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Editor: Ryan Harby Copy Editor: Bryce Hoye Designer: Marc Lagace Contributors: Angela England, Rachel Wood Cover: Beibei Lu

The Gradzette is the official student magazine of the University of Manitoba’s graduate student community and is published on the first Monday of each month by the Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation.

The Gradzette is a democratic student organization, open to participation from all students. It exists to serve its readers as students and citizens.

The magazine’s primary mandate is to report fairly and objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and interest to the graduate students of the University of Manitoba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and If you have a passion for writing, jourexchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meannalism, photography, or illustration ingful debate on issues that affect or would otherwise be the Gradzette is looking for individuof interest to the student body and/or society in general. als to get involved with the produc tion process of the U of M’s graduate The Gradzette serves as a training ground for students instudent paper. terested in any aspect of journalism. Students and other

interested parties are invited to contribute. Please contact The Gradzette currently offers 10 the editor listed above for submission guidelines. cents per word for freelance articles,

$7 per photo/graphic used, and $30 The Gradzette reserves the right to edit all submissions for images used on the cover. Freeand will not publish any material deemed by its editorilancers will be added to a contact al board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic pool and emailed with potential aror libelous. Opinions expressed in letters and articles are ticle, photo, or graphic assignments solely those of the authors. when they become available.

The Gradzette is a member of the Canadian University Interested applicants please send Press, a national student press cooperative with members your resume and at least two (2) refrom St. John’s to Victoria. cent work samples to editor@grad zette.com.

All contents are ©2014 and may not be reprinted without the express written permission of the Manitoban Newspaper Publi¬cations Corporation.

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Second annual 3MT contest a success Grad student takes home $5,000 prize for heart disease research Angela England

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he Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre at St John’s College hosted the U of M’s second annual Three-Minute Thesis competition for graduate students on Feb. 25.

Judging the event was Patricia Bovey, chair of the U of M’s board of governors; the honourable Theresa Oswald, Minister of Jobs and the Economy for the province; and Fiona Odlum, assignment editor with Breakfast Television for CITY-TV Winnipeg.

The goal of the contest is simple: graduate students must sum up their thesis research into just three minutes and present it to an audience.

In many cases this means the difficult task of whittling down years of research into this short format. The competitors were allowed a single, static PowerPoint slide to go along with their presentation, and had to meet a number of criteria upon which they were being evaluated.

Scoring was based on how enthusiastic the students were, along with how clearly contestants communicated the significance of their research, and whether they were careful not to “trivialise or dumb down” their explanations.

In an evening that was equal parts entertaining and educational, the audience had the opportunity to hear from a cast of finalists that included nine doctoral and master’s students weeded out from three prior heat events.

Paul Samyn, editor of the Winnipeg Free Press,

was the emcee for the night and kept the tone of the competition light with jokes between each presentation. The real stars of the show, though, were the contestants themselves.

The graduates—enrolled in the programs of interior design; physiology; food sciences; immunology; community health sciences; the National Resources Institute; and English, film, and theatre—presented on topics ranging from the redesign of fitness clubs to be more inclusive to non-binary identities, to the construction of bio-prosthetic heart valves.

The food sciences doctoral student Havva Filiz Koksel’s thesis on the perfect loaf of bread won her the “People’s Choice,” an award voted on by the audience that comes with a $1,000 prize. Koksel’s delivery was fun and energetic as she explained how X-rays make the bubbles in dough yeast “dance,” accompanying the explanation with a little shimmy of her own.

Having worked on the subject of bread for three and a half years as her PhD project, Koksel says compiling those years of research into just three minutes was both the most difficult and the most fun part about the process.

“Because it isn’t only summing it up to three minutes, but it’s also summing it up for the general public; we’re not allowed to use the scientific jargon [that] we’re very comfortable with everyday.”

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Two thousand dollars went to finalist Olivia Sylvester. The doctoral student, enrolled in the Natural Resources Institute, talked about protecting the rights of indigenous peoples’ access to their cultural foods in terms of managing rainforest biodiversity.

“Often, forest-managers don’t know how [to do this] because the people that manage forests are rarely the people that rely on them. In fact, only recently have some policies even recognized the need to balance the right to food with the goal of protecting nature,” said Sylvester.

Sylvester’s research took her to Costa Rica where she lived with the Bribri people for eight months in the forest to learn about their way of life when it came to accessing their food.

With content that needed to be cut for length, Sylvester says the most important aspect of her research that she would have liked to add to her presentation was the rich cultural history of the people and the fact that they “had been living in their lands for thousands of years managing their own resources for thousands of years.”

First place and the prize of $5,000 went to Andrea Edel, a physiology doctoral student who looked at flaxseed and how it works in lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol – a thesis she has been working on for four years.

“I started a draft [waiting in] a doctor’s office with my daughter [and I] started writing—didn’t even know I was accepted yet to even do this and I just started [jotting] ideas down—and this [was] probably a month before it started, just in case,” said Edel. “Because you just cannot rush something like this; you have to really think it through carefully and put it down on paper. As you think things and change things, a work of art comes out of it, I guess.”

The experiments of Edel’s research, touched upon in her presentation, showed “the largest reduction in blood pressure that has ever been observed using a nutritional product [and] a significant decrease in cholesterol.”

Edel’s performance also had a very personal touch to it. During her presentation she mentioned how her grandparents’ deaths were caused by a heart attack and stroke, respectively – both linked to high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Edel’s mother is another person

close to her who has recently been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure.

“I fear, based upon our genetic history, she may suffer the same fate as her parents. What does this mean for me, and my children?” Edel asked the audience.

3MT winner Andrea Edel in her lab days after the contest

“When I did my heat competition I was actually very emotional,” she said on the topic of her grandparents. “When I look at their pictures, and when I look at their faces, that’s when it becomes really tender to the heart. So I try to separate that a little bit, but it’s my family, so I can’t completely walk away from that.”

Upon being asked what she plans to do with the winnings, Edel says she’s “definitely a big supporter of the Heart & Stroke Foundation, so [contributing to that cause] is something I am definitely going to consider.”

Edel will go on to compete in the Western Regional on May 2 at the University of Calgary.

Should she win there, Edel will have the opportunity to challenge other graduate students across the country at the National competition, held via virtual platform, later that month.

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Grad student touches lives through free portrait project Rachel Wood

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University of Manitoba graduate student is providing free family portraits for Winnipeg families while simultaneously generating a greater understanding of the immigrant community in Winnipeg. Beibei Lu, a student in the faculty of kinesiology and recreation management, began the project in 2012 for Chinese newcomers and has seen it grow to attract families from the wider Winnipeg area.

What originally began as a way for families to have free family photos taken for Christmas and Chinese New Years has now expanded to photos taken at many different Winnipeg venues, including Manitoba Start, a nonprofit organization that provides support to newcomers, and the St. Avila Elementary School.

The university has also embraced Lu’s project and included it in the International Centre for Students’ International Week in February.

As an immigrant from China, Lu understands the value placed on family portraits. Lu fondly remembers photos taken with her family every year at Chinese New Years when relatives traveled home for the holiday.

“For the immigrants’ community, they have made the decision to leave their home country [and] came here to have a new start. I felt a similar loneliness as them when I first got here, and a family portrait of my sweet family is what helped me most when this kind of moment came. I do believe being together is important for families [regardless of if ] they are immigrant families or Canadian families.”

Upon arriving in Winnipeg, Lu became involved in many different communities and events. She joined UMSA, the GSA, the International Centre for Students, the English Language Centre and supported different

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publications – including the Manitoban, the Gradzette, and the Manitoban Chinese Tribune.

Lu credits her work within these organizations and her understanding of the importance of family portraits for the birth of the Free Family Portrait project.

Throughout the project, Lu has been touched by the gratitude of the families and has had the opportunity to keep in touch with many of her portrait subjects. Since the event is free of charge, the families have a deep appreciation for the photos, said Lu. “Many of them thanked me many times afterward and even asked about the details of next year’s Free Family Portrait event. Some of them became friends with me. I regard this as a meaningful part of my personal life and it makes my volunteer work more effective by helping people.”

For some participants, these family portraits are the first they have received since their arrival to Winnipeg, and it provides them a chance ­to send the photo home to relatives in their countries of origin.

The ties within the Immigrant community are evident as Lu speaks of unknown connections between her and the families that sometimes surface during the photo shoots. These ties grow stronger as new friendships between Lu and her subjects continue through the years.

“Some immigrant families that I interviewed earlier still keep in touch with me, so that I do notice their changes throughout these years.

Someone got a new baby, someone got accepted to university, someone got reunited with their family members who were not here at the time I took their photo, and so on. I never noticed this kind of joy of sharing family stories until I started this project; tiny details in everyday life make for great [life-long] memories.”

A family portrait with their biological relatives may not be a reality for some international students at the U of M, notes Lu. In those cases, their university family comes together for the portrait and these photos are often sent home to share their new life with their home community.

Lu has had the opportunity to learn more about her subjects lives through the portraits.

When the project began, she interviewed the

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families and published their personal stories alongside the photos in the Manitoba Chinese Tribune. Lu believes that this contributes to a better understanding of newcomers.

“New Canadians are becoming a big part of Canadian society nowadays. With my journalism background, I’m interested in the stories within these immigrant communities from different cultural backgrounds.”

Support from organizations in Winnipeg has been key for the sustainability of this project.

Manitoba Start, St. Avila School, the U of M, and

“I believe that each family has their special story, no matter if it’s an immigrant family or a Canadian family” — Beibei Lu the Mandarin radio show “Hello, Winnipeg” on FM 101.5 have all shown their support for the project by either hosting the portrait event or providing an avenue to promote it.

The Free Family Portrait website features the phrase, “Every step of these families’ lives deserves to be respectfully remembered; sometimes a picture tells a lot.” Lu penned the phrase after listening to the stories of families coming to the events.

“For immigrant families, their steps in searching for a better life may be unnoticeable in others’ eyes, but this meant a lot for them,” says Lu. “I believe that each family has their special story, no matter if it’s an immigrant family or a Canadian family. For the university community, the definition of ‘family’ will get a broader meaning. This project helped international students have their portrait done, so that they can share their new look in their university with their families back in their home countries.”

More information on Lu’s Free Family Portrait project can be found at: freephotome.wordpress.com.

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Neknomination, dangerous drinking game takes the Internet by storm Travis Fauteau — The Lance (University of Windsor) WINDSOR (CUP) — If you think Truth or Dare is bad, you have probably not heard of neknomination.

Neknomination is the newest drinking trend and it is hitting university and college campuses just in time for reading week.

The drinking competition varies, but essentially begins with one person posting a video via social media of him or herself drinking an excessive amount of alcohol and then nominating two other friends to do the same, perpetuating a cycle of drunkenness across the Internet.

Neknomination, however, can vary from the simple “necking” of a bottle of beer to the necking of entire bottle of vodka. In one video, a participant skips the alcohol altogether and instead rides a horse into the local Tesco store to steal, and promptly drink, a bottle of pop.

Some videos have over 100, 000 hits despite the novelty of the “game.” One of the more popular videos depicts a man drinking beer directly out of a toilet as he is held upside down.

The “game,” however, has already proven to be lethal. In the last week, the neknomination craze has been blamed for the deaths of at least two men in the United Kingdom.

Sandra Davis, University of Windsor residence life manager, said that there have already been multiple known cases of neknomination on campus.

“It happened so quickly. I was only made aware of it last week and we started seeing it almost immediately,” said Davis. “It’s amazing how it just circulates so quickly through social media.”

Davis said students living in residence who participate in neknomination will be disciplined if caught.

“We consider it a violation of residence policy because we feel it promotes overconsumption,” said Davis.

“Anything that promotes

overconsumption is a concern for us.”

While peer pressure may be the reason for neknomination, Davis hopes that peers would report an incident if it got too out of hand, rather than attempt to cover it up.

“To a certain degree I think some students are concerned as well,” said Davis. “If it were to escalate to the point where somebody was too enebriated… our concern is that the friend is not going to seek help.”

St. Clair College student Chris Delgado said he has seen videos of friends participating on Facebook and that he believes peer-pressure is the source of the problem.

“It’s stupid. It’s a nomination, right? So they’re doing their own thing and your job is to do one better,” said Delgado. I think they’re intoxicated while they do it, so they’re not thinking properly.”

Heidi Lamb, student alcohol education coordinator at the University of Windsor, says that neknomination is an issue that must be addressed on campus in order to keep students safe.

“People only see the two-minute video, but they don’t realize the long-term impact that it could have,” said Lamb.

Lamb said that even if one disregards the physical effects of neknomination, the social and professional risks are considerable as well.

“In our age, your Internet profile is evermore important. I don’t think that it will look good, in five or ten years, when an employer searches you on Google and finds not only that you’ve posted this online, but also that you’re peer pressuring your friends to do it,” said Lamb.

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Copy Editor: Bryce Hoye I served as a Senator for the 2013-14 Designer:the Marc Lagace GSA, and I was part of a great team. I If elected I will help to facilitate Contributors: Tom Ingram, Mary Horodyski, implementation of the improvements believe that we need to continue the good Brian Hauri approved by the current Executive.

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Valery Agbor - for VP internal (Graduate Students First) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation Why should U of M graduate 2. What is your background105 in student University4.Centre University of Manitoba students vote for you? politics and/or related activities?

Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 I was president of Buea University A vote for me and for my slate is a vote inquiries for and freshadvertising ideas. It is a vote that supports Microbiology Student General Association Phone: (204) 474.6535 2002-2003 (BUMSA), and CRO for diversity, creativity, and a strong Fax: (204) 474.7651 determination to put graduate students the Biosystems Engineering Student Email: editor@gradzette.com Association (BEGSA) 2010-2011 FIRST, and to proudly represent YOU on campus. We are putting YOUR ISSUES elections. I also ran for the GSA elections Editor: Ryan Harby FIRST, like lowering costs on campus in 2010 and I was captain of the Copy Editor: Bryce Hoye services like parking and graduate engineering squad that wonDesigner: the 2011Marcfor Lagace Contributors: Ingram, Horodyski, student fees, Mary increasing availability of 2012 GSA Recreational Summer Soccer Tom Brian Hauri day care services to graduate students so League. Overall, I [have been] an active Ryan Harby they do not have to go through a 1-2 year follower of the association Cover: and events over the past four years, and voted in waiting list, and holding more graduate favor of the separation of the GSA from student-focused events on campus. I the CFS, which is currently [underway]. truly appreciate every vote for Graduate The Gradzette is the official student magazine of the UniStudents First (GSF) for the GSA, March Finally, I am on the list ofversity signatories of Manitoba’s graduate student community and Don’t forgetofvoting is online included in the final submission of the on10-12. is published the first Monday each month by this the Corporation. year andPublications you have three days to vote! letter for more licenced child Manitoban care spaces.Newspaper

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My interest in becoming your VPI is Thewish Gradzette 3. If elected, what do you to is a democratic student organization, open to participation from all students. It exists to serve its twofold: Firstly, I have been actively accomplish in the next year as asVP readers students and citizens. involved in the GSA as a member for internal?

the last four years, and during that time The magazine’s primary mandate is to report fairly and I developed an increasing interest in objec¬tively As your VPI I intend to secure more on issues and events of importance and interthe budgeting process as it impacts the est to the graduate students of the University of Manitofunding toward graduate studentba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and GSA and its members. I have trained as centered research projects and advocate If you have a passion for writing, jourexchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meana PhD student in the processphotography, of writing nalism, or illustration to support funds in providing childdebate care on issues that affect or would otherwise be ingful proposals and grantthe applications, andis Ilooking for individuGradzette of interest to the student body and/or society in general. and parking services to graduate students. intend to use these grant skills to with the producals towriting get involved

students are at a unique place tion process of the UGraduate of M’s graduate secure funding for the GSA. I also intend The Gradzette in life where they play a pivotal role to serves as a training ground for students instudent paper. terested in any aspect of journalism. Students and other to be part of the decision-making process the continuous advancementinterested of teaching

parties are invited to contribute. Please contact in budget allocationThe for GSA projects socurrently offers 10 Gradzette at the undergraduate level and research the editor listed above for submission guidelines. that the GSA remains to the centsrelevant per word for freelance

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Freeand does not become a finance hoarding and will not advocate for funds to support publish any material deemed by its editorilancers willsee bethis added to a strongly contact al board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic organization. Secondly, I also parking and child forOpinions expressed in letters and articles are pool and emailed with potential ar-care preferences or libelous. as great opportunity for myself, as a ticle, photo, or graphic assignments graduate students, their research interest solely those of the authors. potential academic when or policy developer, they becomeand available.

fun activities that improve the overall to learn more about advocacy, leadership, The Gradzette is a member of the Canadian University quality of graduate please sendstudent experience. internal financial Interested management,applicants and Press, a national student press cooperative with members your resume andI at least two (2) refrom St. John’s to Victoria. bylaws and policy development, before cent work samples to editor@grad finish my graduate studies. zette.com.

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Ikechukwu Vincent Agomoh - For VP academic (The Link) 1. Why are you interested in the position of VP academic?

It is an opportunity to [help] graduate students achieve their academic goal and acquire relevant information and skills required to become efficient and proficient during their studies. This will be [done] partially through organizing workshops, academic events, and speaker series.

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departmental president of the Soil Science Student Association.

Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper 3. If elected, what do you wish to Corporation Publications accomplish in the next year as VP Centre 105 University academic?

University of Manitoba 1) Partnering with the Winnipeg, universityMB, R3T 2N2

administration in initiating the General inquiries and advertising development of an eLearning platform Phone: (204) 474.6535 for graduate studies; 2) Establish I strongly believe that this is a great Fax: support (204) 474.7651 opportunity to serve graduate students. groups and links in partnership with Email: editor@gradzette.com Having served in various capacities in the career services towards meeting graduate

past, I believe that I have the personality students academic needs; 3) Meeting Editor: Ryan Harby and technical skills needed for the post of graduate students’ academicCopy needs

by Bryce Hoye Editor: the VP academic.

If elected, I will ensure Marc Lagace organizing relevant academic Designer: workshops, that graduate student-matters Contributors: academic events, and speaker series; 4) Tom Ingram, Mary Horodyski, relating Hauri to academic issues are always given high Initiate graduate student panelBrian discussion priority. I see myself making a significant Cover: Ryan Harby or forum geared towards issues affecting contribution to advance the association and students’ academic needs.

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Ikechukwu was the student representative, Soil Science Graduate Students’ Association (2010-2011). President of the Millennium Development Goals organization (2008-2009) during the National Youth Service Corps in Kaduna State, Nigeria. During his bachelors program, he was the student’s academic coordinator for a student group and the

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4. Why should U of M graduate The Gradzette is the official student magazine of the Unistudents vote for you? versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and is published on the first Monday of each month by the Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation.

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Mehdi Rahimian - for VP academic (Synergy) The Gradzette is a democratic student organization, open 1. Why are you interested in the position of GSA VP academic?

to participation from all students. It exists to serve its

International Centre for Students, Academic readers as students and citizens.

Learning Centre, etc. Since May 2012, I have served as the elected GSA-vice Thepresident magazine’s primary mandate is to report fairly and (academic), the same position Iobjec¬tively am running on issues and events of importance and interest to the graduate students of the University of Manitofor again.

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I wish to contribute to the advocacy and integrity aspects of the VP academic ba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and position. Last year, I tried hard to represent If you have a passion for writing, jourof opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meangraduate students’ interests at the university 3. If elected, what do you wish toexchange accomplish nalism, photography, or illustration ingful debate on issues that affect or would otherwise be administration level. the NextGradzette year, I hope istolooking in the next year as VP academic? for individuof interest to the student body and/or society in general. move the advocacy issues and with the producalsone to step getfurther involved

finish the projects thattion I haveprocess started this wish to promote graduate students’ position ofyear. the UI of M’s graduate The Gradzette serves as a training ground for students inwith respects to issues related to academic student paper. terested in any My aspect of journalism.

Students and other background, working in 14 educational 2. What is your background in student integrity and advocacy. There are areas that

interested parties are invited to contribute.

Please contact and serving students for years, as politics and/or related activities?

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Freeof which is the University of Manitoba. Over university bodies resolve them. and Another will aim not publish anyI believe material deemed by its editorito this year’s accomplishments, and if they lancers will be added to a contact these years, I have compiled experience and is to enhance the graduate students’ positions al board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic wish read the Internal Development Review pool and emailed with potential arknowledge necessary for the VPA position. at university decision-making level.

I wishOpinions expressed in letters and articles or libelous. are ticle, photo, or graphic assignments Committee Report on me as the GSA-VPA, solely those of the authors.

Back in Iran, a group of my friends and I to communicate the idea that considering when they available.

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Interested applicants please send These characteristics are Press, a nationalgraduate studentstudents. press cooperative with members student group has held conferences, seminars, your resume and at least two (2) renecessary for somebody who wants to act as from St. John’s to Victoria.

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Kristjan W. K. Mann - for VP academic (Graduate Students First) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper like what sort of funding is available 2. What is your backgroundPublications in student Corporation them, how to apply for it, as well as politics and/or related activities?

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resume.

I would also like to I have always had a strong interestMB,academic

in politics, student or otherwise, and get more student associations involved in inquiries and advertising organizing student-run conferences on recently made it official by General completing Phone: (204) 474.6535 a minor in political studies with a 4.0 campus. Finally, I would like to see the Fax: (204) 474.7651 more positions GPA during my most recentEmail: degree.

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for students to apply their studies in real the past I have worked in international

world situations on campus, and gain relations and environmentalEditor: advocacy, Ryan Harby practical experience in the process. This is serving as the western representative on Copy Editor: Bryce Hoye important for international Gaea Environment Protection Body’s Designer: Marcparticularly Lagace Contributors: Ingram, Mary Horodyski, students, many of whom are only able to board of directors in Kyoto.

During Tom Brian Hauri work on campus. my time there, we organized proactive Cover: Ryan Harby environmental projects in Japan, Greece, Kenya, and Canada, which I represented. 4. Why should U of M graduate More recently I have advocated for students vote for you? marginalized communities in Canada, as The Gradzette is the official student magazine of the UniI have graduate been attending Universityand of well as planned and executed versity community of Manitoba’s studentthe community 1. Why are you interested in the Manitoba for over of a decade now, Iby know development projects in low-income is published on the first Monday each month the position of VP academic?

Manitoban Publications Corporation. the campus and its students well. And I neighbourhoods in Winnipeg’s NorthNewspaper End. Lately I have been volunteering my have seen the changes, both good and Primarily to serve as an advocate for the The Gradzette isbad, a democratic student organization, open that have occurred during that time. time and equipment as a videographer to participation from all students. It exists to serve its graduate student body on the matters I feeland that while this is still a great school, on a project to advocate against interest readers as students citizens.

that concern them the most, their rates on provincial student loans by which I am proud to attend, in recent education, and its cost. While the VPA Thetomagazine’s primary to report and theremandate has beenis too much fairly emphasis recording student statements their years does not directly address issues of finance objec¬tively issues events of importance and intertheand corporatization of the university, MLAs. These experiences, among others, onon within their position, the academic issues est tofor themy graduate students of the which has come at aUniversity detrimentoftoManitostudent will provide a strong foundation ba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and faced by the student body often translate satisfaction and education.

Studentmeancosts term VPA. jourIf you have a passion foras writing, exchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate into increased costsnalism, or decreased value. photography, or illustration onissues campus should not be increasing as ingful debate on that affect or would otherwise be Current issues such the proposed theasGradzette is looking individuof interest to the student body and/or societyand in general. cuts are made to teachers services.

3. If for elected, what do you wish to cuts to sessional budgets, even involved as more with the producals to get

in the next year as VP I will be proud to serve the students as tion process of the Uaccomplish of M’s graduate money is spent on outsourced campaigns The Gradzette serves as a training for students inadvocate inground the position of vice academic? student paper. terested in any their aspect of journalism. Students and other to attract new students, are shortsighted president – to academic, and willcontact place

interested parties are invited contribute.

Please and come at a detriment to the qualitycurrently offers 10 The Gradzette increased emphasis on issues I would expand on workshops and the editor listedan above for submission guidelines. that of education offered to per current cents wordand for freelance articles,as well academic events, as increase not only promote greater educational future students. I feel thatphoto/graphic as graduate $7 per used, and $30 The Gradzette opportunities reserves the right edit all submissions andtoexperiences, but also satisfaction for images used on student the cover.

Free- with andacademic students we should be constantly seeking will not publish any material deemed by its campus editorigreater student satisfaction with policies and improve our relationship, lancers will be added to a contact al board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic opportunities to expand on our academic life in expressed general. in Support student issues as students, with pool and emailed with potential ar-the administration. or libelous. Opinions letters and articles are experiences, and that it is the schoolorand ticle, photo, graphic assignments Specifically, I would like tosolely see those moreof the andauthors. vote Graduate Students First, March

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The Gradzette is a member of the Canadian University as regularly scheduled development Interested applicants please send possible to attain our goals. I would use Press, national student press cooperative with members seminars for smaller groups. aThese resume and from St. John’s to Victoria. my voice as VPA toyour tirelessly advocate in at least two (2) resessions would be focused on cent work samples smaller to editor@gradthis regard. zette.com. pertinent issues for graduate All students contents are ©2014 and may not be reprinted without the express written permission of the Manitoban Newspaper Publi¬cations Corporation.

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Beibei Lu - for VP marketing and events (Grad Students First) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper I would also like to cooperate with our My interest in student politics Publications and campus Corporation Graduate Students First slate life has brought me incredible opportunities 105 Universityprospective Centre VP academic, Kristjan Mann, to work on to get involved in communitiesUniversity in Canadaof Manitoba more on advanced levels of and China. Both in my experience serving asMB, Winnipeg, R3Tevents 2N2 focused

a GSA representative, as well as through my improvement of graduate student life.

General inquiries and advertising membership in the Internal Development Phone: (204) 4. Why should U of M graduate students and Review Committee. Over time I 474.6535 Fax: (204) vote for you? have realized that cultural differences and474.7651 Email:brings editor@gradzette.com participation on different levels

more opportunities and possibilities for I care about graduate student issues, I Ryan have the passion for their concerns, and students to make a difference.Editor: At the U of Harby Copy Editor: I alsoHoye have the supportive background M, I have helped organize and document Bryce Designer: Marc Lagace experience that allows me to do cross-cultural events on and off campus, and Contributors: Tom Ingram, Mary Horodyski, fostered understanding and connections, the job properly. Working with campus Brian Hauri as well as started personal projects to help media and community magazines, my Cover: Ryan Harby understanding of graduate students has with immigrants in various communities.

As a journalism student, having past been enriched so that I know and care experiences of involvement within student about their issues. And having a different andstudent academic background will associations, and being the president of iscultural The Gradzette the official magazine of the Unihelp me in advocating for creating Shanghai students’ broadcasting group versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community anda 1. Why are you interested in the position campus experience. as during my undergraduate study, I have onbetter is published the first Monday of each Meanwhile, month by the of GSA VPME? Publications Corporation. an international student, I have created successfully used the powerManitoban of mediaNewspaper better unforgettable experiences on campus and I’m interested in the position as a result of and communication to create The Gradzette democratic student throughorganization, documentingopen and connections between students and their isinacommunities my passion and campus experiences. Based to participation from all students.

It exists to With serve my its organizing cross-cultural events. universities. on my experiences with the GSA, I believe readers as students and citizens. event management experience, leadership,

that my background and involvement on and passion, will fairly be proud 3.

If elected, what do you wish to The magazine’sinitiative, primary mandate is to Ireport and campus would benefit graduate students to serve the graduate students as intertheir accomplish in the next year as VPME? objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and through my service as VPME. As an est to the graduate students of the University Manitoadvocate in the position of VPof Marketing advocate for graduate students and their ba, to provide an open forum for the free expression and I would work on enhancing the brand of and Events. I will make a better graduate concerns, I feel marketing an important If youishave a passion for writing, jourexchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meanthrough a series of events and studies experience for graduate students, or illustration area that needs to benalism, enhanced,photography, both for a the GSA ingful debate on issues that affect or would otherwise be media promotions that are focused on the together with a better understanding of the Gradzette is looking for individubetter connection to, and communication of interest to the student body and/or society in general. graduate community, and would the GSA through effective marketing and alsand tosociety. get involved thestudent producwith, the student body I believe with tion process of the Uuse of M’s graduate events.asGSF for GSA. the power of media to build a better serves The Gradzette a training ground for students init is necessary to have proper marketing student paper. connection between graduate students terested in any aspect of journalism.

Students and other strategies, especially since this is still a interested parties are invited to contribute.

Please contact and various communities. I believe by relatively new position there is still acurrently TheandGradzette offers 10 the editor listed above for submission guidelines.

having a different background long way to go to build a better cents per brand wordfor for freelance articles,cultural are many bridges I can build in $7 perstudents’ photo/graphic used, and $30 the GSA and the graduate body. there The Gradzette reserves the right to edit all submissions student politics cross-culturally, to publish any material deemed by its editorifor images used on the cover.

FreeOn top of this, as an international student, andsowillasnot create a better understanding between lancers will be added to a contact al board to be discriminatory, racist, sexist, homophobic I will endeavor to help more international pool and emailed with potential ar- more work each other.

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on campus – such as building a closer the University of Manitoba.

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Interested applicants please with sendthe Gradzette.

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Emeka Okeke - for VP marketing and events (Synergy) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper Graduate students should vote for Publications Corporation Universityme Centre because I have experience in I have been very involved 105 in student University of Manitoba politics since the start of my university student leadership. It is my intention Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 education. I am a current member of to make graduate students aware of

theand services being offered by the GSA the UMGSA executive where I serve General inquiries advertising and to get them involved in GSA as a senator. In the senate, IPhone: have been (204) 474.6535 Fax: (204)of474.7651 activities through the organization of very vocal regarding the interests Email: editor@gradzette.com am currently running graduate students. Additionally, I social events. I

under the slate name “Synergy” have served on several committees Editor: Ryan Harby and Hoye our slogan is “strengthening including senate committee on Bryce Copy Editor: foundation.” This is because we University Calendar, andDesigner: Student Marcthe Lagace Contributors: Tom Mary Horodyski, hopeIngram, to continue building on the Success Committee, a sub-committee Brian Hauri of University Strategic Enrolment good work of the current UMGSA Cover: Ryan Harby executive. Also, I am very passionate and Planning Framework.

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1. Why are you interested in the position of GSA VPME? I am interested in VP marketing and events because I have experience in organizing events. I am also passionate about the welfare of students and I intend to advocate for graduate students’ interests not only in the university, but also outside the university community. It is my intention to advocate for more benefits for graduate students both within and outside campus. This is why I am running for the position of the GSA VP marketing and events.

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If elected, I hope to represent the interests of graduate students in the decision-making process of the university. Since the VP marketing and events is responsible for organizing events, it is my desire to organize events that will showcase the rich diversity of graduate students. I look forward to organizing culturalthemed events for graduate students.

Additionally, I will advocate for better service discounts for graduate students, particularly outside the campus.

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Lama Abdulrahman Asaad - for VP marketing and events (The Link) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper My aim is to initiate several Publications Corporation 105 University Centre to bring all the graduate 2. What is your background in activities University of Manitoba student politics and/or related students together, regardless of Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 their backgrounds, so all the unique activities?

clusters will mingle together and be General inquiries and advertising able to build relationships that go Being the welfare officerPhone: and (204) the 474.6535 (204) 474.7651 beyond the walls of the university. I course representative at theFax: University Email: editor@gradzette.com

goals with my slate of Nottingham has given me a unique also have other

(The Link), which are mainly related opportunity to gain the Editor: experience Ryan Harby to the development of added-value in regards to student politics and Bryce Copy Editor: Hoye how the different groupsDesigner: and the Marclearning Lagace experience on campus and Ingram, Horodyski, improve the Mary feedback mechanism for students’ perception canContributors: actually Tom Brian Hauri have an impact on the student life on graduate students so their concerns, Cover: suggestions, and needs will be tracked Campus. I have been taught howRyan to Harby

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gather information, address concerns, and addressed effectively. and work toward proposing solutions.

The Gradzette is4.the official studentU magazine the UniWhy should of M ofgraduate Although I have an engineering versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and wish students vote for you? background, I have always had a 3. If elected, what do isyou published on the first Monday of each month by the year asNewspaper Publications Corporation.

Manitoban passion toward marketing and events to accomplish in the next I believe I do have the experience and management. I have even taken this VPME? The Gradzette isthe a democratic student organization, open background, which I will fully passion one step forward and obtained to participation from all students. It exists to serve its utilize elected as VP marketing and for as two my MBA in marketing in order to Although I have been here readers students andifcitizens. graduate events. I also believe that I am a good have a solid background regarding months, I have felt that the The magazine’s primary and mandate to report fairly haveisnever acted as and an community at the University of listener this area. I have then managed and objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and interindividual; thethefeedback I will marketed various events – whether Manitoba is not coherentest enough. to the graduate students of Universitythat of Manitogetopen from my for colleagues on campus Meaning, business ba,students to provide an forum the free expression and during my studies Iforyou on ahave professional a passion for writing, jourexchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meanwill be translated into actions. have formed their own bubble, level. Some of those events photography, were a bit nalism, or illustration ingful debate engineering students built their on issues that affect or would otherwise be the Gradzette is looking for individucomplex and required full attention of interest to the student body and/or society in general. als to get involved with produc- and own the environment, the same to details. tion process of the Ugoes of M’s graduate The Gradzette for other departments.

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Pauline Priadka — for VP external (Independent) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper improve transparency of the GSA residence hall at the University of Corporation Publications 105 Universityand Centre its decisions by fully promoting Guelph during my undergraduate University of Manitoba [education], where many of my awareness and participation in Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 responsibilities included running events, campaigns, and decisions the association is involved in and which events during orientation Generaland inquiries and advertising directly affect graduate students, throughout the year. I was also(204) a 474.6535 Phone: Fax: (204) such as the upcoming decision on residence assistant for two years,474.7651 Email: editor@gradzette.com the universal bus pass where, again, my role as a student implementing

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external is to help run a strong 3. If elected, what do you wish to Graduate Student Association that The Gradzette the its official studenttomagazine the Uniresources provideofgraduate accomplish in the next year as VP isuses versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and students across campus a successful external? is published on the first Monday of each month by the and positive graduate experience. I Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation.

1. Why are you interested in the I wish to establish a strong presence of will advocate on behalf of the interests position of VP external?

The Gradzette isand a democratic organization, needs ofstudent the students and open will the GSA in the graduate community to participation from all students. It exists to serve its aim to help provide the University by committing to qualityreaders outreach students and citizens.

I am interested in the position of vice events during orientation and as year of Manitoba a GSA that can be president external because I wish to round, which will bringThestudents magazine’srecognized primary mandate to report fairly and and for its isquality support objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and interhave a positive contribution to the together from different departments services to its students. est to the graduate students of graduate the University of Manitostudent government, which influences and allow more opportunities for an open forum for the free expression and ba, to provide If you have apeers. passion for writing, jourme as much as my graduate exchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meannetworking across campus.

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interested parties are invited to contribute. Please contact valuable and strong thatcurrently university, such 10 as travel grants and TheAssociation Gradzette offers the editor listed above for submission guidelines. is caring to student’s needs with focus cents per word for freelance articles, departmental awards. By making $7 perexperience photo/graphic used, and $30 on making the graduate at The Gradzette reserves the right to edit all submissions information accessible for images used on this the cover.

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Faizan Khan — for VP external (Graduate Students First) Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation 105 University Why should U of M graduate Throughout my university career, 4.Centre University of Manitoba I have been a “worker” more than students vote for you?

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As and a familiar work with charitable organizations General inquiries advertisingface in the campus community, my position on or organizing events with campus Phone: (204) 474.6535 Fax: (204) community relations should be students clubs on campus as a474.7651 Email: editor@gradzette.com

graduate students. member, I have always made my considered by

presence matter. These activities led Those who know me will vote for Editor: Ryan Harby me. Those me to securing various Copy leadership Editor: Bryce Hoye who don’t are invited to me and get acquainted with roles with the Kappa SigmaDesigner: fraternity, Marcmeet Lagace Horodyski, me. Ingram, Having Mary said that, students have and the International Contributors: Student Tom Brian Hauri Organization at my alma mater a responsibility both individually and Cover:From Ryan Harby collectively to choose someone who Kennesaw State University.

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these experiences I have developed a will work for them. Therefore, it is greater understanding of the working their responsibility to know who they The Gradzette isare thevoting official student magazine of the Unifor. And I believe this is mechanism of the student community versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and the best way for them to participate within a university environment.

1. Why are you interested in the is published on the first Monday of each month by the in this democratic Graduate Manitoban Newspaper Publications process.

Corporation. position of VP external?

3. If elected, what do you wish to Students First are putting YOUR The Gradzette a democratic student organization, open FIRST, like lowering costs on accomplish in the next year as VP isISSUES I have been a graduate student to participation from all students. It exists to serve its campus for services like parking and external? readers as students and citizens. here for over a year now and have student fees, increasing availability of

felt a need for an effective strategic magazine’s primary mandatetois graduate to report students, fairly and care services If elected as VP external, IThe intend to day coordination of the GSA in its objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and interandstudents holdingofmore graduateofstudentunify the diverse graduate student est to the graduate the University Manitooutreach efforts. I believe the GSA focused events on free campus.

Please body we have on campus and advocate ba, to provide an open forum for the expression and could strengthen its relationship If you have a with passion writing, jour- interests exchange of opinions to stimulate meancome and outideas, andand [vote] for myself, forfortheir collective at every nalism, or illustration its valuable members, andphotography, represent ingful debate issues that or would be Faizan, andaffect the rest of theotherwise Graduate forumforthat matters to them.

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affects its members. have always tion Iprocess of the Uthe of M’s graduate The Gradzette a training ground students indon’t as forget you can voteforonline!

GSA’s relationship within the serves heard that the only way to paper. do it is to student terested in any aspect of journalism.

Students and other campus community, as well as with

do it yourself. This is my attempt to interested parties are invited to contribute. Please contact scholarlyoffers communities throughout The Gradzette currently 10 the editor listed above for submission guidelines. do so. cents per word for freelance articles, the nation.

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The Gradzette is a member of the Canadian University Press, a national student press cooperative with members from St. John’s to Victoria.

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Karalyn Dokurno - for VP external (Synergy) 1. Why are you interested in the position of VP external?

I am interested in the position of vice president external because I want to help graduate students make a lasting impact on the university community.

2. What is your background in student politics and/or related activities?

Over the course of this year, I have been serving as a representative in the GSA council for the department of English, film, and theatre. I have also simultaneously been serving as the chair of the Internal Development and Review Subcommittee, which has given me a great deal of insight into the

workings of the GSA. 3. If elected, what do you wish to accomplish in the next year as VP external?

If I am elected as vice president external, I will work hard to address important graduate student issues on campus, including, but certainly not limited to, concerns regarding the health and dental plan. I will also work to increase student awareness and involvement in campaigns across the university.

4. Why should U of M graduate students vote for you?

University of Manitoba graduate students should vote for me because

I am an enthusiastic, hardworking individual who has excellent time management skills and experience in the GSA. I am prepared to take on your ideas and concerns. The slate I am running with, entitled “Synergy,” is a dynamic team of individuals ready to provide strong advocacy in helping you to realize your expectations.

Get your research featured in the Gradzette Are you a graduate student eager to promote your research and provide exposure for your work in the master’s or doctoral program? The Gradzette is looking for individuals interested in participating in our ongoing “Researcher Profile” column, which seeks to showcase important and exciting U of M research for a larger audience.

If you would like to be featured in an upcoming “Researcher Profile,” please contact editor@gradzette.com with details regarding your field of study, a short blurb about your current research, and any pertinent contact information for interview purposes.

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Mahin Delara — for GSA senator (independent) 1.Why are you interested in the position of GSA senator?

When I was in my country, I was always asking myself how I could get more involved in the different academic settings. Before coming to Canada, I had a chance to visit some countries with different cultures— such as Italy, China, and India—where I got some notions about their successes in academic performance. But in order to better serve the students in the university, I needed to combine my outsider and insider perspectives toward them. Now I have found this position as a proper opportunity through which I can interact with university students and get a better knowledge of their needs.

This need assessment is really an integral key in assisting them to accomplish their desires.

THEofUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA’S the opportunity to work as a member GRADUATE STUDENT MAGAZINE students’ association in one of the Iranian universities for about four years. After graduation and being employedGradzette as a faculty Manitoban Newspaper member for about 17 years, Ic/o wasThe getting Publications more involved in academic activities. In Corporation University Centre addition, taking two managerial105 positions for University of Manitoba five years increased my experience in dealing Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 with students’ concerns.

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Chido Uchime — for GSA senator (Graduate Students First) 1.Why are you interested in the position of GSA senator?

The Gradzette is a democratic student organization, open

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I will make vote for you? student terested in any aspect of journalism. Students and other term, and in the process improve the graduate sure they get to know what their rights and

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avenues where I can talk to them, to see what parking and student fees, increasing availability undergraduate studies.when I wasthey also become the vice available.

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Diba Vafabakhsh — for GSA senator (Graduate Students First) 1. Why are you interested in the position of GSA senator?

As an international student I have had the opportunity to experience the educational and life conditions of other international students personally. This got me motivated to go the extra mile and get involved in improving our quality of their life on campus, as well as representing all graduate students and advocating for their interests. Additionally, I would like to integrate myself further into the school community and get involved in student life and student associations.

2. What is your background in student politics and/or related activities?

In my undergraduate days I was the liaison between my peers and the university administration. Also in many instances in the past I have volunteered in student associations and related affairs.

3. If elected, what do you wish to accomplish in the next year as GSA senator?

If elected, I will try my best to carry out my primary duty as a senator, to listen intently to student feedback on their issues, and in turn voice their concerns in the GSA meetings and senate. Additionally I will ensure that the challenges graduate students face are addressed and will try to be vocal regarding their interests and needs.

4. Why should U of M graduate students vote for you?

I am sure the solid combination of my past experience and my avid interest in various facets of student life makes me a logical candidate for this position. As a result I believe that I can accurately represent the views and concerns of the students in an effective and efficient way. I consider myself a sociable and patient person and believe that these

qualities are the cornerstone of being a successful listener, and consequently a reliable bridge between the students and governing bodies. Graduate Students First are putting YOUR ISSUES FIRST, like lowering costs on campus for services like parking and student fees, increasing availability of day care services to graduate students, and holding more graduate student focused events on campus. Please come out and [vote] for myself and the rest of the Graduate Students First slate March 10 – 12, and don’t forget you can vote online!

Richard From - for GSA senator (Independent) 1. Why are you interested in the position of GSA senator?

I am interested in contributing to the development of the best possible experience for graduate students at this university. I want to bring fair, representative views and opinions from graduate students to the GSA to make sure all voices are heard.

2. What is your background in student politics and/or related activities?

While I was doing my MSc in geological sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, I was one of the faculty representatives on the GSA and attended several general meetings and socials. Currently, I am a faculty

representative for graduate students in the Clayton H. Riddell faculty of environment, earth, and resources at the University of Manitoba.

3. If elected, what do you wish to accomplish in the next year as GSA senator?

I would like to give graduate students more exposure to the services and benefits their university provides from their student fees. I also have the goal bringing more awareness to all students of conserving the environment and the capabilities of reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering at the University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus.

4. Why should U of M graduate students vote for you?

I stand for fairness, value for student fees, and accurate representation of what graduate students would like from their time at the University of Manitoba. Also, I have a wealth of diverse experiences to draw from in order to understand different viewpoints and ideas that come from graduate students who all have different backgrounds and experiences.

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David Terrazas - for GSA senator (Synergy)

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA’S GRADUATE STUDENT MAGAZINE

Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper necessary committees with an attitude group of students underPublications the slate Corporation synergy for getting the rights and 105 Universityof Centre name “Synergy.”

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get my PhD degree. My involvement individual. I have assisted graduate spans from purely student students while they have been facing organizations to organizations linked strong challenges pursuing their The Gradzette the official even studentthough magazineI of the Unihave not with the betterment of society isprograms; versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and been formally in an organization on outside campus.

I am an individual 1. Why are you interested in the is published on the first Monday of each month by the campus.

I have done so because I am a that has conducted my activities Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation. position of GSA senator? always in an integrity-based platform. person that likes to see others succeed.

The Gradzette democratic student organization, open to see students succeed to their I have isI alike I have a great spirit for serving, I summarize the attitude that to participation from all students.

It exists tovery servebest its maximum and achieve the had in all the political activities I have which I would like to focus on my readers as students and citizens.

graduate peers. Life as a graduate been involved with in these words: “I that they can. This is my spirit for theisfoundations of and the The magazine’sstrengthening primary mandate to report fairly student could be difficult and tough, support others by serving them.” graduate students experience at the objec¬tively on issues and events of importance and interand definitely graduate students need U ofstudents M is my personal compromise. est wish to the to graduate of the University of ManitoGSA members with the potential 3. If elected, what do you ba, to provide an open forum forthe the free expression and accomplish in the next year as a I belong to slate “Synergy,” for representing Ifthem actively in you have a passion for writing, jourexchange of opinions and ideas, and to stimulate meanGSA senator? which is a strong interdisciplinary nalism, photography, or illustration different instances.

I believe that I ingful debate on issues that affect or would otherwise be group of body innovative and experienced the Gradzette is looking for individuam well equipped for advocating of interest to the student and/or society in general.

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Gradzette serves as a training ground for students inmulticultural environment in which important goal I have is toTheadvocate student paper. for graduate students approaching the terested in any aspect of journalism. Students and other graduate students interact requires an interested parties are invited to contribute. Please contact GSA to get their needs covered in the Gradzette offers 10 individual capableThe of connecting withcurrently the editor listed above for submission guidelines. different instances University per word for freelance articles, at the them and make cents their voices to be of used, Manitoba, where GSA has a reserves the right to edit all submissions $7 per photo/graphic and $30 The Gradzette heard. This proactive representation for images used on presence. the cover.

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Zubaer Bin Zahid - for GSA senator

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA’S (Synergy)GRADUATE STUDENT MAGAZINE

Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper committee. I also plan to contribute 2. What is your background in Corporation Publications Universityto Centre the council meetings actively. student politics and/or105related University of Manitoba activities?

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of the group in external and internal more comfortable. If I get elected I matters – including getting funds for can promise that my enthusiasm and Gradzette the official student of the Uniwill are goingmagazine to be devoted to various events and dealingThe with the isgood versity of Manitoba’s graduate student community and other university student bodies. I am the GSA and good things will happen.

1. Why are you interested in the is published on the first Monday of each month by the During Publications my work term I would like also a decision-making and signingNewspaper Manitoban Corporation. position of GSA senator? to see the GSA stronger and I will authority of the group.

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The 2014 HSGSA Elections Gradzette Melissa Rabb - for HSGSA president

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA’S GRADUATE STUDENT MAGAZINE

Gradzette c/o The Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation This will be my second year running for HSGSA President. I’m a third year 105 University Centre PhD student from medical microbiology.

Last year my executive team did a University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 students

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Sahar Karimzadehnamini - for HSGSA VP external

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Jordyn Lerner - for HSGSA VP academic I am an MD/PhD student. My PhD is in the faculty of pharmacy. Studying benchtop and bedside gives me perspective in thesis-based and professional programs. I have experience with governance at all levels of the university. I’ve worked with HSGSA and Manitoba Medical Students Association. I’ve served on committees in the faculty of medicine, faculty of graduate studies, and the senate. One of my goals for the year is to develop the FGS workshops into more longitudinal sessions. Skills cannot be learned over a single lunch hour. Students need time to practice and develop what we learn. I’m very excited for the upcoming year!

Laura Romas - for HSGSA VP marketing and events I am a second year MSc student with the department of medical microbiology and the HIV research group at the J.C. Wilt Infectious Disease Research Centre. I have had plenty of experience with marketing and event planning during my undergrad at the University of Winnipeg, where I organized community outreach events as a project leader in the Let’s Talk Science program. As your new VP ME, I will be committed to engaging all of our graduate students by keeping you informed of the goings-on of the HSGSA, as well as organize events to help you socialize and network with your fellow HSGSA members.

Patricia Roche - for HSGSA VP St. Boniface Hi all, Trish here! I’ve been at the St. Boniface campus for years, as an undergraduate project student and now in the final year of my master’s degree. I’d like to spend this last year representing the wonderful crew of St. B students as VP St. Boniface for the HSGSA. I’ll work closely with the rest of the HSGSA executives to continue providing important services, and also those cheap (or free!) opportunities to let loose with your fellow grad students at HSC. Cheers!

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