University of Manitoba Students' Union

The UMSU operates 7 student businesses on campus, all at the University Centre. These businesses include:[5]

• Degree's — a restaurant
• G.P.A.'s Campus Convenience — a convenience store
• VW's Social Club — the campus bar
• IQ’s Cafe & Billiards — a pool hall and coffee shop
• UMCycle — a full-service bike shop
• UMSU Service Centre — an information kiosk that provides information on university-related matters such as registrations, exams, and transit routes/maps, as well as UPass information, poster approvals for University Centre, and a lost-and-found service. It also sells bus passes, other Winnipeg Transit products, and event/social tickets. The Service Centre has replaced the much smaller Answers information booth.

UMSU also operates a number of non-business operations, such as the Gallery of Student Art, which displays art installations created by students; the Grocery Run, which supplies students living in residence with an opportunity to purchase groceries from the local grocery store; and a Food Bank for students.

It also administers a number of scholarships and bursaries, travel grants, as well as providing funding for the student radio station, CJUM-FM (more popularly known as UMFM), and the student newspaper, The Manitoban.[3]

In 2018, UMSU partnered with Nimbus Learning to provide students with a peer tutoring program.[6]

UMSU has a 5-person elected executive, which includes a president and four vice presidents. In 2016, the reported salary for an executive was CA$37,700 per executive, including benefits.[4] The President is responsible for the overall operation of UMSU and serves as the official spokesperson. The President also serves on the University Senate and Board of Governors.[7] The four Vice-Presidents are each responsible for a different portfolio:[7]

• Advocacy — the Vice President Advocacy (VPA) promotes student safety and equity in general, as well as campaigning and assisting with individual student advocacy cases.
• Community Engagement — the Vice President Community Engagement (VPCE) coordinates with UMSU's marketing team for all UMSU communications, as well as overseeing the production and promotion of social, academic, and professional programming events. The VPCE is also in charge of producing all UMSU external marketing materials and coordinating external sponsorships.
• Finance and Operations — the Vice President Finance and Operations (VPFO) oversees the finances of UMSU.
• Student Life — the Vice President Student Life (VPSL) is responsible for maintaining the relationship with and overseeing interactions between UMSU and the student clubs and associations recognized by UMSU. The VPSL also directs and implements UMSU awareness campaigns as well as overseeing food bank operations.

UMSU Board of Directors is the highest authority in the organization, and is made up of student representatives from each of the University's faculties, schools, student residences, the Inner-City Campus, and five positions for community representatives.[1] Each faculty, school or residence has at least one representative, with some having up to four, depending on student population. The five community representatives represent the following marginalized communities of the student body: "womyn students," international students, students living with disabilities, "LGBTTQ* students," and Indigenous students.[8]

The executive and community representatives are elected during the UMSU General Election.[1] UMSU is also member of the Canadian Federation of Students[9] and the Manitoba Alliance of Post-Secondary Students (MAPSS).[10]

There are also various committees that deal with UMSU's governing policies and procedures, including specific areas, such as governance, finance, member services, UPass (a subsidized student bus pass), and the health & dental insurance plan. These committees are composed of a combination of UMSU executives, UMSU Board members, and students-at-large.[1]

UMSU Executives are invited to serve on the Board of Governors and the Senate of the University of Manitoba each year. In the event of openings on committees and task forces, student representation fulfilled or delegated by the UMSU Executive. In 2020, UMSU President Jelynn Dela Cruz served on the University of Manitoba COVID-19 Response Steering Committee.[11] In the previous year, Dela Cruz served on the Presidents' Task Force for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.[12]

UMSU is funded by mandatory student organization fees, included in tuition fees; upon paying their fees, students become full members of the Students' Union.[2] For the 2020-2021 school year, the mandatory UMSU fee was CA$$115.32 per term, $58.52 of which goes to UMSU itself.[3][4]

University of Manitoba Students' Union Act

The University of Manitoba Students' Union Act
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Citation	R.S.M. 1990, c. 203
Enacted by	Parliament of Manitoba
Commenced	14 November 1990
Amended by
S.M. 2018, c. 24
Status: Amended

The University of Manitoba Students' Union Act is the Manitoban law that defines the University of Manitoba Students' Union,[1] making UMSU the only student government in Canada with its own specific law.

The Act commenced in November 1990, and was amended in 2018.[13]

Past presidents

Lynn A. K. Watt served as president of the UMSU in 1947.

Period	President[14]
1914	George H. Lee
1915	Rod K. Finlayson
1916	W. T. Straith
1917	U. D. Clark
1918	Eileen Bulman
1919	Alexander Addison “Mac” McCoubrey (1885–1942)
1920	George H. Lee
1921	Henry Bruce Chown (1893–1986)
1922	C. Dick
1923	D. Black
1924	E. C. Corrigan
1925	F. W. Bamford
1926	Harry Moss
1927	T. E. Holland
1928	J. N. Crawford
1929	L. Adamson
1930	Charles Hutchinson A’Court Walton (1906–81)
1931	William Lewis Morton (1908–80)
1932	John S. Anderson
1933	W. M. Bendickson
1934	Hector J. Craig
1935	W. Donald Ross
1936	J. M. Robinson
1937	W. R. O. Turner
1938	William T. Cave
1939	Roderick “Rod” Hunter (1915–2001)
1940	George Richard “Dick” Hunter (1917–95)
1941	John H. Halin
1942	Fred Tallman
1943	A. C. Hamilton
1944	Monte R. Halparin, aka Monty Hall (1921–2017)
1945	David S. Robertson
1946	Lynn A. K. Watt
1947	Peyton Vaughan Lyon (1921–2011)
1948	Fred R. Bicken
1949	William A. Appleby
1950	Arthur Valentine Mauro
1951	William “Bill” Norrie (1929–2012)
1952	Conrad Leslie Wyrzykowski (1929–2020)
1953	Richard Bocking
1954	Scott Wright
1955	Miles H. Pepper (1930–2007)
1956	Julius M. Koteles
1957	Charles Anderson
1958	Biran Knapheis
1959	James E. Foran (1937–2014)
1960	Roy MacKenzie Linly G. Abdulah
1961	William Franklin Wymark “Bill” Neville
1962	Marshall Rothstein
1963	Bruce Doern
1964	Richard Good
1965	Winston Dookeran
1966	David McNichol Sanders (1947–2016)
1967	Chris Westdal
1968	Horace Paterson
1969	Alan L. Bodie
1970	Israel Lyon
1971	Roy Hamm
1972	Bill Balan
1973	John Draper Perrin III
1974	Robert M. Setters
1975	Victoria E. Lehman
1976	James F. Snidal
1977	Roger E. Nelson Caroline M. Dabrus
1978	Steven J. Ashton
1979	Debra Slade
1980	James Egan
1981	Timothy Rigby
1982	Eric Tatarchuk
1983	Michael Young
1984	Carol Manson
1985	Jeffrey Kushner
1986	Mark Rogers
1987	Kevin Janzen
1988	Robert A. M. Cielen
1989	Karen Taraska
1990	Adam DiCarlo
1991/92	Paul Kemp
1993	Cory Pollock
1994	Blessing Rugara
1995	David Gratzer
1996	Trevor Lines
1997	Katherine Kowalchuk
1998	Christopher Kozier
1999/2000	Steven Fletcher
-	2012/13	Blan Arte	-	2014/15	Al Turnbull	-	2015/16	Jeremiah Kopp	-	2016/2017	Tanjit Nagra
2018/2019	Jakob Sanderson
2020/2021	Jelynn Dela Cruz
2021/2022	Brendan Scott
2022/2023	Jaron Rykiss

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