) -Cheris­sa Richards, Trou­ble in Mind director

This episode features… -Tara Williamson, U of M alum & ​“Heart Like a Pow Wow” writer -Vic­to­ria Romero, UMSU vice-pres­i­dent advo­ca­cy & Man­i­to­ba Alliance of Post-Sec­ondary Stu­dents (MAPSS) Chair -Sarah Guille­mard, Manitoba's min­is­ter of advanced edu­ca­tion and training

Fea­tured in this episode… -Rachel Mann, Bisons track and field team -Shay­na Plaut, exec­u­tive direc­tor of UM's Cen­tre for Social Sci­ence Research and Policy -Jesse Hajer, assis­tant pro­fes­sor of eco­nom­ics and labour studies +CSS­RP Twit­ter +UMSU Insta­gram +UM Black Alliance

This episode features… -George Zhanel & Frank Schweiz­er, Clar­i­vate's High­ly Cit­ed Researchers -Jordy Zacharias, UM wom­en's hock­ey assis­tant coach -GMB Chomichuk, illus­tra­tor & Joey Sen­ft, photographer Buy tick­ets for Love You to Death!

This episode features… -Mario Pin­to, U of M vice-pres­i­dent research and international -Tyler Phill, founder and CEO of My Stu­dent Wellbeing -Philip Fer­gu­son, U of M asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of mechan­i­cal and aero­space engineering Learn more about My Stu­dent Well­be­ing & STAR­lab!

More infor­ma­tion about secu­ri­ty resources & the stu­dent exchange program! This episode features… -Esyllt Jones, UM his­to­ry professor -Gor­don Per­ri­er, UM direc­tor of security -Chind­in­ma Chi­jioke, 4th year polit­i­cal stud­ies stu­dent, stu­dent exchange participant

This episode features… -Des Catel­li­er, Bisons' out­go­ing quarterback -Scott Forbes, Pres­i­dent of MOFA -Michael Shaw, exec­u­tive mem­ber of MOFA -Luc May­or, host of Sig­nal Distortion

This episode features… -Jory, our Social Media Editor -Jessie, our Arts&Culture Reporter Check out @nextstop_cafe on Instagram! Learn more about Plan­et Pantry!

This episode features… -Mario Lebar, chief infor­ma­tion offi­cer, U of M -Patrick McCarthy, direc­tor of infor­ma­tion secu­ri­ty and com­pli­ance, U of M -Chimwemwe Undi, U of M alumna

Hap­py Hal­loween y'all! What to do this Halloween: 1, 2, or 3! This episode features… -Tim Muys, co-founder & co-own­er of Hee­bie Jeebies -Quinn, our Sports Reporter & local Hal­loween fanatic -Gab­by, Micro­bi­ol­o­gy icon & hor­ror-lov­ing gal

Vote on Octo­ber 26 for Win­nipeg's new may­or, city coun­cil­lors, and school trustees! This episode fea­tures the fol­low­ing may­oral candidates: -Kevin Klein -Shaun Loney -Glen Mur­ray

This episode features… -UMSU Inter­na­tion­al Stu­dents' Rep: Kunaal Rajpal -Film­mak­er: Tavis Putnam -U of M post-doc­tor­al fel­low: Miya Warrington Check out A Social at the Cinematheque!

Join your host Har­mat on a news recap and an inter­view with Man­ag­ing Edi­tor Grace! Men­tioned in The Man­i­to­ban 101: An Intro­duc­tion: parts 1 & 2: -Please send me sug­ges­tions for our Hal­loween episode and for any oth­er spe­cial episodes you'd like to see! -Fol­low @umisacouncil to stay up to date with their events! News Recap: -UMSU sched­ules fed­er­a­tion referendum -Man­i­to­ba to raise min­i­mum wage to $15 by Octo­ber 2023 -Ral­ly demands free inter­na­tion­al stu­dent healthcare -May­oral can­di­date refus­es to abide by U of M mask rules -U of M takes part in orange shirt day Arti­cles Discussed: -Octo­ber 3, 2019: Thou­sands take to Win­nipeg streets to protest cli­mate change inaction -March 4, 2020: UWSA exec­u­tive cam­paign roiled by controversy -March 19, 2020: Cam­pus reacts to covid's arrival in Winnipeg -Octo­ber 13, 2020: Remem­ber­ing the orig­i­nal pump­kin spice -Decem­ber 8, 2020: Tik­Tok musi­cal a game chang­er for theatre -Novem­ber 3, 2021: Quit­ting your sport can be a bless­ing in disguise -July 26, 2022: New polit­i­cal par­ty enters provin­cial race -August 10, 2022: U of M would fail ser­vice inspection -August 10, 2022: Nick­er­son appoint­ed new dean of RFHS and MRCM -Sep­tem­ber 6, 2022: Men­tal health on the minds of many

TobanTalks is back and bet­ter than ever! I'm Har­mat and today's episode is an intro­duc­tion to The Man­i­to­ban. Join Edi­tor In Chief Gill and News Edi­tor Matthew as they pull back the cur­tains on how a stu­dent news­pa­per operates. -Apply to work at The Man­i­to­ban by Octo­ber 1st at 11:59 pm. Vis­it the​man​i​to​ban​.com for more details. -Lis­ten to Matthew's pod­cast Scary Hours on UMFM 101.5 FM Wednes­days at 11 pm!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Win­nipeg hair­styl­ists Niasha Mck­oy and Chan­té speak out on dis­crim­i­na­tion, appro­pri­a­tion and assim­i­la­tion in the beau­ty indus­try and hair and beau­ty education.

For­mer Busi­ness coach Jeff Con­sul, Speaks on the gen­der spec­trum and mod­els of healthy mas­culin­i­ty in respect to the evolv­ing work environment.

Gene­va Halver­son and Alli­son Phipps of the band Ser­e­nade speak on their ori­gins, the impact that the pan­dem­ic has had on them as artists and their upcom­ing projects

Kelechi Asag­wara talks about race and racism in soci­ety and the film indus­try, and film­mak­ing dur­ing COVID-19.

Recruit­ment spe­cial­ist David Owasi breaks down the process that busi­ness­es take when select­ing a can­di­date and how to tai­lor your resume for the job market.

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)