Student personal finance in a nutshell
Recently, I attended the Grad Steps financial planning seminar to see if it is worth it for students to go. The simple answer is yes. And as a general note, most of the Grad Step […]
Articles by Ryan Catte
Avery Simundsson – Tile Drainage Explained
Technological advances in agriculture in the past twenty years have been moving at an astonishing pace as we race to produce more food on fewer acres. We have been steadily refining our ability to track […]
First taste of Ramadan – long way to go One writer's day participating in Ramadan
I am a Western settler and this article is about my personal, one-day experience fasting during Ramadan. You may be asking yourself, how did this come about? To be candid, it is simply my attempt […]
The rent vs buy debate Does it really matter in the end?
Good job, fellow millennials. We are unemployed, childless, renters sitting smugly on our high horse of debt. Our millennial cohort has done away with the old Canadian dream of having a career, two-plus children, and […]
The UMGSA needs to update its social media policy for elections
During the campaign period for this year’s UMGSA election, the Gradzette released a series of online video interviews with each of the 17 candidates through the Gradzette’s Facebook page and the Manitoban’s YouTube page. Although […]
UMGSA Election Results
President: Carl Neumann Vice President External: Albert Boakye Vice President Academic: Mohammad Emrul Hassan Vice President Internal: Saymore Pretos Ndou Vice President Marketing and Events: Obi Nnaemeka GSA Senator 1: Silvia Araujo GSA Senator 2: […]
2017 UMGSA election forum
On March 16, 2017 the UMGSA held a 2-hour forum for hopeful candidates to field questions from U of M graduate students. The first hour of the forum was allocated for each candidate to tell the audience […]
Graduate Employment Issues Gaining Experience
As a millennial I have grown up hearing the phrase “in the real world” from parents, teachers, professors, friends, peers, and employers. The subjectivity of this nebulous phrase has always perplexed me, although I had […]
Gradzette Bulletin Board – February 2014
Annual General Meetings The UMGSA and HSGSA held their Annual General Meetings (AGM) this past month, inviting student members to attend a review of the GSA budget and activities from 2013 and beyond. Among the […]
GSA backs open letter child care campaign
In late November UMGSA forwarded a message to all U of M grad students regarding a growing provincial need for increased child care spaces. In light of what was considered a shortfall of licensed child […]