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The official s tudent newspaper of the University of Winnipeg The Uniter // october 19, 2017 3 on the cover D ave Gagnon takes a quiet moment to read at his “third place,” Village Laundry. Read more on page 11. Some extras for U Like many others on campus, we took a week off from our usual routine. But we’re back to produc- ing The Uniter on a weekly basis again, with a few extra flourishes. This week’s paper is a few pages longer than usual, as we had a well-rounded set of contribu- tions from our amazing volunteers. We’re sharing a tour through the home of Todd Kowalski, bassist and vocalist for Propagandhi and an interview with Matt Peters and Matt Schellenberg of Royal Canoe. Shondell Babb shares her proposed solution to Winnipeg’s status as a “product wasteland” for natural hair, and Kristen Treusch will take you on a tour of the city’s haunts. In the film world, we’ve got a Critipeg review of the latest Errol Morris documentary, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography and of Cinémental, a French-language film festival. In the City section, we explore some of the reasoning behind Manitoba Hydro rate hikes and possible bylaw changes that could affect vaping. We also look at a new app that aims to connect commuters with others to carpool or share a route. On campus, we’ve got the facts on the upcoming byelection, and on the beginning of the Wesmen men’s basketball season. In the PROFile, meet Julie Nagam, who also co-curated the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s largest contemporary Indigenous art exhibition. Finally, in comments, we’re sharing op-eds about illegal rooming houses and how govern- ment policy affects students’ well-being and about the process of checking out a human in lieu of a book through The Human Library. I hope you’ll enjoy this week’s collection of stories exploring Winnipeg’s culture and the University of Winnipeg’s campus. – Anastasia Chipelski
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R oyal Canoe’s variability h keeps fans happy W ose Upcoming shows will feature a cast of friends and collaborators
Jen Doerksen P hoto by keeley braunstein-black volunteer @waaaho House? Matt Peters (left) and Matt Schellenberg of Royal Canoe e Royal Canoe fans have cause to celebrate. Sara Wray Enns, a Royal Canoe fan, a bike jam came from Matt Schellenberg, “We are used to doing so much on the hous The band's upcoming shows on Oct. 26 says the performance with the WSO felt who does keys and vocals. computer and being overly prepared. It’s Todd’s and 27 at the Park Theatre will feature like “a personal win.” “I was thinking, because the way that going to be nice to get out of our comfort songs never before played live. The band “I felt like it was a personal victory that ‘Fussin’ sounded, it should have an urban zone a bit,” Peters says. is always trying something new, and this we went to that show and it was sold out,” environment,” Schellenberg says. “But Enns says she’s seen consistent improve- performance will be no exception. she says. Enns has been following the how do we do that and make it us?” ment since first seeing the band at the Members of the Dirty Catfish Brass band’s career since 2012 and says her dad Royal Canoe heads back into the studio University of Manitoba several years ago. Band, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra may be their biggest fan. on Nov. 10. This time, they’re experiment- “Every single time I saw them (WSO) and Begonia will join the band for Enns even won the opportunity to have ing with improvisation in their songwrit- ... they’d get better,” she says. She’s both nights. Royal Canoe cook her and two friends ing process. attended numerous Royal Canoe shows “I like the idea of this retrospective, or dinner once. “I’ve shifted to this place now where I over the years, including ones at the review, show. I think it will be fun,” Matt The chance arose as a raffle prize at a feel if you don’t leave enough opportunity University of Manitoba, Old Market Peters, vocalist and keys player for Royal Royal Canoe performance. to be creative in the studio ... it becomes Square, the Centennial Concert Hall and Canoe, says. The band has been a staple “I went to my dad and brother and said almost like a data processor,” Peters says. the Pyramid. of the Winnipeg music scene for years and ‘We should pool and invite each other “We’re trying to get away from that a has grown to play with the likes of Alt-J. if we win,’ and they said no,” Enns says. bit on this album and (be) committed to Royal Canoe will perform two review Over the past few months, they have When she won, she chose to invite friends something impulsive happening.” shows at The Park Theatre on Oct. collaborated with the WSO for a show instead of family. Schellenberg refers to their process as 26 and 27 before returning to the at the Centennial Concert Hall and with The band says they make a point of “save-as” rock, due to how much they use studio to conjure up yet another new Begonia for a music video shot at a bike doing things differently with their creative their computer and record in their jam experience. Tickets begin at $25. jam. choices. The idea to shoot a music video at space.
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1) Aaron Coberly and Thomas Pashko Nathan Fowkes portraits Congratulations Local Governor “They’re my favourite portrait artists in the Features reporter @thomaspashko world. They’re both 100 per cent masters. They to Tina Keeper General finalists do these from life, in a couple of hours, with as Tina Keeper, a Cree actor and activist from Two Winnipeg authors, Michael Kaan and Propagandhi has always been a political few strokes as possible. (Coberly’s are done with) Manitoba, is receiving the 2017 August David Alexander Robertson, are finalists for band. Since their inception in 1986, the just a palette knife.” Schellenberg Award of Excellence at this year’s the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Awards, group has embraced an anarcho-punk imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in which recognize Canada’s best books in English ethos centred on social justice that seems 2) Original portraits Toronto. The award recognizes significant and French. Kaan’s The Water Beetles is named especially relevant in 2017. However, bass- “These are mine. I go paint every Thursday at achievement by an Indigenous actor from Turtle in the fiction category. Robertson’sWhen We ist and vocalist Todd Kowalski says that my friend Mary’s. She gets models, and we paint Island. Keeper is founder and president of Were Alone, made with illustrator Julie Flett, 2017 is business as usual for Propagandhi. 1 4 from life.” Kistikan Pictures and was recently named 2017 is nominated in the young people’s illustrated “There’s never a shortage of things (to ACTRA National Woman of the Year. category. be pissed off about),” he says. Kowalski 3) Ivan Reis panel joined the band in 1997 and previously “(Reis is) a comic artist from Brazil. Look at the played with hardcore outfits I Spy and insanity of these strokes. This is just for one Double, Double, Mosaic family Swallowing Shit. page of a comic. This took him one day. Most “There were genocides in Rwanda and people couldn’t do that if they spent 25 years Toil and Trouble programs Bosnia (then) and (others) continuing on it.” until now.” On Oct. 22 from 1-5 p.m., the Centre culturel Mosaic Newcomer Family Resource Network (397 However, Kowalski is willing to con- franco manitobain (370 Provencher Blvd.) will Carlton St.) hosts a variety of family programs. This cede that things may be getting a bit more 4) SNFU photo host a second-annual kids Halloween party. fall, join them for Bonding with Family Bookmaking, desperate locally. “This is me stage diving (on the right) at an Put on a Halloween costume and join in for Grand Friends (cross-generational story-sharing), “I guess it does seem crazier, with old SNFU show in Regina in 1988. It’s one of my games, bouncy castles, a dance party and more! parenting classes and more. Programs are available nuclear war feeling more (possible).” favourite things, actually.” Entrance is $7 for all aged 2 and older, and in Punjabi, Somali, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Karen, 2 5 In addition to wrapping up work on the proceeds benefit the Children’s Wish Foundation. Tigrigna, Chinese, Tagalog, English and Spanish. Visit group’s new album Victory Lap, Kowalski 5) Unfinished painting mosaicnet.ca/family for more information. has been spending his downtime painting “This is my dad’s. He could have been a great and drawing. The walls of his West End painter. He got that far, couldn’t figure out the home are lined with dozens of original features and quit painting forever. I use this, any Seeking: musicians portraits. time I do something bad that doesn’t work out, Sister Cycle to think, ‘I can’t quit like that.’” The Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts Despite his obvious skill as a visual art- Sister Cycle, a series of free bicycle repair (MCMA) is seeking performers for their ist, he says that apart from a few notable workshops by and for women, trans, femme and Intergenerational Concert Series. Beginning in exceptions (like the cover of Propagand- 6) KISS poster non-binary people, returns to the W.R.E.N.C.H. November, the series brings music students hi’s Failed States), he’s never shown his “When the album (Music From) The Elder was (631 Main St.). The workshops take place Mondays and teachers to seniors’ residences, hosting work publicly. coming out, I was a little kid. I stared at the from 6-9 p.m., from Oct. 23 to Nov. 27. Topics concerts for those whose access to live music “I’m going to get an Instagram (account) poster for so long in the store, the lady was like, include general tune-ups, wheels, brakes, is increasingly limited. MCMA students who are pretty soon, just to show people,” Kowal- ‘Do you want to just take it home?’ That record’s headsets, gears and solo touring (in that order)! ski says. “(I paint) for no reason except, I 3 6 actually the biggest failure of their whole career. interested in performing can email Jacqueline at suppose, my own enjoyment.” It almost sunk them forever.” the MCMA. 6 The Uniter // october 19, 2017 The Uniter // october 19, 2017 7 cri tipeg ARTS At the beginning of the tour, Treusch C KUW top 20 explains to her group the different ways in which spirits may try to make contact. October 9-15, 2017 “I go through this so that people M y Haunted understand what they might experience. TW = This Week // LW = Last Week // ! = Local content // * = Canadian Content They might hear things, feel things, smell things,” she explains. For those who would rather keep their TWW L C artist Album Label Winnipeg distance, Treusch suggests her City of 1 1 ! Slow Leaves Enough About Me Self-Released Ghosts Bus Tour, which is more histor- 2 4 * Alvvays Antisocialites Polyvinyl Historical sites make good ical than interactive. 3 2 ! Ghost Twin Plastic Heart Head In The Sand sets for thrills and chills Another paranormal option is Stage 4 27 * Whitney Rose Rule 62 Six Shooter Frights, an immersive haunted house 5 3 * The O Voids Data Sounds Escaping situated in the basement of the Burton 6 7 * Faith Healer Try Mint Charlotte Morin @chrlsmorin Cummings Theatre. 7 12 ! Propagandhi Victory Lap Epitaph The theatre is rumored to be haunted 8 RE ! Slow Spirit Unnatured Self-Released Arts and culture reporter by the ghost of Mabel Hackney, an actor 9 NE * Godspeed You Black Emperor Luciferian Towers Constellation who drowned shortly after performing 10 NE ! Mmmeats Mac N' Me Transistor 66 Winnipeg is known for its many haunted there over 100 years ago. Stage Frights, locations. This month, the public can created by One Trunk Theatre, will fea- 11 13 * Broken Social Scene Hug Of Thunder Arts & Crafts visit these places and hear the stories – ture Mabel as a character. P hoto by keeley braunstein-black 12 15 * The Deep Dark Woods Yarrow Six Shooter and perhaps have a first-hand experience. Kevin Donnelly, senior vice-president 13 5 ! Spacebutt All The Deer Speak Portuguese Last Ditch A haunted house in the basement of the Burton Cummings Theatre features the story of an actror who drowned “It gives people an opportunity to be of venues and entertainment for True after performing there. 14 NE ! The Vangoras The Vangoras Self-Released engaged in the idea of trying to make con- North Sports + Entertainment, had the 15 11 * Arcade Fire Everything Now Columbia tact with spirits,” Kristen Treusch, host of idea to use the theatre as a set. to transform the basement into a haunted but that the group is there to learn. After 16 10 Gogol Bordello Seekers And Finders Cooking Vinyl the Talking to the Dead Bus Tour, says. “The basement has never been seen by house that celebrates the ghost stories of all, these haunted places come with a rich 17 NE * Geoff Berner Canadiana Grotesquica Coax Treusch takes participants to four well- the public, and it’s pretty creepy down this building.” history, and experience is the best teacher. 18 22 ! Comeback Kid Outsider New Damage known haunts: the Manitoba Legislative there,” he says. Donnelly believes that the potential of Building, the St. Boniface Museum, the Attendees walk through a series an authentic spiritual presence will lend 19 6 ! Slow Dancers Philadelphus Freeer The Talking to the Dead Bus Tour 20 8 ! The Psychics Close Encounters Self-Released Vaughan Street Jail, and, of course, the of rooms in the style of a traditional itself to the show. takes place Oct. 25, 26, 30 and 31, Fort Garry Hotel. She uses simple, low- haunted house, where they encounter “There’s a real history behind this from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $50.02 cost tools and techniques such as dows- different scenes, many of which last sev- place,” Donnelly says. Yet, he admits that for adults, or $17.37 for youth. ing rods and pendulums. eral minutes. Andraea Sartison, artistic the play is for entertainment and does not Stage Frights takes place at the Burton Cummings Theatre from supplied image “We also try what I call … ‘ghost bait,’ producer of One Trunk Theatre, explains pretend to be historically accurate. Oct. 26-30, with shows every 30 objects that are related to the location, that the scares are based on storytelling Treusch, on the other hand, begins her minutes from 5-11:30 p.m. Tickets to bring the spirit closer towards us,” rather than gore. tours by casting a protective “white light” are $25 for adults and $15 for those If anything, both Dorfman and the Treusch says. “I use toys if I’m trying to “It’s a haunted house with a theatre on the group and explaining to the spirits 12 and under. The B-Side: film are more interested with the craft draw in some children.” twist,” she says. “We had to envision how that they have no obligation to respond, of photography than any sort of artistic Elsa Dorfman’s affectation. The focus is largely on the photography formats she works with. When people hear the word “Polaroid,” A nimal Teeth Portrait many think of card-sized “instant” A List of Things to Say snapshots. But Dorfman works in large Photography Polaroid formats, with subjects posing S low Shine Records for 20x24” or 40x80” portraits, which T he three new preview tracks from Animal Teeth’s upcoming Thomas Pashko are manually wheeled out of giant release, A List of Things to Say (out Nov. 4 on Slow Shine cameras and awaken to life before her Records), stay within the band’s dreamy sadcore indie pop- Features reporter @thomaspashko subjects’ eyes. rock aesthetic. The film doesn’t explore photography formats in an esoteric, “inside baseball” The slow folk waltz of “Made My Bed” hosts Stefan Hodges’ Plays at Cinematheque until Oct. 27 manner. It’s more interested in the low croon amidst subtle and soothing guitars and pattering intangible magic of photography, like drums. how the subject’s relationship to a cam- Documentarian Errol Morris has made era affects their behaviour in front of it, “When You” features sparse and flowing guitars withH odges’ voice fluctuating in punctuation and momentum, emotion sift- some of the medium’s most defining or the way a supposedly “documentary” ing through sound, with the lyrics “when you come back, I hope it’s the same, because everything has changed, everything pictures. The Fog of War earned him an or “objective” medium creates pictures is changing.” The song feels whimsical and longing, lustrous yet grayscale, paradoxical in its ascent. Oscar, and The Thin Blue Line wrote the full of editorial flourish. book on true-crime docs while freeing While The B-Side is a thought-pro- “Gone” is a sprightly number that boasts chiming guitars and earworm hooks. The song feels light and airy, spacious yet an innocent man from death row. voking and pleasant movie, it often confined. Around the minute-and-a-half mark the band breaks into a swelling Broken Social Scene-like jam, with dulcet brass His newest film, The B-Side: Elsa feels like Errol Morris-lite. There is billowing atop the mix. The feeling is immediate and serene, subtle, shifting and soaring – another gorgeous addition to Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, focuses pleasure in watching a masterful artist Animal Teeth’s developing catalog. on less dire subject matter but is still create something off-handed and spon- - Chris Bryson steeped in Morris’s career-long obses- taneous, yet there is a nagging feeling sion with the subjectivity of photogra- that the film is slight in a way his other Enter to win an phy, memory and truth. films aren’t. The film’s subject is Elsa Dorfman, It’s not necessarily a case of subject who left behind a life rubbing elbows matter. Films like Gates of Heaven or with luminaries of the Beat Generation Vernon, Florida are a far cry from the in 1950s New York to become a pho- geopolitical nightmares of Standard HTC VIVE tographer in suburban Massachusetts. Operating Procedure or The Unknown Long rejected by the fine art establish- Known, but they manage to still feel less VR gaming system! ment, Dorfman spent more than five like a trifle than The B-Side. decades working in commercial por- The reason for that feeling is a puz- NOW HIRING traiture, carving out a reputation as one zle. It doesn’t necessarily lack for dread of the key photographers working with (photography fans will know how Pola- Experienced Elderly Caregiver Polaroid cameras. roid’s bankruptcy and subsequent mis- Elsa is an ideal subject for Morris. management leaves a dark cloud over Contest opens October 2, 2017 to start work immediately with His films often focus on eccentric the whole picture). characters, but his portrayals are always But there is a sense that The B-Side and closes December 4, 2017. an individual with diabetes. loving and never condescending. While leaves everything on the surface. It’s the film is ostensibly about Dorfman’s emotionally rich but thematically shal- art, it explores her work as an extension low. Morris’s best work raises questions Follow @mpidrive on Instragram Simply share the contest image $18/hour, M-F 5 hours per day of her personality. about subjectivity that leave depths to and watch for your chance to and caption it with the hashtag That personality is warm and hospi- be plumbed. The Thin Blue Line ends Contact [email protected] enter the . to enter! table, fierce and opinionated, sad and with a thousand threads a viewer can #drivrxcontest #drivrxcontest hopeful. Her affection for her subjects pull at. The B-Side asks the questions, is deep and sincere, and her approach is answers them in plain terms and ties up Full contest rules and regulations: chooseyourreality.ca/contest-rules entirely unpretentious. those loose ends. ARTS ARTS The Uniter // october 19, 2017 9
Changing attitudes F rench cinema toward natural hair comes to Winnipeg A remedy for Winnipeg’s lack of Cinémental showcases recent francophone film productions proper product and knowledge P hoto by Shelby Hart Shondell Babb, founder and lead coordinator of the Naturally Gorgeous Curly Hair Event Stephanie Berrington Charlotte Morin @chrlsmorin likely to contain potentially hazardous The first is a demonstration by Walker. V aolunteer St ff @bephsterr I llustration by Justin Ladia chemicals. “I’ve put together a workshop on the Arts and culture reporter Walker’s product line, Earthtones Nat- basics of natural haircare and the best urals, is sourced from naturally derived practices that everyone with naturally Cinephiles are excited for Cinémental, The festival’s lineup is decided by a maker Jeremy Guenette and his colleague, many opportunities for people to work, The natural hair movement is gaining Curly hair is prone to dryness, breakage ingredients and is made specifically for curly hair should use in order to bring out Manitoba’s festival of French-language programming committee of eight volun- Gabriel Levesque. particularly in drama, in French,” he says. momentum in Winnipeg, but it’s slowed and tangling. Dr. Susan Walker, a naturo- curly hair types. the best in their hair, to maximize their films. Spanning two weekends in Octo- teers. Most of the films are fiction, rather “(It’s a) completely local production,” Mia is a detective drama, but the festival by a lack of products and knowledge. pathic doctor and the founder and creative The Naturally Gorgeous Curly Hair curl potential,” Walker explains. ber, the festival brings local, Québécois than documentary, and all but two of the Guenette says. “All local Winnipeg cast is showcasing an array of styles and genres. According to Shondell Babb, founder director of Earthtones Naturals, explains Event offers an alternative to the domi- The second workshop, run by two and international French cinema to Win- features are subtitled in English. and crew, save for the main actor (who is “French movies are often dramas, very and lead coordinator of the Naturally that the right product and haircare routine nant beauty product discourse with the master stylists, focuses on children with nipeg audiences. “One of the things that people often tell from Montreal).” serious, so if you can find a comedy, that’s Gorgeous Curly Hair Event, attitudes are integral to healthy curly hair. opportunity to try different products and curly hair and is geared towards parents of Daniel Gervais, president of Cinémen- us about the festival is, ‘Oh, I don’t speak Guenette’s film, Mia, made its Canadian kind of gold,” Gervais says. “There’s some- toward natural hair are changing. Walker subscribes to curl-typing, which network for a knowledgeable stylist. mixed-race kids. Babb hopes the seminar tal, says the goal of the festival is to show French, I don’t want to come,’” Gervais premiere as part of Cinémental at the Cen- thing for everybody at the festival.” “A lot of (people) are embracing their refers to the texture of the hair, the way it “There’s a lot of conflicting information will provide guidance for parents, who the best of francophone cinema in all its says. By screening subtitled versions, Ger- tre culturel franco-manitobain on Oct. 14, “My favourite (film) this year is called curly texture, specifically those with Black curls and its level of porosity. online that people consult when they are might not have experience with curly or varieties. vais hopes those who do not speak French followed by a Q-and-A and a reception. Lost in Paris,” Gervais says. “It’s kind of or afro-textured hair,” she says. “Knowing those characteristics, I’m able on their natural hair-care journey,” Walker kinky hair. “We try to give an idea of what franco- will feel welcome to attend alongside the While Guenette has worked in the film an absurd humour. Everyone’s going to be Kinky or curly hair is worn natural to create a proper regimen for someone.” explains. She decided to create her own line The event is open to the public, and phone cinema is,” he explains. city’s francophone audiences. industry for years and has made his own smiling, for sure, at that one.” when not relaxed, weaved or chemically Despite Essence’s 2009 study showing of products after dealing with this frustra- Babb encourages anyone interested in The festival line-up includes 17 fea- The festival is also a chance for the fran- short films, Mia is his first feature and his altered with products. that African-American women spend 80 tion and now teaches workshops based on learning more to attend. ture-length films, most of which are Man- cophone film community to come together. first substantial project made in French. itoba premieres. “Ideally, we try to have one local film For Guenette, the biggest difference The festival takes place Oct. 13-15 at Babb, who went natural in 2004, per cent more on beauty products than methods she’s refined over the years. Centre culturel franco-manitobain explains that the movement only just the general market, people with kinks and Babb agrees the journey can be difficult. “This’ll be the first time you’ll see (these each year, because it becomes a big event,” between making films in English and in and Oct. 20-22 at SilverCity St. Vital. The Naturally Gorgeous Curly Hair films). They might play at Cinematheque Gervais says. “All the community comes French boils down to local resources. started picking up in Winnipeg in the past curls still struggle to find products that “I went through those troubles, and I Event takes place on Oct. 29 at the Tickets are $10 per movie. Advanced couple years. Unfortunately, she says, the work with their hair. want to help people not have to go through Norwood Hotel. Tickets are $25 per later or at (Gimli Film Festival), but we’ll out to support it.” “We’re a bit smaller as a city to begin tickets and the full program are avail- city is a “product desert,” making it diffi- A 2016 study by the Environmental that by bringing them education and prod- seminar and an additional $5 per show it here first,” Gervais says. “A lot of This year’s local film is a feature-length with, but then when you pare that down to able at cinemental.com. cult for people to find the products needed Working Group shows that hair products ucts that I know will work,” she says. accompanying child. them were premiered at Cannes.” drama, shot entirely in Winnipeg by film- the French community, there’s just not that to maintain their curly or kinky hair. marketed towards Black women are more There will be two seminars at the event.
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Sometimes community is built through a combination of habit, routine and con- venience. Returning to the same place over and over again, and seeing the same
CDI_Uniter_RTA_oct_2017.pdf 1 2017-10-11 4:14 PM familiar faces, can help people develop a sense of belonging. This sense of place is at the centre of sociologist Ray Oldenburg’s concept of a A SK ABOUT OUR EVE NING C LAS SES! “third place.” This is different from home (a first place) or work (a second place). Third places can include coffee shops, corner stores, laundromats, bookstores or really any place that people gather informally. Though there are many options for third places, some Winnipeggers pick favourites and earn the status of a regular in little spots across the city. The third place compliments their life, fills a gap or a rehabilitation meets a need. Kenneth Castillo attributes his repeated visits to the Neighbourhood Bookstore and Cafe to “mental health reasons.” therapy assistant “I don’t know if you’ve ever had the
C feeling that you’re at home and you kind of feel like you’ve been at home for M too long, even if you’re just relaxing or Y CLINICAL PLACEMENT INCLUDED! something. It starts to feel like a box or a CM prison,” Castillo says.
MY Others, like Stephen Muirhead (who regularly visits barber Avi Waldman), CY Gain hands-on training in therapeutic exercise, look to the third place for the chance of CMY rehabilitation techniques, human movement and meeting up with others. K “It’s more social than anything else. development, and help clients improve their There’s usually other people in the space as well that are waiting to get their hair mobility. Complete your diploma in less than a cut. I love the communal atmosphere year at CDI College. that it brings about,” Muirhead says.
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( )top LEFT Osani Balkaran comes to Lin Lan Grocery on Ellice Avenue for the atmosphere. “Even when I come by to pick up something small, the staff always remember my name. I like supporting Lin Lan Grocery as opposed to supporting my neighbour- hood Tim Hortons,” Balkaran says. “The Tom Yum soup is my favourite thing to order when I've had a bad day.” For Balkaran, Lin Lan’s a third place that offers Third places, and the people who inhabit reprieve from work and creative life. “I recently them from time to time, help build com- turned my home into a studio to make music out munity and sustain democracy, Olden- of, and I have a full-time job. Both can be kind burg says. of overwhelming at times,” he says. “When I'm “(T)hese spaces promote social equity making music all day and dealing with frustrations by leveling the status of guests, providing related to that, or when my room is getting messy, a setting for grassroots politics, creating and I feel overwhelmed, I come here to get a little habits of public association, and offering peace away from my messy place.” psychological support to individuals and This grocery store is a peaceful space for communities,” Project for Public Spaces Balkaran. “I'll order a sandwich, get a bubble tea says on their website. and listen to some music and space out. When I In turn, regular Winnipeggers’ patron- need to pause everything and reset, I think ‘hold age becomes part of the culture of the up, let's go to Lin Lan.’” place and part of the community built around it. Some third places make a point of cre- ( top Right) ating a welcoming atmosphere to encour- Fools + Horses at the Forks is a “nice, neutral age regulars. spot” for regular Savannah Shore. “Sometimes I “Fostering connections with people, wake up extra early to come here and listen to a creating an inviting space for people to podcast and read, to try and get off social media, come and relax is important,” Josh Davi- start my day without it. When I'm at home, I'm son, barista at Fools + Horses, says. “We doing chores or sleeping, and when I'm at work, I try really hard to create a welcoming envi- don't really get a minute to sit down,” Shore says. ronment, and that looks like not being “I sit here and people watch.” She was excited for pretentious-barista-types and catering to the second location to open, because it’s close to everyone's specific needs or dietary restric- her work, and serves fare from Bronuts. “They call tions and doing so happily.” me Donut at work,” Shore says.
(bottom left) Stephen Muirhead visits their barber Avi Waldman regularly. “He usually calls or texts me when I come up on the three-week margin and reminds me. And I’m like ‘you’re right, I do need that,’” Muirhead says. “He knows me, he knows what I need. It’s great.” Waldman works from his house, which adds another element of connection for Muirhead. “It’s become almost ritual. There’s something about the relationship. We were friends beforehand, and there’s something really intimate and sincere about going to his place,” he says. “It affords me the option of having, say, a whiskey I keep there. I have a drink after with him.” Muirhead also fondly recalls spending time at Little Sister Coffee Maker on River Avenue while writing his thesis. “I needed the din of background noise and that distraction to make myself focus on the work that’s at hand ... I needed that change of environment to separate home life from other aspects of my life.”
(bottom right) Dave Gagnon is a regular at Village Laundry on Osborne Street, partly by chance and partly by intention. “We have laundry machines where I live, but there's only one machine, and it kind of sucks,” he says. Visiting the laundromat gives Gagnon more than just clean clothes. “Coming here is a good excuse for some me time. I'll get some food down the street, maybe sit here and read a magazine,” he says.
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H ydro rate hikes a risk- management strategy Overestimated electricity demand leads to revised Hydro plans
Dylon Martin
City Reporter @ Dylon_R_Martin
Consumers in Manitoba may experi- “If I still lived in a house I used to illustration by Luis mamani rojas ence multiple hydroelectric power rate rent, a house that was built in 1917, this increases of 7.9 per cent, as Manitoba increase, whether it’s just under four per lines. Every time a new dam is built, because we need financial help to cover Hydro plans to deal with the risk debt cent or seven per cent, would make quite Hydro incurs large capital expenses and our operating costs and to pay for the imposes. an impact on my monthly budget,” he resorts to borrowing. ongoing maintenance and expansion On July 31, the Public Utilities Board says. Miller says that Hydro is at various of our system,” Manitoba Hydro media (PUB), which regulates the rates set He wonders how if the need for pro- stages of three major expensive capital relations officer Bruce Owen says. by Manitoba Hydro, approved a 3.36 posed rate increases could have been projects: the Keeyask Generating Station, He notes that the costs are not just for per cent increase effective Aug. 1. PUB avoided with less spending on big capital the Bipole III Transmission Line and the northern capital projects, but also from denied Hydro’s proposal for an immedi- projects by Hydro. Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Proj- electrical substations in Winnipeg that ate interim 7.9 per cent hike. “A large part of Hydro’s expenses is ect (MMTP). need to be upgraded or replaced. Hydro’s longer-term proposal, still just paying interest because it’s very heav- Keeyask was constructed to meet “Our plan is to provide more balance under review, is for five years of consec- ily indebted. It’s what they call capital increased demand for electricity in Man- to restore Manitoba Hydro to financial utive 7.9 per cent rate increases followed intensive,” says Peter Miller, a volunteer itoba in the long term, he says. Hydro health,” Owen says. by five years of consecutive two per cent with the Green Action Centre’s policy plans to export power to the US with the PUB denied Hydro’s request for an rate increases. committee. MMTP to pay off the interest. immediate 7.9 per cent increase, stating “I’m disappointed by it,” Ali Shahin, a Miller notes that with a gas generator, Domestic power demand has grown that the crown corporation had not Winnipeg resident, says. Shahin says that you pay very little for the generator but slower than expected and the new board sufficiently shown the need for such an as someone who lives in a newer, more keep paying in operating costs to refuel of Manitoba Hydro wants to get to a increase at the time. However, as this is energy-efficient condo it will affect him it. By contrast, he says, with Hydro the lower debt level quicker than the previ- an interim decision, the board will make less, but for people in older houses, the major expenses are the upfront capital ous board, Miller says. a longer-term ruling after public hearings impact will be significant. costs to construct dams and transmission “We are asking for these rate increases set to begin in December.
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For Kenneth Castillo, repeated visits helped build his connection to the Neighbourhood Bookstore New pedestrian Public forum Psychology Winnipeg Nurses at St. Boniface and Cafe. “Not only have I had a lot of good mem- ories here – like I’ve gone here with my friend’s bridge on refugees colloquium Pet Show Hospital family most of the time and just chatted and had conversations and stuff – but it’s one of the few Two 15-metre long wooden bridges On Oct. 24 at 5 p.m., two Canadian Dr. Jessica Cameron from the University The Winnipeg Pet Show is happening Fifty additional nursing positions are places where I can actually sit down and feel kind located near the King’s Park pond are senators are hosting a free public of Manitoba will be the guest speaker on Oct. 21 and 22 at the RBC opening up at St. Boniface Hospital as of relaxed and read a little bit,” Castillo says. in the process of being replaced. One event called Finding Refuge in Canada: at the Oct. 20 event, which runs from Convention Centre. There are many part of ongoing hospital consolidation While Castillo has tried other places, none quite bridge, on the north side of the pond, A Syrian Resettlement Story. The 12:30-1:30 p.m. The talk will focus on events happening like the All Breed in the city. The positions will be created compare to the Neighbourhood. “It’s homey. And is installed and is open to use. The event is located in room 1L12 (first how self-esteem is no longer a purely Dog Show and X-Treme Dogs on both to fit with a new schedule for nurses it feels like a local restaurant.” bridge on the south side is expected floor Lockhart Hall) at the University academic construct, but it has a social days of the event. Tickets are $14 each, at the hospital, as it currently has high to be installed in November. The new of Winnipeg. The discussion will focus presence in popular North American and children 12 and under can get vacancy rates and the highest overtime bridges are more accessible, as they’re on Manitoba’s urban and small-centre culture. The lecture is free and open in for free. To purchase tickets, visit and sick rates in the city. The new less steep than before. experiences in resettling Syrian to all. It will be in room 4L28 (Lockhart winnipegpetshow.com. system will impact 250 out of the 2,800 refugees. Hall) at the University of Winnipeg. support staff workers.
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illustration by Gabrielle funk The Green Action Centre is launching vehicle-centric province, and Winnipeg their GoManitoba app and hopes to is a vehicle-centric city,” Mitchell says. a sub-site is the University of Winnipeg. “It’s cool to see so many large institu- encourage workers to find alternatives to She notes that, especially outside of “GoManitoba gives people a leg up, tions in town come together to make it lone person car commutes. Winnipeg, carpooling can be the most gives our institution a leg up” in the work,” Wasylycia-Leis notes. As a net- Heather Mitchell, who works with convenient option for Manitobans. process of reducing greenhouse gas emis- work service, the more people using it the the Manitoba Green Action Centre’s “The beauty of this app is that it is open sions, Joseph Wasylycia-Leis, coordinator better it works, he adds. workplace commuter options program, to all modes of transportation,” she says. for the University of Winnipeg’s campus The Partnership of the Manitoba Cap- says the tool will help Manitobans find According to figures derived from the sustainability office, explains. ital Region, City of Winnipeg, Health partners for carpooling, busing, walking 2011 National Household Survey, 66 per The university restated its commitment Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, or biking. cent of Manitobans drive alone to work, to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in University of Winnipeg, Red River The Green Action Centre hopes the nine per cent bus, seven per cent walk its 2017 sustainability strategy, he says. A College, Assiniboine Credit Union, The app, launched on Sept. 20, will help create and 1.7 per cent bike. lot of work has involved improving build- Forks and Investors Group are listed as a network where people can find others For the city of Winnipeg, driving alone ing energy efficiency on campus, but the founding partners of GoManitoba. taking a similar route to a given destina- drops to 62 per cent. In Winnipeg, the next step will involve getting people to tion. This can facilitate carpooling, as well share of transit commuters rises to 14.6 drive less. as non-car commutes, such as bus riding per cent, walking falls to five per cent and Wasylycia-Leis explains that the Uni- Commuters can download the app and cycling by pairing up less experienced cycling rises to 2.1 per cent. versity of Winnipeg sub-site will function from the App Store, Google Play riders with more experienced mentors. Mitchell notes that the GoManitoba as a “resource hub,” which documents and or register for the GoManitoba P hoto by Mike sudoma network at GoManitoba.ca “Carpooling is a natural fit for the App allows for workplaces to create sub- links to the university’s website on sustain- A review of the city's bylaws will consider the health effects of smoke from e-cigarettes. landscape of Manitobans, as we are a sites. One workplace that is implementing able living and transportation included.
out of people’s way. That’s more of a “You just have to look into choos- City may prohibit vaping ‘being polite’ issue than a health issue,” ing the best-made device”, he says, “and McLaughlin says. maintenance is key. I think they (the Winnipeg City Council’s review will review board) should listen to those of us in public places survey 600 random Winnipeggers via who use the device.” telephone, and an online survey on the “I guess we can’t know of the long-term city’s website will form a part of the public harmful effects until something happens Public Health Service will conclude review by spring 2018 engagement poll. The city council website in the future,” McLaughlin says, “but will publish results, which are expected so far the scores are all good, and I can Richie Diggs to be submitted by spring of 2018. The attest that it has helped me quit smoking review will also include input from busi- and also improved my health. We are the volunteer @RitchieDiggs nesses and other stakeholders, as well as ongoing experiment.” public opinion. A newly proposed initiative by Winnipeg’s I can understand why we would want “The health concerns are way lower city council may see e-cigarettes counted to regulate blowing it in other people’s than with cigarettes,” Curtis Friesen, one As of Oct. 1, the Manitoba among many tobacco products which will faces,” he says. of McLaughlin’s regulars, says. Government put into effect March with students in the fight against be prohibited on outdoor patios at bars In June 2017, the Winnipeg Public Friesen says that the device helped him The Non-Smokers Protection and restaurants. Health Service began a review, commis- quit. Amendment Act (e-cigarettes). Although standing bylaws already exist sioned by city council, to make recom- “I was a long-time smoker. I couldn’t This legislation restricts youth access to vape products and to regulate public smoking, products like mendations on the initiative. According even run a block before I switched to tuition hikes. places restrictions on the display, e-cigarettes have arisen since smoking reg- to the Winnipeg City Council website, vaping. I don’t smoke anymore. Friends advertising and use of vapour ulations were last updated in 2011. among the list of products under review of mine who were smokers have quit. My products similar to certain At Flamingo Vape Shop in Osborne Vil- are “cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, health improvements are very noticeable,” tobacco products. For more lage, though employee Cody McLaughlin water pipes, hookahs and other sim- he says. information, visit gov.mb.ca/ health/tobacco/guide.html. doesn’t think that the devices are on par ilar products or devices that produce While some reports connect formal- with tobacco products like cigarettes, he second-hand smoke.” As second-hand dehyde and other harmful carcinogens to doesn’t oppose the initiative either. smoke is a key factor in the bylaw review, vaping devices, Friesen says the problems “I can see them being a nuisance to e-cigarettes may not qualify. come from poor wiring and batteries, not 26 non-users in public areas like patios, and “I won’t have a problem with it being from the e-juice itself. OCT. WHERE: TIME: University of 12:00pm Winnipeg, TRADE IN Front Lawn YOUR STUFF WE: BUY SELL TRADE BOOKS MUSIC VIDEOS
RED RIVER BOOK STORE cfs-fcee.ca 92 ARTHUR STREET C AmpUS C AmpUS The Uniter // october 19, 2017 19 c andidates run ba sketball team prepares in UWSA byelection for a new season UWSA hopes to buck low turnout trend Team hopes to build cohesion as they return to the court
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October brings basketball back to cam- have recently graduated two senior play- The University of Winnipeg Students’ students director, director of student S upplied photo pus, as the University of Winnipeg Wes- ers over the off-season. Association (UWSA) is holding byelec- living, graduate students director, the The UWSA hopes that more students vote in this byelection. men men’s squad is evaluating players The team has yet to have a full practice tions to fill a number of vacant board of Professional, Applied and Continuing P hoto by Daniel Crump and making final roster cuts during their with everyone healthy enough to play. directors positions, and, this year, the Education (PACE) director and one students director. Hollie Swart notes that voter turnout is really low at this univer- pre-season schedule. “Cohesion will be the area of focus for association hopes to exceed historically available student seat on the University for people running uncontested there sity, especially for byelections,” Swart says. Wesmen guard Denzel Lynch-Blair drives to the net during a game against Trinity Western on Jan. 7, 2017. Over the last few weeks, the team has the team, it’s a learning on the fly kind of low voter turnout. of Winnipeg senate. will be a yes/no ballot. She says byelection turnout typically been challenged with several injuries. experience when you have players return- The Wesmen finished 12-8 last season, Every year, the UWSA holds a general All positions have candidates running “I really don’t understand what they hangs around five per cent, except for “There is a good core group of guys ing from injury,” Raimbault says. with eight of those wins coming at home. The Wesmen host the Brandon election, which is in February, UWSA for them, except mature students director, (the UWSA) do for us,” says Temiag 2014, when the U-Pass referendum returning and we are waiting for a few Fourth-year point guard Denzel Raimbault and Soliven both encour- Bobcats and the Lakehead chief elections commissioner Hollie director of student living and the student Boluga, a second-year student at the occurred, in which it reached 13.6 per guys to get healthy so they can be accli- Soliven says he feels optimistic about the age students to come out and watch the Thunderwolves on Oct. 20 and Swart explains. There are 20 positions on seat on the University of Winnipeg senate. University of Winnipeg. They say that, cent. In the 2016 byelection, in which one 21 for a two-game exhibition mated with the rest of the team,” Wes- team’s progression as a group. Wesmen play. the board of directors, including exec- PACE director is contested between because of this lack of clarity on what the position was contested, only 1.6 per cent of series as a part of the Lea Marc men head coach Mike Raimbault says. Soliven is currently recovering from “The entertainment value is certainly utive positions like president and vice Tolu Ilelaboye and the co-director pair association does, they will not be voting the student body came out. Printing Tournament. Both As such, the Wesmen are coming a partial meniscus tear, and he says his high for a university level, and when games start at 6 p.m. president external affairs. Byelections are of Serge Sousa F and Siying Chen. in the upcoming byelections. Boluga “We’re definitely hoping to improve together as a group. rehab after five weeks of post-operation there is a large student body present, held in the fall to fill any positions not Community liaison director is contested adds that they would like to see improved on that number. That was probably the The Wesmen open their regular “Our group of 16 guys has been final- is going well. the excitement is greater. It will make season on the road in Alberta, filled in the general election, she notes. between Jerico Nieves and Brayana Petti. communication from the UWSA to the lowest number in about 14 years,” she says. ized where guys slot in, and the roster “Based on the team’s personnel, our you want to come back and watch more as they take on Mount Royal The chief elections commissioner LGBT* director is contested between student body. spots are still up in the air, which will be team seems smaller, but we have more games,” Raimbault says. University in a two-game series explains that there were a series of posts Solène Stockwell and the co-director pair Most byelection contenders agree from Oct. 27-28. The first two sorted out within the next few weeks,” players that can put the ball on the floor “Out of the four years that I have been not run for in the 2017 UWSA general of Quentin Mayhew and Jude Yallowega. improved communication with the stu- Voting in the UWSA byelections regular-season conference home Raimbault, who is heading into his and create plays,” Soliven says. “I feel like a part of the team, I feel the team has a election. These include part-time mature Recreation and athletics has only Kai- dent body should be one of the UWSA’s will occur at stations across games will be played on Nov. 3 eighth season behind the bench, says. we can finish top four in the conference really strong lineup, and there is a lot of and 4 against the University of students director, community liaison, jun Zhou running, and Laura Cameron major goals for the upcoming year. campus from Oct. 23-25. The Wesmen will see at least a dozen and improve our record with the team potential to do well this season,” Denzel Alberta Golden Bears. recreation and athletics director, LGBT* is the sole person running for graduate “Everyone should come vote, because returning players to the group of 16 and this season.” says.
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“Art is social and political, and as I con- tinue to build and develop work and see Fi new work, that statement only becomes P leRO more true,” Julie Nagam says. Nagam is the chair of Indigenous Arts of North America and an associate professor Julie Nagam at The University of Winnipeg. She’s also an artist, and she and Jamie Isaac co-cu- rated INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE, which is currently set up at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG). It’s the WAG’s largest contemporary All the best in the Indigenous art exhibition, which includes 12 commissions from artists. 2017/18 academic year! “Jaime and I were interested in really exploring so many different kinds of medi- ums – so from sound installation, to paint- ing, to transformative beadwork, to 2-D sculptures,” Nagam says. The gallery takes up 17,000 feet at the WAG, and the exhibition (which opened on Sept. 22) will go on until April 22, 2018. “I think at this stage in the game, if gal- leries and museums aren’t displaying Indig- S upplied Photo enous contemporary work, I think it does an injustice to our society and does injus- Scholarships Q&A tice to Canadian society,” Nagam says. Nagam doesn’t have any pieces in this What is one thing that What’s your favourite If you were a superhero, exhibit, but she does have commissions for alcohol or you’ve learned from your thing about yourself? what would your super- with Nuit Blanche, the Winnipeg Arts Council and a project called Our future students? My ability to laugh power be? is in the land: if we listen to it, which will gambling research Even if you’re the prof, you’re also I think I would just take Wonder debut in the Smithsonian Institution in still the student. The learning is What was your worst Woman. I think I would want the New York on Nov. 10. Up to $10,000 of financial support available reciprocal. grade in university? ability to rejuvenate, like Mystique I failed a class, an anthropology Nagam hopes, and thinks, that her work for graduate students conducting alcohol from X-Men or Wonder Woman, like has a long-term impact. What is something you do class. I failed at 49 per cent. I got that ability to transform. “I do get very kind emails and responses or gambling research in Manitoba. in your spare time? into a fight with the prof. It was a bit from students that they feel excited and Figure skate, snowboard and play of a shock … happy by the work I do,” she says. “So with clay whether that means scholarly research or For more information, please visit LGAmanitoba.ca. curatorial work or artistic work.” C OMMEntS UWSA By-Election PACE Directorship Tolu Ilelaboye 2017Serge Sousa & Siying Chen D eath traps Tolu Ilelaboye is an Afro-Canadian woman who Serge and Siying are running for PACE student is drawn towards strengthening her community. co-director, we want to do something to help our and debt traps She has spent the last several years working in program and contribute ourselves. Serge Sousa community development helping to create safe – U of W PACE HR Management I’ve recently Students living in unsafe spaces as the province and open spaces for all people in her city. Tolu returned to Winnipeg to study after spending the is an alumna of the University of Winnipeg and last 15 years traveling, volunteering and working strips support for housing and education the UW Wesman Women’s Basketball team who overseas. I’m a voice over actor, ESL teacher and has returned to pursue an education in Project fluent in Portuguese. I also get by with Korean and S am Swanson Management through PACE. Tolu has worked and Spanish. Very happy to be back home as the reverse culture shock has worn off. I’m volunteered at length with various organizations across Winnipeg including the Big looking forward to having the opportunity to represent my fellow students. Siying- PACE Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg, Spence Neighbourhood Association, Boys and Girls comments editor @samuelevan HR Management I come from China. Now I am studying human resource management Clubs of Winnipeg and The Winnipeg Foundation. As the PACE Director with the UWSA, at PACE as a full-time student. I had three years’ experience on analyzing data and Tolu hopes to use her skills of connecting communities to represent the voices of administrative planner in China Merchants Bank. I hope I can help UWSA and PACE to P hoto by Sancho McCann They’ve been called “death traps.” sider the root causes of a demand for pre- international and domestic students, staff, and administration at PACE. One Winnipeg city councillor has carious, overcrowded or unsafe housing. communicate and serve better. declared “all-out war” on illegal rooming The “war” on student rooming houses the system “unsustainable,” because the In the same report, KPMG says that houses occupied by students. requires a broader scope perspective. The province spent $305 million on rent and Manitoba should end its no-interest stu- Community liaison Coun. Janice Lukes (South Winni- rooming houses fit into a larger context housing programs in 2016 while only dent loan program. peg-St. Norbert) released a report that that is the state of housing and education bringing in $293 million in revenue. The end of no-interest loans would Jerico Nieves Brayana Peth claims up to 150 illegal rooming houses policy in the province. KPMG proposes an alternative model further hurt students who are already Hello! My name is Jerico Nieves and I am running My name is Brayana Petti and I am running for the exist near the University of Manitoba. Unfortunately, long-term solutions where the most independent tenants burdened by the PCs ending the 60 per to be your Community Liaison Director. As former position of Community Liaison Director of the UWSA. The report finds the houses are unsafe appear far out of reach as the provincial receive vouchers, while more vulnerable cent rebate on tuition, which was appli- Prime Minister of the Collegiate, I have experience I’m running for this position because I believe that for occupants because safety bylaws are government is taking measures that will tenants would remain in housing operated cable to Manitobans who stay and work coordinating efforts between different collectives of it is important for the University to have a positive being ignored. mean additional financial concerns for as public-private partnerships. in the province following graduation. The individuals. Elected to the position of Prime Minister, relationship with their student body and the commu- “It’s a cheap option for students who students who are already in living arrange- Molly McCracken, director of the rebate was introduced by the former NDP I proved to be an active participant within Collegiate nity outside campus. As a student, I take pride in the can’t find an affordable place to live, and ments deemed unacceptable by the city. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, government. groups, I have hosted charity events partnered with manner the UWSA carefully chooses and supports it’s a money-maker for the landlords,” The Manitoba Conservatives paid points out that vouchers already exist in Further to the possible elimination of organizations such as Winnipeg Harvest and the campaigns that will benefit their student population CTV News reports. analysts at KPMG $740,000 to review the form of Rent Assist, and questions housing programs and no-interest student Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, I have planned many different events, and I was a and maintain a good standing with the surrounding Safety bylaws, such as fire codes, are the provincial budget. The Sept. 30 report KPMG’s subject matter expertise and loans and tuition rebates, the PCs intro- spokesperson for those who needed to be heard. If elected to this position, I will put all areas. If I am elected, I want to continue to maintain these positive interactions and focus important and necessary. The city should urged the province make drastic reduc- human compassion. duced Bill 31 which would allow universi- my experience to use in order to ensure that there is a steady flow of communication so on ensuring our student population has a strong voice on matters pertaining to their life not ignore issues as they arise. tions to affordable housing and education. “They are auditors. They are not experts ties in the province to raise tuition fees by that all is heard. I will be an active member within the community and do everything in my on campus. However, when reviewing substandard KPGM recommends that the province in social housing. They do not have a more than five per cent. power to benefit the institution, all communities involved with the institution, and most living arrangements, it’s important to con- take steps to end public housing, calling social mandate,” she told CBC. importantly the students. LGBT* DIRECTOR
Quentin Solène Stockwell
Mayhew & My name is Solène Stockwell. I’m in my fifth Jude year at the University of Winnipeg, finishing up a Biochemistry degree. During my time in school I Yallowega have also been a member of Divest UWinnipeg and a I’m Quentin member of the Women-Trans Mayhew, and Spectrum Centre. I’m working Coming out while being a student has made towards a degree me appreciate university spaces in which being E xploring stories through in psychology, queer is normalized but also spaces where people and I’m Jude Yallowega, a second year theatre student. As members of the LGBT* understand that my orientation could be challenging and where I could feel supported. As community, we are passionate about trying to be as active as we can in community issues The Human Library a member of the LGBT* community I know that my story is one among many and as the and discussions. Our main goal as LGBT* Co-Directors is to be a conduit through which LGBT* director of the UWSA I would strive to listen and amplify the diverse voices of our the needs of the LGBT* community can reach the UWSA. Some of the ways we hope community. Winnipeg Library shifts catalogue from paper to person to do this are by working towards better policies regarding name change protocol for transgender students, improving our gender neutral washrooms, implementing pronoun Valerie Nyamori and content sensitivity training for professors, and creating a safe and comfortable environment for everyone regardless of sexual or gender orientation. We want to help the volunteer @valeriechela community at our school feel like their needs are being addressed, as well as making sure Rec & athletics director that all the different sections of the LGBT* community are being heard. Kaijun Zhou “I learned about privilege and how The idea of a human book has a certain S upplied Photo important it is to speak up about poverty intrigue to it. When an author is pub- GRADUATE STUDENTS’ DIRECTOR My name is Kaijun Zhou, I am an international student and discrimination,” reads an anonymous lished, it may become natural for readers Rather than generating broad general- listen to the voices of people with unique from China now majoring in Applied Computer feedback received by the Winnipeg Public to want to meet and learn more about the ized titles like the International Human experiences, and those whose voices may Laura Cameron Science in University of Winnipeg as a Second-year Library (WPL) Human Library event. author. In that sense, a published author Library, WPL allows the ‘books’ to partic- have been silenced at one point in time. student. I want to run for the Recreation & Athletics The Human Library is an international or public figure as a human book is easy ipate in naming their stories. The safety of the human books is a My name is Laura, and I was appointed as Graduate Director. There are two reasons why I want to run movement for social change. According to to grasp. A regular Joe, on the other Williams explains that there is a broad concern. The readers who ‘check out’ Student Director on the UWSA in the spring and for this position, firstly, I recognize myself as an The Human Library's website, the orga- hand, may be less so. diversity of people with various experiences. these books are complete strangers. Sure, am now running in the by-election to remain in this athletic, I love to try all kinds of sports, no matter if nization is designed to promote a positive According to Williams, The Human “People have many layers,” she says, they have library cards, but they are still position. I am a passionate and engaged student, it’s popular or not, I used to be a teen Taekwondo avenue to challenge stereotypes and preju- Library generates a broad title for their noting that they are not just “an immi- unknown to the ‘books’ in question. with particular interest in environmental and energy player in China, so I understand sports and I know perfectly about how does every kind of dices through dialogue. Human books such as ‘Homeless’ or grant man” or “a drag queen.” There is How is the library able to maintain justice campaigns on and off campus. In the position sports game work. The second reason is I am a good planner, I used to plan every activity “They (The Human Library) own the ‘Young Single Mother.’ a lot more to them, Williams says. The confidentiality and ensure safety for these of UWSA Grad Student Director, I will continue concept and the name of the project, With these broad often easily relatable descriptions of the ‘books’ might help to ‘books’ who open up on sometimes very for my high school, also some for the local community, and those activities made big to advocate for student rights on issues such as but anyone can start one of their own,” titles, or even curious titles, readers could make that clear. sensitive life experiences? success. I want to do some things I have power to do, I believe I am the perfect pick for tuition rates, as well as on issues that concern many Kathleen Williams, the administrative potentially be lured to ‘check out’ a book. The human books are an opportunity “There are rules in place to create a safe this position. coordinator for community outreach at One concern is the potential that one to meet and connect with people who may and welcoming environment,” Williams graduate and mature students disproportionately, the WPL, says. ‘book’ may be seen as an emblem for a be so different from the readers. They offer says. “The books have every right not to such as childcare on campus. In general, I believe that education is a right and should be *Other formats of this poster are available and will be available during voting. WPL held their third Human Library group. Readers might buy into the ste- a chance to step out of one's cocoon. It answer a question or to redirect if they are made accessible to everyone, and I will work within the UWSA to try to lower the barriers Request a copy before voting, email [email protected] on Sept. 21-23. The first two were held in reotype that the experiences of one indi- is an opportunity to look into the life of not comfortable.” to education that exist for graduate students. 2011 and others in 2013. vidual represents an entire population in another person. Williams says the library aims to foster One of the goals of The Human Library Winnipeg. “Putting yourself into the shoes of “respectful conversations between the By-Election voting: is to bring together people who may have To avoid this interpretation, the WPL another person opens a world of empathy books and readers.” otherwise never interacted. follows a slightly different approach in and awareness about issues they’ve never Williams explains that in the three Monday, OCt. 23 - Riddell Hall 9 - 6 | Richardson 9 - 6 “The concept is to bring people together titling their ‘books.’ had to deal with,” Williams says. years that the Human Library project has and having conversations between the “We work with the books to come up The Human Library then humanizes run in Winnipeg, there have only been Tuesday, OCt. 24 - Riddell hall 9 - 6 | Buhler centre 9 - 6 theuwsa.ca/elections ‘books’ and readers,” Williams says. “The with their titles and a description,” Wil- individuals who may otherwise not be two incidences where a book decided to @theuwsa benefit is on both sides.” liams says. understood. It gives readers a chance to end the conversation. Wednesday, Oct. 25 Riddell hall 9 - 6 | Duckworth centre 9 - 6 D iversions Diversions The Uniter // october 19, 2017 23
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