The Brandon University Women’s Collective, in partnership with Forbidden Flavours (University location) will be holding their first Wine and Paint Night on Wednesday, November 29th at 7:00PM.
Read moreTake Back the Night: Marching for Equality
The 2017 Take Back the Night march was held on Thursday, September 21st. It started as a rainy day but the sky cleared up in the time for the speakers, and the march that took place without the attendees getting drenched.
Read moreStudent Groups on Campus
Student Group day took place this past week in the Mingling Area of the Knowles-Douglas Centre (KDC) to try and enlist potential members in an epic race to make students less apathetic and more social.
Read moreWhat's New With Brandon University's Collectives?
Brandon University’s Women’s Collective and the BU Aboriginal Student Council have been at work in recent months for their respective student populations.
Read moreMenstruation Miscommunication Mishap
Quick question for the ladies in the audience: have you ever been in a situation where you needed a pad/tampon and could not get one? Such could have been the case for any one of the women on campus over the first two weeks of January, as there were no easily accessible feminine hygiene products available in the Knowles Douglas Centre.
Read moreTake Back the Night
The Brandon University Women’s Collective will be holding its annual Take Back the Night march on Wednesday, September 18th. Sarah Tomchak, BUSU’s Women’s Commissioner, says that, “Violence against women is often kept behind closed doors. I’d like to see a big number of people out to support our women and show that we’re not going to be silent about it anymore”.
Read moreWomen’s Week at BU
The Brandon University Women’s Collective has organized a week of activities leading up to the celebration of International Women’s Day. Every day from March 4th to 8th, there will be various events open to people of all genders where gender issues and sexual health will be discussed.
Read moreRemembering Montreal 1989
The École Polytechnique Massacre, or the Montreal Massacre, took place on December 6th, 1989, a day that has since been dedicated to the remembrance of victims of the massacre and women everywhere who have ever fallen prey to any level of sexual harassment or other forms of victimization based on their gender.
Read moreCollective Funding under the Microscope
Students in attendance at the latest AGM witnessed BUSU propose a $3,000 cut to the Women’s Collective funding. Although the by-law affecting collective funding was not successfully changed at the AGM, the Women’s Collective only received the amount proposed by the altered by-law, not what the by-law currently states.
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