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Volume 68 // Issue 23 // MARCH 13
THE free ISSUE
PUSSY RIOT
A Punk Prayer
reviewed
RELIGION
on
CAMPUS
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Does an
UNCONTESTED
UWSA ELECTION
matter?
Kalle Mattson
Bleed American
Rachel Boese
T h e o f f i c i a l s t u d e n t n e w s pa p e r o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W i n n i p e g
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Staff Photog Kevin Legge hits the books.
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This magazine has everything. A preview of a taboo
sex show, a review of a film about Pussy Riot, a second look at a Winnipeg-centric webseries, Jesus trying
to drop a class, an interview with a band that hasn’t
played a show yet, reasons why people didn’t vote in
the recent uncontested UWSA election, an opinion on
why streaming low-quality movies & TV shows is better
than watching them on your HD TV, a fashion streeter
wearing a tuque - and who’s that lecturing about public health at the UW? It’s Dr. Joel Kettner. All this and
a crossword that will start your Sunday hangover off
right. What’s that honey? You think 10 across is “Dini”?
Let’s pop in that VHS of Tank Girl …
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Printmaking, painting, collages, you name it,
Rachel Boese does it. The Winnipeg artist’s
passion lies in visual imagery, however she
strives to better the craft education community.
“I attended a really academic high school,”
Boese says. “As a result, one of the things I’m
quite passionate about is education in art
and inspiring people at that age, because I
never had that. Despite it being my best class
I was never told to go into art school.”
Most people fiddle around with arts and
crafts as children and Boese is no exception.
“I’ve done art always since I was a little
kid. My mom always jokes that I used to
play with paper before I could draw,” says
Boese, who has studied at both Emily Carr
University of Art + Design in Vancouver and
the University of Manitoba.
“It [making art] makes me happy. It’s nice
to make even a small amount of money off of
something that makes you happy. If you can
find any way to financially support yourself
while pursuing something you’re passionate
about, it will make your life a lot better in
the long run.”
Currently Boese teaches art out of her
home studio to any age interested. She is
reaching out to the City of Winnipeg’s Leisure Guide to run arts workshops in the
future.
“I don’t have any interest in teaching academically, but just teaching to get people
excited, however that may be,” Boese says.
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1) House photo
“That’s my grandmother’s old house that she grew
up in. It was originally a Hudson’s Bay trading post.
It now lives in Grand Prairie [Alberta] as part of a
museum.”
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2) Table
“I lived with my best friend for awhile and we had
this in our kitchen in our house for awhile. She
moved to the Cayman Islands just over a year ago.
So I moved it into my house and it’s my painting
table so it’s really special to me.”
3) Helen
“This is my cat Helen. She’s one of my favorite
things in my house for sure.”
4) Generation X
“It’s the first full length published book by Douglas
Coupland. It’s a first edition, damaged first edition,
but it’s a first edition and it’s my prized possession.
I found it in a little old bookstore in Vancouver. My
goal is to get it autographed one day.”
5) Indoor garden
“It’s really cheerful. My parents gave me this for
Christmas. It’s wonderful and happy during the
winter.”
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6) Can pantry
7) Camera
“I started canning last year for the first time, so I’m
really proud of the can collection I’m starting.”
“I have other cameras but my girlfriend gave me
this camera and gave me a special strap for it, so
it’s my personal camera. She got in Winnipeg at this
garage sale on Wellington from this old lady.”
The Column
The Uniter // March 13, 2014
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Critical Hit
with Drew Nordman
@Anomalous_1
It’s never been a better time to be a nerd.
Nothing truly exemplifies this sentiment
more than the proliferation of comic book
to film adaptations of the past few years.
Not only are these movies steadily increasing in quality, they’re also consistently
making a killing at the box office, proving
how worthy these stories are of admiration. Year after year, audiences show up in
droves to see the latest installments of their
favorite heroes gracing the big screen.
The folks over at Marvel have really dedicated themselves to bringing some of their
most iconic characters to life by carefully
crafting an astonishingly interwoven and
ambitious filmic continuity that spans several different franchises, truly starting with
Iron Man back in 2008. By gradually and
subtly introducing such characters as Thor
and Captain America, then giving them
their own standalone films, Marvel has
created an unprecedentedly unique series
structure. This of course all culminated
in 2012’s The Avengers, in which Marvel
assembled Earth’s mightiest heroes to fend
off an alien invasion in what was ostensibly a two hour long exercise in fan service.
These movies fell under what Marvel called
“phase 1.” With its second phase already
underway, kicking off this year with Captain America: The Winter Soldier at the end
of March and The Avengers: Age of Ultron
coming sometime in 2015, Marvel is poised
to own your movie-going dollars for the
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foreseeable future, with plans for “phase 3”
and onward.
Far more interesting than the inevitable
Avengers sequel, however, is the upcoming
August release of Guardians of the Galaxy.
More of a sci-fi flick than a true superhero
film, Guardians tells the story of a ragtag
group of misfit mercenaries who have to
learn to tolerate one another while saving
the galaxy along the way. Oh, and one of
them is a foul mouthed anthropomorphic
raccoon armed to the teeth and voiced by
Bradley Cooper.
Maybe I buried the lead on that one, but
either way it’s a movie to look forward to,
as it takes place within the same universe
as The Avengers, further strengthening the
sense of continuity that Marvel has been
working towards. But with no major name
recognition (in stars or characters) Guard-
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at the box office there’s no limit to what
they can do. The mere fact this movie is
even being made is a testament to Marvel’s
vision for its cinematic universe.
You may be asking yourself, “Wait, why
weren’t Spider-Man or the X-Men ever
mentioned in The Avengers?” Well, during
the ‘90s, Marvel fell on hard times and had
to sell the film rights to some of their most
popular characters just to stay afloat. So for
some incredibly frustrating legal reasons,
we’ll never see Spider-Man team up with
Captain America, or Wolverine rightfully
take his place as an Avenger. So despite
both having films coming out this summer, Spider-Man and the X-Men merely
deserve honorable mentions. As great as
these films may or may not be, the fact that
they’ll never be integrated into the greater
Marvel universe truly holds them back
from feeling like they’re part of something
bigger.
On the other side of the aisle, DC, a
comic company which actually owns all
the rights to its characters, has struggled
in terms of creating a cohesive multi-franchise film universe. The best chance they
have at doing so may come in the form of
the sequel to 2013’s Man of Steel, tentatively
titled Batman Vs. Superman, which potentially will lead to a Justice League film. This
venture might end up nothing more than a
rushed attempt to mimic Marvel’s success,
though I hope I’m mistaken. It’s set to hit
theaters in May 2016.
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Arts
MUSIC LISTINGS
THURSDAY MAR. 13
TRIO BEMBE plays Flatlanders Studio.
VINCE ANDRUSHKO plays The Garrick Hotel.
FLASH LIGHTNIN’ opens up for ZZ TOP at The
MTS.
TROMBONE TAPESTRY plays The Millennium
Library.
SLOW MOTION WALTER plays The Royal George.
DB & THE DEADBEATS play The St. B Hotel.
THE PERPS play The Times.
SLEEPY SUN and SURPRISE PARTY play Union.
THE YOUNG PIXELS play The Windsor.
FRIDAY MAR. 14
CHORUS OF THIEVES and WALKIE TALKIE play The
Cavern.
WSO with guests AUGUSTIN HADELICH and
VALDINE ANDERSON perform at The Centennial
Concert Hall.
FAKE SHARK, REAL ZOMBIE, JESSICA LEE, and
MATT WEBB play The Park.
RACHEL KANE plays Prairie Ink.
THE DIRTY CATFISH BRASS BAND play The Cyrk.
SOLHOUNDS play The Folk Exchange.
THE JD EDWARDS BAND plays The Times.
BEAST, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA and
CHRONOBOT play The Windsor.
SATURDAY MAR. 15
GREEK RIOTS, SOLHOUND, THE EXPLORERS CLUB
play The Cavern.
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MARCO CASTILLO & BRAZILIAN BEATS play The
Park.
It just takes some time
BURNT OUT SON and BURTON TRIO play Prairie
Ink.
Jimmy Eat World-influenced pop-punk band Bleed American didn’t rush its debut EP
A WASTED MEMORY, JUSTIN WATERMAN, and
WEBSTER PROJECT play The Garrick Hotel.
CARLY DOW, HOLLY RUTH and CATHEXIS play The
Rudolph Rocker.
Deborah Remus
@DeborahRemus
CLAIRE MORRISON plays The Folk Exchange.
Arts Reporter
LATKA, CHARLIE! MONSTER, FIGHTING FOR
ITHACA and THE FACEPLANTS play The Purple
Room.
DUST RHINOS play The Toad.
PROPAGHANDI, WARSAW and UNION STOCKYARDS play Union.
SOCIALLY INEPT, BLEED AMERICAN and LONEWOLF play The WECC.
DR. RAGE & THE UPPERCUTS, ELECTRIC SOUL and
THE NEW WILD play The Windsor.
SUNDAY MAR. 16
THE MAVERICKS play The Walker.
THE DUSBUSTERS play The Cavern.
BIG DAVE BE JAMMIN at The Times.
RON PALEY, WIL BONNESS and EARL MACDONALD play The WAG.
MONDAY MAR. 17
ATTICA RIOTS, SONS OF YORK and WYLD STALLYNS play The Cavern.
THE REVIVAL, THE GLORIOUS SONS and TEENAGE
KICKS play The Pyramid.
THE WIND UPS play The Toad.
TUESDAY MAR. 18
DR. HOTTBOTTOM plays The Cavern.
ELECTRIC SIX and THE MOHRS play The Pyramid.
ABANDON ALL SHIPS, HEAD UP HIGH, KINGSLAND, PALISADES and SKYNET play The Ellice
Café.
Charting
Entrench
2. Comeback Kid 3. Art Vandelay
Die Knowing
Dull
EP
New Damage
1. The Pack AD
Distort
2. Del Barber
Independent
3. Hey Pilgrim
Independent
4. Martin R. Howell Independent
5. Naysa
Independent
6. Amber Epp
Do Not Engage
Nettwerk
1. The Pack AD
Prairieography
True North
2. Del Barber
NLC
3. Birdapres & Grey Jay If and Only If
Lover or a Psycho NLC
4. Sights & Sounds Silver Door
Troubled Heart
Independent
5. Mariachi Ghost The Mariachi Ghost Independent
Give the People… Daptone
Kindest Cuts
Dub Ditch Picnic
The Big Z
5. A.M. Overcast Pellow
6. Bleed American EP
7. KEN mode
Venerable
Profound Lore
7. Rock Lake
8. Vikings
Vikings
Independent
8. Sweet Alibi
We’ve Got To
9. Cara Luft
Darlingford
Independent
9. Greg Rekus
Punkoustic
Pipe & Hat
10. Mariachi Ghost 10. Mise en Scene Desire’s Despair Bleed American kicks off the LOUD
Music Series at the West End Cultural
Centre on Sat., March 15.
Socially Inept and Lonewolfe also
perform.
Tickets are $10 at the WECC, Music
Trader, Winnipeg Folk Festival Music
Store and Ticketmaster or $15 at the
door.
Show starts at 8 pm.
Head to www.bleedamericanmusic.
com for more info.
UMFM
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1. KEN mode
online at the end of February and will play its
first show at the West End Cultural Centre on
March 15 before heading to Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta to play some shows later this
spring.
“Then this summer we’ll probably start
working on a full-length,” Ngantian says. “I
think that’s what’s next for us.”
Charts as of Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Bandcamp
4. Triggers
“I wrote some of these songs during the
summer,” Jordon says. “My brother Matt and
I were going to release it ourselves under the
name Bleed American, but when those guys
left Kids & Heroes they came to us and we
decided to work together. A lot of the songs
did change once they joined; we reworked
some of the stuff I brought in originally.”
The four 20-somethings started recording
the EP in mid-January at the Blue and Red
Room, which is the basement studio Jordan
owns.
“It’s so much harder to handle your own
music because you have such a big vision for
it and it’s hard to listen to your own voice for
hours,” Jordan says. “I’ve done EPs mixed,
mastered and delivered in 48 hours, while I
spent three weeks mixing and mastering this
because nothing I did was the exact vision I
wanted.”
“We actually recorded the whole thing once
and decided we didn’t like it, so we ended up
doing it again,” Ngantian adds. “Those five
songs have actually been recorded twice, some
of them four or five times. We had all the time
to change what we didn’t like and we didn’t
have to worry about getting everything done
in two weeks or whatever.”
Bleed American released the self-titled EP
Shortly after guitarist Jordan Ngantian and
drummer Jarrod Mikolajczyk’s last show with
Winnipeg pop-punk band Kids & Heroes
at the Park Theatre on Jan. 4, the duo started
recording an EP for a brand new band called
Bleed American, alongside vocalist/guitarist Jordan Voth and bassist/vocalist Matthew Voth.
“I think we just felt ourselves drifting away
from that type of music and it just seemed like
the more we wrote, the more it made sense to
start a new project,” says Mikolajczyk about
leaving Kids & Heroes.
“We had been playing with Kids & Heroes
for about seven years and we’ve been friends
with those guys even [longer],” Ngantian adds.
“That was the hardest part of leaving that band,
we’re all good friends, but it was just time for a
new direction.”
While Kids & Heroes is a gruffer pop-punk
band that takes cues from New Found Glory
and Living With Lions, Bleed American is on
the softer side of the pop-punk/pop-rock spectrum, drawing influences from The Starting
Line and, of course, Jimmy Eat World’s 2001
record Bleed American.
“It all worked out so fast at first. We started
jamming in late November and I don’t know
how he [Jordan] did it, but he wrote everything,” Ngantian says.
THE JD EDWARDS BAND plays The Times.
Inside Outside
Independent
6. Sharon Jones Rock Lake (III)
Eat ‘Em Up
7. Kindest Cuts
Independent
8. Beefdonut
No Reason
Independent
The Mariachi Ghost Do Not Engage
Nettwerk
Prairieography
True North
Marathon of Dope
Distort
Famous for Quality Independent
9. Coeur De Pirate Trauma
Dare to Care
10. Vikings
Vikings
Independent
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Arts
07
Gold
Sounds
The Famous Sandhogs
Vol. 3
Wordier than early Bright Eyes, more lo-fi than
Sentridoh and catchier than any Katy Perry hit, the
Famous Sandhogs is by far the most prolific underground project since Anton Newcombe’s epic string
of mid-90s releases. Gloriously honest and personal,
the bulk of these 17 tracks will get your head nodding
(“Rabbit Goes Soft Foot”), shouting along to choruses
(the brilliant “Cain’s Outburst”) and questioning your
sanity (“Stop Making These”) in all the right ways.
Some might call such improvised experimental tracks
as “Johor and the Giants” masturbatory, but it’s all
part of the idea of Vol. 3, and the other Sandhogs
releases - that experimentation, spontaneity and
the fact that the music is being made, delivered as a
piece, is the goal. It’s beautiful, fun, aggressive and
daring.
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Dave Shaw’s solo shoegaze/synth machine keeps
kicking out the hits, and this four track offering is
no exception. “Goji Berry Lip Balm” sincerely nods to
‘80s heroes and recent chillwave hitmakers, while “I
Can Learn” delicately pulsates its way into your subconscious. The whole thing teeters on sincerity and
a “what would’ve happened if Ian Curtis fronted New
Order, before New Order started to suck?” hypothesis,
but it’s alright because the tracks deliver. While “Glue
Heart” isn’t as immediately on-par with the other
tracks, closer “Out From The Garden” is a timebomb
of an anthem, guaranteed to break your heart and fill
out the margins of your notebook with quotable lines.
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with a handful of musical friends. Fleshed out with
piano, cello, ukulele, pedal steel, subtle harmonies
and drums, this acoustic guitar slingin’ singer’s
new disc kicks off with the upbeat “Tooth and Nail”,
takes it down with “This Winter Chill” and keeps
the tempo there with “Nothing But Time”, which
takes a Nick Drake delivery and places it in a Being
There-era Wilco popper. Unfortunately there isn’t
much diversity on this handful of tracks, with the
bulk of the songs being very precious/low-key, but
they all work, finding Malcolmson clearly playing to
his strengths. Delightfully inoffensive folk pop from
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Sky. The album also features guest appearances from Ottawa-based folk singer Jeremy Fisher and Oshawa-based alt-country
group Cuff the Duke.
“One of my first shows ever was opening
for The Wooden Sky in Sault Ste. Marie
and we sort of became friends after that,”
Mattson said. “We hung out whenever I
was in Toronto or if they were playing in
Ottawa and the conversation just sort of
happened. I love their records and Gavin
is a really good friend, so it just made sense
to go into the studio with him.”
While he has two previous albums,
2009’s Whisper Bee and 2011’s Anchors,
Mattson says Someday, The Moon Will Be
Gold feels more like his first record than
his third.
“If this is the first record people hear by
me, I’m really happy about that. I’m not
embarrassed,” he says. “With every record
there’s probably a real obvious growth, but
this one feels like an even bigger jump to
me personally. It feels like a first and it feels
like my real debut. I also feel like this is the
first one that anyone’s really going to hear.”
Ottawa singer-songwriter
Kalle Mattson wrote
his latest album in his
childhood home in Sault Ste.
Marie
Deborah Remus
Arts Reporter
@DeborahRemus
Kalle Mattson decided to get personal on
Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold. Released
on Feb. 11 via Winnipeg/Edmonton label
Parliament of Trees, the album sees the
Ottawa-based singer-songwriter opening
up about the death of his mother.
“I wanted this record to be significant,
I wanted it to mean something to me and
it sort of correlated into me writing about
that one thing,” says Mattson, 22. “I had
just finished university, which is a weird
time in anyone’s life, and then I moved
back home to Sault Ste. Marie and took
a data entry job just so I could actually
afford to make this record.
“Living in my childhood home for the
first time since my mom passed away when
I was 16, it definitely inspired some of the
lyrics on the record. It’s a dark record, it’s
fundamentally about death, but I also
wanted it to be hopeful and I didn’t want it
to be dark the entire time.”
“A Love Song to the City” is a track
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that’s an obvious nod to Mattson’s hometown and the place where the majority of
the record was written.
“I literally wrote that song in the living
room of my childhood home and it sort
of sums up the record I think,” Mattson
says. “Sault Ste. Marie a weirdly isolated
place. I think it’s about eight hours north
of Toronto and it’s also sort of 30 years
behind every sort of major city. It terms
of infrastructure and culture it’s a bizarre
place, but it’s still home for me in a lot of
ways. I think it’s like any small town, no
matter where it’s located I think they’re all
sort of the same.”
Mattson recorded Someday, The Moon
Will Be Gold with Gavin Gardiner from
Juno-winning indie rockers The Wooden
See Kalle Mattson on Wednesday,
March 19 at the Park Theatre.
Slow Leaves also perform.
Tickets are $10 at the Park, Music
Trader and ticketbreak.com or
$15 at the door.
Show starts at 8 pm.
Head to www.kallemattson.com
for more info.
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THEOLOGIANS AT WINNIPEG’S UNIVERSITIES ADVOCATE FOR ONGOING DIALOGUE
BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND THOSE WHO ARE NON-RELIGIOUS
Lukas Thiessen
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Beat Reporter
Kevin Legge
@KevinJLegge
Staff Photographer
Illustration by Nicholas Friesen
Williams, the former archbishop
R owan
of Canterbury, argues in his recent
book, Faith in the Public Sphere, that secularism which confines religious discussions to
the private sphere breeds spiritual curiosity
and fundamentalism through a distrust of
human experiences that cannot be categorized.
Winnipeg’s four universities have historical roots in different religious cultures, which
find sometimes explicit and sometimes
implicit expression today.
The University of Manitoba (UM),
founded in 1877 by Anglican, Presbyterian,
and Roman Catholic denominational colleges, is now a nondenominational institution.
The University of Winnipeg (UW) began
in 1871 as Manitoba College, established by
the Presbyterian Church, and Wesley College,
which started in 1877 through the efforts of
the Methodist Church. The two merged and
became United College, under the auspices of
the United Church in 1938, and became the
University of Winnipeg in 1967.
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU)
formed in 2000 as an amalgamation of Mennonite Brethren Bible College/Concord College
(est. 1944), Canadian Mennonite Bible College
(est. 1947), and Menno Simons College (est.
1989). CMU is the most explicit of Winnipeg’s
universities in its religious outlook.
Established in 1818, College Universitaire
de Saint Boniface is the oldest educational
institution in Western Canada. It transitioned to a secular administration in 1969.
Theologians at the University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, and Canadian Mennonite University express a concern
for the privatization of religion not because
they want to convince others to share their
religious beliefs, but because religion and
spirituality are active concerns of the public.
Karl Koop started at CMU in 2002. He
is professor of History and Theology, director of the Graduate School of Theology and
Ministry, and coordinator of the Biblical and
Theological Studies Program.
“We relegate religion to the private sphere
because we fear fundamentalism is the other
option,” says Koop. “But the opposite is not
fundamentalism, it’s just the opportunity to
talk about it. I do not think we should ever
impose religion on anyone.”
Koop sees the taboo against religious
expression in the public sphere as an accidental by-product of secularism. “You should be
able to talk about anything in a university
setting,” he says, “We need to take atheism
just as seriously here as we do theology and
religion. Historically, the Enlightenment separated the private and public spheres, making
religion private.”
Brad S. Gregory, in his 2012 book The
Unintended Reformation argues in the final
chapter that secularism in the Western
research university setting excludes the truth
Special Feature
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I do not think we should ever
impose religion on anyone
-Karl Koop, Canadian Mennonite University
Opposite: Stained glass in Bryce Hall.
This page: The Hijabs and Scarves in the
Muslim Prayer room in Wesley Hall.
claims of billions of people because those
claims transcend the universe as real, but
takes for granted the incompatible truth
claims of various disciplines, without exploring these incompatibilities.
Koop says universities are beginning to
recognize the value of inter-disciplinary dialogue. He reflects that CMU’s student population is diverse, comprised of Christians,
Muslims, Jews, atheists, and agnostics.
“With over half the student population
being non-Mennonite, and a large portion,
a significant portion being non-religious,
clearly, from my vantage point, we’re increasingly here serving the public in similar ways
to other universities.”
Dr. Terry Hidichuk echoes Koop’s position. “We are not about converting the
masses. We’re about living in dialogue.”
Hidichuk is the executive director of
the United Centre for Theological Studies (UCTS) at the University of Winnipeg.
He is a United Church minister who joined
the UW’s board of regents as a volunteer in
2003, as representative of the United Church
of Canada. When that term ended in 2010
he was appointed acting dean of the Faculty
of Theology for three years. On Aug. 1, 2013,
he was appointed to his current position.
“Because we’re a public institution, we’re
going to continue to be in dialogue with people of other faiths and people of no faith,”
Hidichuk says. “I would hope the UCTS
builds on the synergies of being part of a
public institution, able to have programs
that are theologically based, but perhaps
more inter-disciplinary.”
Dr. Chris Trott shares similar views to Koop
and Hidichuk. Trott is an associate professor
in the Department of Native Studies as well
as Warden and Vice-Chancellor of St. John’s
College, an Anglican college with a faculty of
theology on the campus of the University of
Manitoba, but with no formal relationship
with the UM’s Department of Religion.
Trott referred to the results of a series of
studies begun in 2003 that were released in
2010 under the title The spiritual life of college
students: A National Study of College Students’
Search for Meaning and Purpose.
Conducted in the USA, Trott says the
report closely mirrors the situation in Canada. The studies revealed most undergraduates coming into university expect they will
encounter spiritual development in their first
year, and by their third year they are sorely
disappointed.
“My perception talking to students is that
students are still searching, especially young
students,” Trott says. “And because of a kind
of excessive secularism at university that need
is not being met at all.
“It’s not that it’s vanished, it’s that you’re
not even allowed to, kind of an unspoken
taboo.”
But the response is not conversion. “I
personally object to and I have no time for
strong-armed proselytization where people
come up and grab your arm and ask if you
have been saved. I would oppose that,” the
professor says.
Trott expresses a concern that secularism can
be expressed similarly to strong-armed fundamentalism. “I don’t think religion and secularism are opposed to one another,” he says.
Dylon Martin, a student at the University
of Winnipeg, became the de facto organizer
and administrator for the Facebook page of
the Winnipeg Secularists following founder
Robert McGregor’s decision to play less of a
prominent role in the organization.
“I think the important thing is for leaders
of post-secondary institutions and leaders of
public institutions to have the broad public
interest as their focus, and not pander to
sectarian interests,” Martin, 22, says. “There
shouldn’t be a top-down religious privilege in
university and certainly religious notions and
biases shouldn’t limit academic freedom.”
“I actually agree that personal religious
faith should not be a determinant in public discourse,” Trott says. “But I don’t agree
that it can’t be part of it. If I come to social
or political questions I bring to it a whole
series of convictions that come from my
religious faith.”
Dorothy Stephens, 54, joined the Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics of Manitoba’s
(HAAM) executive last fall and is the editor
of its newsletter.
Stephens and Martin both advocate for
giving students the opportunity to organize
groups based around their beliefs. “People
should have a right to believe and do whatever they want as long as it affects no one
else,” Stephens says. “The problem lies when
their beliefs and choices affect others and
they want to pass public policies or allocate
public funding based on them.”
Martin concurs. “Obviously, students
who are coming out of different perspectives
on religious issues, and subscribe to faith,
they can privately organize and do their own
thing,” he says. “I don’t feel religious issues
have to ubiquitously be avoided.”
Koop, Hidichuk, and Trott all express the
importance of universities, and theological
and religious programs being open to dialogue with and receiving perspectives from
the Aboriginal community in Winnipeg.
CMU, the UCTS, and St. John’s College are
all offering courses in this field.
“We try to live out an understanding that
we are on First Nations land,” Hidichuk says.
“That changes how we look at everything,
but it also changes how we look at theology. The United Church along with other
churches was involved in residential schools,
it’s part of our heritage. It’s not something
we’re doing now, we’re not about assimilation, we’re about living in dialogue with people of other faiths and other traditions.”
cULTURE
Breaking
barriers
Graham Hnatiuk’s art
battles depression and
convention
Angie St. Mars
Volunteer
You might remember Graham Hnatiuk
from such sidewalk chalk art demonstrations at Old Market Square, Manitoba
Hydro Place and Assiniboine Park, during
the latter of which he narrowly escaped
arrest.
Lately, Hnatiuk’s taken his passion for
activism and ecology indoors in preparation for his debut solo visual art exhibition.
Co-Existence boasts a collection of sketches
and paintings that pose questions about our
future in response to our “eroding connection” with the natural environment. The
result is an imaginative exhibition that is
both visually and conceptually intriguing.
Co-Existence is on display until March
22nd at Artbeat Studio (4-62 Albert St.)
Artbeat provides studio space and sixmonth art residencies to people living with
mental health issues.
“People with mental health issues have
all sorts of other barriers, like lack of motivation or anxiety about being in a group
setting,” Hnatiuk, who did a residency at
Artbeat in 2011 after being diagnosed with
severe depression, says. “There are tons of
Mike Peters
stories from Artbeat. This was a stepping
stone for my career. This let me build a
body of work and make some connections.
I was able to use this as a launch pad.”
Hnatiuk’s artistic style includes a
remarkable level and variation of textures.
He says he learned to experiment with texture from a colleague at Artbeat.
“I watched him do it and it broke the
mold in my brain,” Hnatiuk says. “He
used house paint and his hands, whatever
was around, whatever he needed to make
the effect. I was like ‘Hey… there’s no rules
to art. Scrap all this bullcrap.’ And I started
a new process.”
The exhibition’s flagship painting
demonstrates that “no rules” ethic.
“That is born out of mistakes,” says
Hnatiuk of the painting. “It’s just mistakes
layered over mistakes. The result is this
really rich, complex texture.”
Hnatiuk’s technique is as unconventional as his art education.
“I learn by doing things myself, more of
an autodidactic approach than a rigorous
study schedule approach,” Hnatiuk says
with a grin.
Hnatiuk also writes poetry, which
inspires his visual art as well as his lyrics as
frontman for local band (and recent Uniter
Fiver finalists) Hearing Trees.
“There are inevitably images that come
along with [writing poems]. Those images
I will eventually turn into drawings or
ideas. These all mostly started in a notebook somewhere,” the artist says as he
displays a thick notebook full of informal
sketches, poems and doodles.
Another particularly interesting Co-Existence piece is framed in recycled boards
from Hnatiuk’s uncle’s fence.
“The world map is inspired by the map
of lights from space at night,” he says.
“People think those are beautiful images
and that it looks really pretty, and I look
at it and say, that’s light pollution. You can
see how much of an impact we have, literally changing the face of the Earth.”
Co-Existence will be displayed at
Artbeat Studio (4-62 Albert St.)
until March 22.
Go to artbeatstudio.ca for more
info.
The Uniter // March 13, 2014
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Film
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Plays March 13-19 at Winnipeg Cinematheque
A scene from the upcoming Winnipeg film FM Youth, written and directed by Stephane Oystryk, set to
debut in June 2014.
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Our fair city
Local artists add their voices to the mix
Melanie Dahling
Pussy Riot hasn’t calmed down since its most
prominent members were released from prison
in December. Less than a month ago they protested the Olympic Games in Sochi, where they
were viciously beaten by Cossacks and arrested
for voicing their opinions. Just days ago,
several members were assaulted with chemical
weapons in Nizhny Novgorod. Now more than
ever, I’d love to see a really great Pussy Riot
documentary. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is
certainly interesting and informative - but the
great Pussy Riot doc, it is not.
The film follows the events surrounding
the group’s famous protest at the Cathedral of
Christ the Saviour; we see rehearsals, the performance itself, and the subsequent trial and
imprisonment of the three detained members.
There are no interviews with the film’s subjects,
which is understandable, since they were
behind bars at the time. Interviews with their
parents shed some light on their backgrounds
and their history.
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What directors Mike Lerner (Hell and Back
Again) and Maxim Pozdorovkin (Capital) do very
well is show the forces against which Pussy Riot
protests. Interviews with the militant Orthodox
Christian organization Carriers of the Cross
are particularly troubling, with its (all male)
membership lamenting that Pussy Riot won’t be
burned like witches as they would have in the
16th century. Even the less extreme elements,
like talk shows, illustrate how deep the roots of
institutionalized sexism run in Russia.
But I can’t help feeling like the filmmakers
don’t understand Pussy Riot. What makes the
group compelling is that they’re both dangerous and fun. They’re mischievous and have a
sense of humour to their art-activism. A Punk
Prayer is serious and humourless right down to
its soundtrack, which consists of requiem-like
piano and strings. This is a movie about a punk
band with no punk music.
Not to say that this isn’t worth seeing.
It’s informative and interesting. I just wish it
captured Pussy Riot’s spirit better than it does.
@sugardahling
Thomas Pashko
Beat Reporter
In the weeks following The Uniter’s critique of WindCity, the recently released
web series that credits Winnipeg as a main
character, many local filmmakers weighed
in with their opinions. Though it is generally agreed upon that WindCity portrays
an unfamiliar experience for most people
in the arts scene, it has served to encourage those who have their own voice to add
to the mix.
“The best thing about [shows like
WindCity], is that it renews our interest in representing niche communities,”
says Kayla Jeanson, filmmaker, videographer and former University of Winnipeg
student of the School of Contemporary
Dance.
Inspired by Portlandia and the blog
Winnipeg Love/Hate, Jeanson has begun
writing a sketch comedy series that highlights some of Winnipeg’s quirky characters and attitudes.
“I think with funders it can be hard
to take chances,” she explains. “I want to
be free to have some fun without feeling
beholden to anyone.”
Jeanson describes her project as a
labour of love that she plans to work on
with several writers, and anyone who feels
enthusiastic enough about the idea to
donate their time.
As she excitedly shares ideas for
sketches that sound truly hilarious, one
concept that comes up is the relationship
between Franco- and Anglo-Manitobans,
which she talked to filmmaker Stephane
Oystryk about extensively before putting
pen to paper.
No stranger to representing niche
communities, Oystryk is currently in post
production on FM Youth, a feature-length
film he shot over the summer that stars
three young French Canadians, including
UW student Katrine Deniset.
“It started out as a short,” he says. “I
wanted to see if I could bring the St.
Boniface experience to cinema. Could
the Frenglish be pulled off, would people
even care?”
The response was positive enough that
he expanded on the idea, and hopes to
present a finished product by June.
“It’s really about my 20s. We’d go sit on
the steps of the Cathedral, bring beer cans
or a flask with our backpacks late on Friday and Saturday nights… house parties
were also a big thing, and karaoke at the
Nicolette on Thursdays.”
Oystryk is passionate about capturing
his experiences on screen, but he doesn’t
discredit others’ either. “I don’t think
WindCity presents a Winnipeg that’s not
valid,” he says.
When asked for his take on that which
is quintessentially Winnipeg, UW Theatre
professor and writer, Per Brask, weighs in
with his thoughts.
“A bunch of people around the kitchen
or dining room table with coffee, beer,
and treats discussing whatever is going
on in the city,” he describes. “Sometimes
there’ll be snow and sometimes there’ll be
hot sun, but people will always do that
here.”
In the end, a local artist’s mission seems
pretty clear: ask not what a web series can
do for your city, ask how you can create
something that is unique to your community within that city.
For updates on FM Youth and other
projects by Stephan Oystryk, visit
prettygrizzly.com.
For updates on Kayla Jeanson’s
ongoing work, visit shadling.com.
300: Rise of an Empire
Now playing
Director Zack Snyder’s 2006 feature 300 has
always been a problematic film for me. I appreciate the movie’s bold stylistic choices, with a
unique visual approach employing fantastical
shot compositions and artful tableaus. On the
other hand, the film’s ideology was troubling:
borderline-fascistic Spartans were glorified as
heroes, while the villainous Persians were fullblown racist caricatures. Does this represent
the subjective view of 300’s characters, or
is it the view of Snyder (or, more likely, the
despicable Frank Miller, whose comic series the
film was based upon)?
I bring this up because, for all the problems
of the original 300, at least it was engaging
enough to inspire conflicted feelings and real
discussion amongst its audience. 300: Rise of
an Empire is a sort-of sequel/prequel/spinoff/
whatever to 300, and it’s far too dumb to
inspire any feelings, conflicted or otherwise.
There’s a lot to complain about in 300:
Rise of an Empire, but it’s hard to get worked
up enough to complain about a movie that
made me feel nothing. The film is filled with
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cartoonish gore, video game visuals, rampant
misogyny, and not an ounce of creativity. But
how can I be upset about the movie’s gratuitous
violence or nudity when its very existence is
gratuitous?
Director Noam Murro (whose only previous
feature was 2008’s lacklustre Smart People)
does nothing with this material. He apes the
style of the original to the point of self-parody.
And, trust me, it’s not intentional or self-aware.
Rise of an Empire has no characters, just
interchangeable shirtless men in helmets, indistinguishable from one another. The writing is
like a bad sitcom, but instead of setting up lame
jokes, the dialogue sets up lame one-liners. The
colour palette is grey and monochromatic. The
striking visuals of 300 are lost in muddied 3D.
This sequel’s greatest sin is that it instigated my complete indifference, and nothing
else. I felt nothing from the opening moments
to the meatheaded ending. It made me appreciate the original 300, which is a movie I can’t
even say I like.
Thomas Pashko
Thomas Pashko is an award-winning Maggie Smith impersonator.
Follow him on Twitter @thomaspashko
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The Uniter // March 13, 2014
Slip into
something more
comfortable
The Taboo Naughty but Nice
Sex Show has fashions for
every fetish
Melanie Dahling
@sugardahling
Beat Reporter
After a long grueling winter, Winnipeggers are looking to let off some steam.
What better way to get your blood pumping than a weekend full of naughty toys,
adult film stars and sexy fashion? The 2014
Taboo Naughty but Nice Sex Show goes
down March 21 to 23 at the RBC Convention Centre. Here’s a sampling of some of
the fashion-related companies that will be
setting up booths for the event:
Because the Winnipeg show is still relatively small compared to other cities, the
Body Mods booth will be strictly retail,
featuring piercings and implants as well as
some accessories adorned with tattoo style
art by Vancouver artists.
Body Mods
Felix & Kitty Creative
(www.bodymods.ca)
(www.felixandkitty.com)
Based out of Vancouver, Body Mods has
been touring with the Taboo Sex Show for
13 years. “There was a solid reason for it.
The show is always fun and good for business,” says Nathan Arnold, a partner in the
piercing/accessory company.
Arnold says the company has gained
momentum as body modification becomes
more mainstream.
“The industry has changed several times
over. It used to be quite taboo itself, but
now people expect to see it and come to us
specifically,” he says.
Felix & Kitty specialize in Victorian-inspired formal or party wear, which is all
handmade. Those who are interested in
buying an authentic corset should take
note that they cater to all body types,
unlike mass-produced items from larger
companies.
The ideal customer for Felix & Kitty
would be one that appreciates quality, and
is willing to spend on it.
“We deal best with people who want
investment pieces, proper construction,
and luxurious materials and get that this is
actually more economical in the long run.”
Felix says.
DragonWing Fashions
(www.dragonwingfashions.com)
Local chainmaille (armour) manufacturers Tim Hoover and Scott Gilroyed can
be seen at events all over Manitoba selling
their unique jewelry. Their booth will feature a variety of designs that may be unexpected for those who associate chainmaille
with medieval armour.
“In our booth we will be showcasing our
skill in creating unique items out of chainmaille. We will be displaying our bikini
tops, dresses, halter tops and chainmaille
shirts, made with aluminum and rubber
rings.” Hoover says. “We also have cuffs
and chokers which should be a hit with
the BDSM crowd.”
Have a specific design in mind? Hoover
says he does special orders, stressing that
Left: DragonWing Fashions.
Right: Felix & Kitty Creative.
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the only limit is your imagination.
Other local companies that can be
found at Taboo include downtown beauty
spot Salon One Eleven, whose stylists will
be creating pin up looks for models and
guests at Taboo, and Osborne Village adult
boutique Smitten, which will be selling a
variety of fun products.
The Taboo Naughty but Nice Sex
Show goes down March 21 to 23 at
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg.
Tickets are $12 at www.tabooshow.
com or $17 at the door.
Stop swimming
against the
stream
The Uniter’s tech columnist
thinks it’s time to cut the cord
and ditch cable
Cory Falvo
@corybantiasm
Volunteer Staff
I question some of my friends’ sanity when
I hear they live in a crummy bachelor pad,
infested with bedbugs and newly divorced
husbands, but they’re still paying for cable.
Cable subscriptions are expensive, the
shows are riddled with advertisements and
the 500 channel package only has about
eight channels that aren’t duplicates or
Galaxy Radio. Unless you own a fancy
PVR, you’re a slave to the schedule.
I am a huge supporter of streaming services and think everyone can make their
life better by losing cable. At the same
time, I do realize it’s not for everyone.
Sports fans in particular are out of luck,
although you can find websites that will
stream games, some games are available for
free if you have a digital antenna or you
can just read your Facebook feed for the
live play-by-play.
If you’re considering dropping your
cable service and looking towards cheap
streaming services, here are a few things to
expect:
Cory Falvo
Not every show is
streamed
The first thing you’ll want to do is search
“Game of Thrones”. This will lead to disappointment. Adapting to using a streaming
service means you’ll have to accept that
you will have to find other ways to watch
certain shows. What’s worse, Canada’s
selection of streaming services is severely
lacking compared to the U.S.
If you’re fine with watching on a
browser, there are free add-ons such as
Hola Unblocker and Media Hint that will
help you get past that hiccup. People with
Smart Televisions will have to look at other
paid services such as Unblock-Us. Having
American Netflix and keeping our healthcare system doesn’t have to be just a dream.
No casual clicking
We’ve been trained to spend a large
amount of time pressing the down button
on our remotes until settling on the least
offensive cop drama.
As humans we want to dig. This is
because of our early ancestors who would
hunt and gather through Wal-Mart DVD
bins for five dollar copies of White Chicks.
It’s natural to feel lost when you first
have to make a selection based on the
entire library and not just pick from whatever is on at the moment. This discomfort
will quickly pass once you accept that
you’re an adult and can make decisions.
You’ll wonder why you spent so much
time watching David Caruso decide if he
should wear sunglasses.
You will need self
control
The power to consume every available episode will lead to days lost. It helps to have
a timer, friend or roommate tell you when
you’ve had enough rather than trust your
brain. Your brain is not your friend.
You can’t just turn it on
for background noise
You will need to choose your background noise now. When I choose something to ignore I find that bad movies are
the best way to go. Try typing “shark” into
your search.
There will be times when you’ll feel
you’re missing out, but you can be your
own Cake Boss once you accept that there’s
a transition period. Be strong and look forward to having extra money for booze.
comments
Why I didn’t vote in last
week’s UWSA election
It’s time for a shift in student politics
Joey Dearborn
@joeydearborn
Volunteer
For as long as I can remember, politics
has been important to me. It has been my
hobby, my educational path and my career
up to this point. I long relished the opportunity to mark an X by someone’s name
and believe I made a difference. I was once
the Chair of the Board of Directors at the
University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA). I believed that a students’
association could make a significant difference at my university. I believed that my
student leaders had my best interests at
heart, and would act to change my campus
for the better.
I was wrong.
For the last three years, the position of
President went uncontested. Presidents
and Executives have been given carte
blanche to sit back and avoid their responsibilities because the students will not hold
them accountable for their actions. While
the University of Manitoba has had competitive campaigns for the last two years,
the University of Winnipeg has not had
a competitive race for quite some time.
Regardless of your views of the current
UMSU executive and its policies, there is a
great desire for student politics at that university which is different and accountable.
Why has this become an issue at the
University of Winnipeg? We have seen
the budget process at the UWSA fall into
a process where the student body no longer has the ability to change the way their
money is spent. If you ask the average student where their student fees are going,
they won’t have an idea. The process by
which students review the work of their
executive has fallen to such a state of disengagement that when I was responsible
for the process, 12 students responded.
If you polled 20 students this afternoon,
the majority of them would not be able to
name five current members of the UWSA
Board of Directors. We have yet to see
some major policy shift or new event from
the UWSA, outside of the U-Pass, for the
entirety of the four years I have been here.
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Once a Board of Directors is elected, they
have no accountability to students.
We can demand better. We deserve a
students’ association that is competitive,
where races are contested, and real change
is brought forward. We need candidates
that propose things that are achievable and
relevant, and to actually follow up on those
things. We need a students’ association that
can have access to the money they need to
put on events that mean something to the
student body.
The majority of the students at the University of Winnipeg will not vote in an
Random Policy
Idea: Why not
more taxis?
Making Winnipeg less
dependent upon car
ownership
Fabian Suarez-Amaya
@thisfabians
Volunteer Staff
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A few weeks ago, I read an article in the
Winnipeg Free Press on the regulatory
practices of the Taxicab Board (TCB). In
“Cabbies, customers deserve better”, Graham Lane, a former chairman of the Public Utilities Board, argued that the TCB
was unnecessarily limiting the number of
taxi licenses granted, beholden to the interests of taxi company owners.
He stated that despite our population
doubling since 1946, the number of permanent licenses had “barely budged.” He
listed the ratio of residents to taxis at 1800
to one – compared to his quote of 900 to
one for Calgary. I’ve got a random policy
Streeter
idea: why not more taxis?
I can’t count the number of times I’ve
overheard an out-of-towner told “You
tried to hail a cab? Yeah... we don’t really do
that here. Unless you’re in Osborne Village
or outside a bar.” I’m sure many can also
relate to the long wait on a Saturday night,
hoping your taxi will arrive, but unsure if
it’s been taken by someone, or just slow.
Since taxis aren’t considered reliable, if you
have a somewhat regular need for vehicle
transportation, the traditional option has
been car ownership.
One option that’s emerging as an alternative is the use of a car-coops. There are
By Adrienne Tessier
many people who use their cars infrequently, or who can’t afford one, but
sometimes need one anyways. While these
people might be ideal candidates for a carshare, it’s not for everyone. The usage fees
are reasonable, but it’s a $500 membership
fee to join. The carshare cars might be
freely available, but sometimes they need
to be booked in advance.
Many services – postal service, for
example – allow a customer to pay extra
for faster service. Whether due to lack
of planning, or an unexpected situation
arising, we often need a service at a faster
rate, and are willing to pay more to get it.
election. They don’t care about their student politicians, and they don’t know how
their money was spent or will be spent. We
will not see a competitive race for at least
another year, but we have the obligation
to put pressure on this executive and this
Board of Directors to actually do something different, and something that will
change the University of Winnipeg for
the better. Democracy by acclamation isn’t
democracy at all. It’s the easy way out.
Joey Dearborn studies politics at the University
of Winnipeg.
I can envision taxis functioning as a more
flexible, costlier version of a carshare. It’s
not hard to imagine: You woke up late
and have somewhere to be! A taxi would
be useful. You have to transport groceries,
music gear, or a small child. Maybe you’re
going to a Jets game. Maybe it’s late and
you want to go home, and unfortunately,
you’re not standing outside of Little Pizza
Heaven.
If taxis were seen as a reliable option,
we might see less dependence on vehicle
ownership, particularly among more centralized residents. Less cars on the road has
a plethora of positive outcomes associated
with it. For those who choose alternate
forms of transport: less carbon emissions
and better health outcomes. For those who
want or need to drive, they’ll see less traffic,
and less wear-and-tear on the roads.
I like Graham Lane’s thinking on raising the number of taxi licenses. It wouldn’t
make the qualifications any less rigorous, it
would just open the field for would-be taxi
owners. My admittedly loose hypotheses
on vehicle ownership might not come to
pass, but the very least we’d achieve would
be greater convenience.
Fabian Suarez-Amaya is an education student at
the University of Winnipeg.
Q: The UWSA recently had its election. What do you think of student government?
Matias Gervai,
4th year, Physics
Beatriz Carazo
del Hoyo, 1st year,
Bioanthropology,
International
Student Director,
2014-15
“I left it to other people to
decide...especially since it’s
uncontested and there’s only
one choice, I felt that there was
no point in me doing anything
at all.”
“Student politics is important because it’s the way students have to express how
they feel about [the] university and what we should
change in it. ”
Daniel Van Eerd,
4th year, Biology
(Hons.)
“Through exams and general assignments, I didn’t
take the time out to vote.
I feel kinda bad for it, not
gonna lie...I do feel that [student politics] is important.
It plays a role in the school,
in the outcomes of what we
end up seeing here at the
university. You can’t really
ignore it.”
Rachel Hiebert,
4th year, Theatre
“I didn’t vote in the elections because I didn’t know
that they were happening
until the very last minute,
and by then it was too late.
But I feel like this time
around the elections were
not as well-publicized as
they have been in previous
years.”
city
Water water
everywhere,
but not a drop
to drink?
City infrastructure failing
under strain of extreme cold
Raegan Hedley
@raegjules
City Reporter
Winnipeg’s winter season this year has
been one we won’t forget anytime soon.
Our city was colder than the North Pole
and Mars for a day, and according to the
Weather Network the Winnipeg area was
the coldest place on earth this winter, with
54 days below normal temperatures.
As a result of this winter’s record-breaking cold weather, some new numbers will
go down in history. Winnipeg is currently
experiencing the highest number of frozen
water pipes on record since 1979, and from
December to February 24 there were 47
more water main breaks compared to our
average, with the number still growing.
Alexandra Winters, 24, lives in The
Scarsdale, an apartment on Kennedy
Street across from the Legislature building.
“The water main broke outside our
building, and we are in the basement less
than five feet from where it happened, so it
sounded like someone was running a bath
behind our living room wall,” she says.
“The water was shut off in the middle of
the night, and then fixed two days later.”
These problems are affecting a growing
number of people all over the city, and a
great deal of the blame is being placed on
the unforeseen extreme weather conditions
this winter.
Danny Blair, professor in the University
of Winnipeg department of Geography
who specializes in climatology, suggests
this is indeed the case.
“The severity of this winter was not forecast at all, by anyone, and the persistence
of the really cold spells was not expected…
it has been very unusual,” he explains.
“To be fair, very cold winters are rare
now, but they are obviously still possible
even with climate change… which has
warmed our winters over the last 40 years.”
Lisa Fraser, the communications officer
for the City of Winnipeg seems to agree
with Blair’s assessment, stating “it would
not have been possible to predict the type
of winter conditions the Winnipeg area
has experienced.”
Regardless of the fact that no one could
have foreseen this, the city now has to
deal with the consequences of having frost
seven feet deep in the ground.
“We have all the specialized electrical
thawing equipment that is possible to
have,” Fraser says. “They are no longer
manufactured, or available anywhere for
purchase or rental.”
According the City of Winnipeg website, there are as many as four crews working seven days a week, 11 hours per day on
repairing water main breaks and leaking or
broken valves.
Essentially, the same crews of workers
must deal with the issue of frozen pipes as
well as water main breaks, which can’t be
serving anyone, or their tax dollars, very
well.
For the time being, people with frozen pipes may just be better off calling a
plumber, as the City of Winnipeg says it
will “thaw at no cost if the pipe is frozen
between the water main and the property
line…if the pipe is frozen between the
property line and your home, we can thaw
the pipe at your expense.”
an Open House event held by TransCanada on Tuesday, March 18. These informational events are being held over the next
couple of months in communities across
all of the provinces along the designated
route of the pipeline.
According to Cannon, there will be
informational kiosks set up and company
representatives present. “If somebody has
a question about environment [or] about
safety, we’ve got a series of booths where
people can talk to different experts on different matters.”
For Manitobans, lingering questions
about the explosion of TransCanada’s natural gas pipeline just south of Winnipeg
in late January have yet to be answered.
Cannon was unable to provide any information or clarification as to the cause of
the explosion, or whether that part of their
pipeline infrastructure would be used for
Energy East.
Aside from that incident, the process of
converting a pipeline from carrying natural
gas to carrying oil is somewhat contentious
according to the Council of Canadians.
“The first Keystone 1 pipeline in the
U.S. is a converted pipeline,” writes Andrea
Harden-Donahue in a response on behalf
of the Council of Canadians. “While TransCanada ensured the public it was a state
of the art pipeline, the reality has been far
from their promises. TransCanada had
predicted it would spill 1.4 times a decade.
In its first year of operation, it leaked 14
times, with the largest spill exceeding
21,000 gallons [over 79, 000 litres].”
Cannon, meanwhile, maintains that
ensuring the safe transport of oil and gas
is a priority for TransCanada. This is evidenced by its recent billion-dollar investment into a pipeline safety program.
“A well-maintained pipeline has an
indefinite span of life,” he contends. “The
explanation to that is simple. If you do
regular in-line inspection, then you know
exactly what the state of your infrastructure [is], the state of your pipeline.”
With several major Manitoba waterways being crossed by the pipeline, and the
One of the pumping stations along the route of
TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline in the United
States, several of which are proposed as part
of the Energy East project.
Mike Sudoma
For information on how to DIY thaw
your pipes, and other water supply
concerns, visit
winnipeg.ca/waterandwaste/water/
concerns.stm
A matter of
conversion
Winnipeg the first stop in
Energy East’s series of Open
House events across Canada
Brian Lorraine
@red_river_rebel
City Editor
While the debate about the approval of
TransCanada Corporation’s Keystone XL
pipeline broils south of the border, Canada
is dealing with its own pipeline questions.
Not the least of these is the matter of TransCanada’s Energy East project, a plan to
transport over a million barrels of oil each
day from Hardisty, Alberta to refineries
across the country in Atlantic Canada.
Last week, TransCanada submitted its
Energy East project description to the
National Energy Board, laying out plans
for the conversion of the longest pipeline in Canada – known as the Canadian
Mainline – from transporting natural gas,
to oil. A certain amount of new pipeline
construction is also proposed, but for the
most part, the existing pipeline which was
originally constructed in the late 1950s
would be used if the project goes through.
“The Canadian Mainline [consists]
of a series of pipelines running alongside
of each other, so we’re converting one
of those lines from gas service to oil service,” confirms TransCanada spokesperson
Philippe Cannon.
Members of the public will have the
opportunity to raise any concerns during
SHANNON RAMOS (via flickr)
proximity of Energy East’s route to Winnipeg’s water source at Shoal Lake unspecified, the stakes are high.
Several attempts to reach Phil Fontaine
for comments pertaining to consultations
with Aboriginal communities regarding the
Energy East project were unsuccessful.
TransCanada’s public consultation
Open House happens Tuesday,
March 18 from 4pm to 8pm in the
Manhattan Grand Ballroom at the
Sheraton Four Points Winnipeg
South, 2935 Pembina Hwy.
CITY
The Uniter // March 13, 2014
17
The
importance
of public
health
Dr. Joel Kettner delivering
lecture series at University
of Winnipeg
Raegan Hedley
@raegjules
City Reporter
Supplied
What does the term ‘public health’ mean to
you? Most people probably have never put
any serious consideration into the impact
of this concept on our everyday lives, but
Dr. Joel Kettner is looking to address this
in his four-part lecture series, Public Health
in the 21st Century.
“Public health can be a source of confusion, because in some peoples minds, it
means publically funded healthcare, and
it’s important to clarify that even though
there’s a lot of overlap between public
health and the healthcare system…they
both have a different focus and purpose,”
Dr. Kettner says.
“Public health asks what are the things
we can do for the population at large to prevent disease and injury?, and we answer this
by looking at the policies and issues that
we think can reduce the causes of these
ailments.”
Dr. Kettner draws on his expertise from
his twelve years as Manitoba’s Chief Med-
ical Officer of Health, and his current
positions as president of the Public Health
Physicians of Canada, and director of the
Canadian Public Health Association.
The lecture series focuses on the social
determinants of health, and understanding how the practice of public health
can improve inequalities of health status
within populations.
“The simplest way to think about the
factors of health is in terms of resilience
and susceptibility,” he explains. “How
resilient we are appears to have an important impact on health outcomes.”
Kettner continues, “early childhood
development, life experiences, opportunities – including education and employment – as well as living in a physical environment that is safe and healthy… these
are all showing up as factors that improve
our resilience as individuals and as communities, and give us greater ability to
withstand exposures that we cannot easily
eliminate.”
Also being addressed are public health
initiatives and policies that attempt to
improve standards of living in populations,
particularly disadvantaged groups.
“I think that there are ways of improving the organization of our healthcare
system so it would better serve the most
disadvantaged populations,” Dr. Kettner
contends. “We need more intense interventions for our at-risk families, and more
resources put towards supporting families
and children.
“First Nation and Aboriginal people in
Canada, despite being disadvantaged for
hundreds of years, have proven to be quite
resilient. I think that speaks a lot for the
hope that these problems will be solved
– but this all means paying attention to
addressing those underlying causes and
determinants, as well as providing health
care when needed.”
According to Dr. Kettner, the aim of
the lectures is that people come away with
a greater awareness of the importance of
public health for all of us.
“It’s not so much a formula for how
people should stay healthy themselves, it’s
really to gain a better understanding of
how this plays out in everyday life.”
Public Health in the 21st Century
lectures take place in Convocation
Hall, with upcoming sessions
March 18 at 12:30 pm and March
25 at 7:30 pm. For further information visit https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/uw-mdpnews-action/
story.949/title.public-health-inthe-21st-century-lecture-series.
Diversions
Sudoku Puzzle - Hard
1- What you’re reading right now;
5- Perfume the air;
10- Actress Petty;
14- Contented sighs;
15- Of first importance;
16- Turkish titles;
17- Pertaining to the gullet;
19- Capital on the Aare;
20- First prime minister of India;
21- Strategic withdrawal;
23- Comparative suffix;
25- Narrow groove;
26- Litter’s littlest;
29- Comply;
31- Prepares for publication or
release;
35- Lennon’s lady;
36- Neet rival;
37- Sexy;
38- Mobster;
40- Repeat;
41- Fix beforehand;
42- Saudi king;
43- PC linkup;
44- Refine metal;
45- Big rig;
46- Unit of loudness;
47- Bridal path;
49- ___ au vin;
51- Crisp;
54- Charlotte ___;
58- Cooking fat;
59- Study of the atmosphere;
63- Basilica area;
64- Sacred song;
65- Womanizer;
66- Carson’s predecessor;
67- Kett and James;
68- French summers;
Down
1- Capital of Calvados, in NW
France;
2- Emit coherent light;
3- Oops!;
The Student Services staff of The University of Winnipeg provides the student body
with current information and opportunities. This information is updated weekly.
AWARDS & FINANCIAL
AID
registered you can make the necessary
course load changes to your student aid
application, if required.
Graduate and Professional Studies
Expenses Bursary
March 24: Final date to file paper full-time
Government Student Aid applications to
avoid late payment fees.
For students in the final year of their
undergraduate program who are applying
for entry into a Graduate or Professional
Studies Program with financial need.
Application form is available online:
www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/services-awds-current-continuing
Government Student Aid for Spring/
Summer Session
Mid-March is the approximate time in
which application for Manitoba Student
Aid will open for the Spring/Summer
(May-August) academic session. Those
registering full-time should apply online
(www.manitobastudentaid.ca). Part-time
students must obtain a paper application
form (available online, the Manitoba
Student Aid office, or Awards & Financial
Aid office – 1C22, 1st Floor-Centennial Hall).
For out-of-province students, please refer
to your Provincial government student aid
branch and/or the Awards & Financial Aid
office for application information.
To find out if you qualify for full-time or
part-time funding for your Spring/Summer
session, refer to the Course Load Requirements section of our Government Student
Aid Programs webpage: www.uwinnipeg.
ca/index/portal-awards-financial-aid
Apply early to avoid late fees! TIP: You
do not have to be registered when you
apply. Apply as early as you can and once
April 14: Final date to file on-line Government Student Aid applications to avoid
late payment fees, or submit a part-time
Government Student Aid application.
Did you know…
Awards & Financial Aid staff are available
for drop-in appointments Monday-Friday
from 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Room 1C22, 1st
Floor-Centennial Hall. You can also
schedule an appointment by emailing
[email protected]. We can provide
information on applying for government
student aid as well as other funding
sources and budgeting.
www.sudoku-puzzles.net
www.bestcrosswords.com
Across
4- ___ de corps;
5- No. cruncher;
6- Unit of energy;
7- Never, in Nuremberg;
8- Wise guy;
9- Conger catcher;
10- Retriever;
11- Arch type;
12- ___ avis;
13- “_____ She Lovely?”;
18- Color;
22- Set in layers;
24- Way to cook;
25- Sun. talk;
26- Easy wins;
27- Render weaponless;
This information was obtained through
CRA website: www.cra-arc.gc.ca. Please
visit their website or speak with an
accountant or tax professional for more
information.
If you did not receive your T4A in the
mail, please ensure your mailing address
is correct on your WebAdvisor Student
Profile and update if necessary. Then
email [email protected] with your
name and student ID number to inform us
that you need your T4A form re-mailed.
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT SERVICES
International Student Services invites
all staff and faculty to attend our Holi
Celebrations.
Date: Monday, March 17th, 2014
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: International Student Centre
(1S09), 1st floor Sparling Hall
www.sudoku-puzzles.net
28- Like some checking
accounts;
30- Life story;
32- Author Calvino;
33- Saturn’s largest moon;
34- View;
36- Originating in the mind;
37- Moral principle;
39- Inhabitant of Oahu, Mindanao, or Java;
More Puzzles:
40- Descartes’s conclusion;
www.sudoku-puzzles.net
42- Service charge;
45- Most cunning;
46- Rectangle having equal
sides;
48- Silhouette;
International Student Services will hold
a FREE Tax Clinic to assist you with filing
you income taxes.
**This Clinic is open to registered
International Students at The University of
Winnipeg only.
50- Eight-time Norris Trophy
winner;
51- Put your hands together;
52- ___ Nui (Easter Island);
53- Bear in the sky;
55- Dick and Jane’s dog;
56- Elisabeth of “Leaving Las
Vegas”;
57- Baby blues;
60- Long-tailed rodent;
61- Pay stub?;
62- Baseball execs;
Look for your registration start date
& time now in your UW Webmail email
account, or you can just log in to WebAdvisor and click “View My Registration Time.”
Friday, April 4, 2014 – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, April 5, 2014 – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: 1M29
TIP: Check your Webmail email account
often for important notifications
regarding wait list course availability, new
section availability, lab section availability,
cancelled courses and day/time course
change notifications.
Limited drop-ins available. Book your
appointment at: https://international.
youcanbook.me/
For more information, visit: www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/services-registration - select
REGISTRATION PROCESS – Spring.
What you will need at the Tax Clinic:
Letters of Permission
• Your Valid UWinnipeg Student ID Card
• Your Social Insurance Number or
Individual Tax Number
• Know your home address
• Bring all of your Tax Receipts (see
section “Tax Receipts & Credits”
University of Winnipeg students wishing to
take courses at other recognized colleges
and universities for transfer of credit to
their degree program must apply for a
Letter of Permission (LOP).
STUDENT CENTRAL
The deadline to apply for a Letter of
Permission for Spring Term (May-August)
is March 15th.
What to wear: Wear light-coloured, old
clothing if you would like to play with
colours
Changes to SC’s Hours
Student Central will be open 9:00 am - 4:15
pm on Friday, March 21st.
For eligibility requirements and additional
information, please see www.uwinnipeg.
ca/index/services-letpermission
What is Holi?
Regular Hours:
Locker Rentals
8:15 am to 5:30 pm Monday – Thursday
8:30 am to 4:15 pm Friday
You are not eligible for the full-time or
part-time education amount, then any
awards above $500 must be claimed;
Holi is an ancient Hindu festival that
celebrates many things: the beginning
of spring, the triumph of “good” over
“evil” (see the legend of Holika and
Prahlad), and the opportunity celebrate
the moment.
Students who rented a locker for the
Winter Term must clear it out by April
23rd. All lockers must be emptied and
locks removed.
If you are full-time and can claim the
full-time education amount, then awards
are not taxable up to the total amount
required to support you in the program.
We invite you to join us at 12:30 for
a small Pooja Ceremony, followed by
playing with dry colours, and delicious
food.
If you can claim the part-time education
amount, the scholarship exemption is up
to the tuition fees and costs incurred for
program-related materials.
FREE Income Tax Preparation Clinic International UWinnipeg students
T4A Tax Forms
If you received UW awards in the 2013
calendar year, a T4A income tax form was
mailed to you. T4A’s must be submitted
to CRA. However, the award money only
needs to be reported as income if:
Tax Receipts
T2202a tuition tax receipts are posted on
WebAdvisor. Click on the link “View My
T2202a Information.”
Spring Term (U2013S)
The Spring Term Timetable has been
posted for undergraduate courses
between May - August. Go to www.
uwinnipeg.ca, click on “Student” and then
“Timetable.”
Looking to rent a locker for the Spring
Term? There are lockers available on
the 4th floor of Centennial Hall and the
3rd floor of Richardson College. Locker
rentals are $20 per person for Spring
Term. Students must be registered for
Spring Term classes first in order to be
eligible to rent a locker.
The Uniter // March 13, 2014
19
ARE YOU A UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
STUDENT WHO WANTS TO BECOME
MORE INVOLVED ON CAMPUS?
MOUSELAND PRESS INC., publisher of The Uniter, is looking for
new student directors to sit on its board.
Directors are required to attend regular member meetings, sit on
a minimum of two committees, and contribute to the overall
success of The Uniter and the Uniter Speakers Series.
Preference will be given to students who have experience dealing
with budgets and accounting, and/or environmentally sustainable
business practices.
If interested please send a cover letter and resume to Ben
Wickstrom, Interim Chair of the Board, at [email protected].
Hannah
“I like to wear colours,
but try to mix in
neutral tones.”
Kevin Legge
The Uniter Fashion Streeter is an ongoing documentation of creative fashion in Winnipeg inspired by the Helsinki fashion blog
www.hel-looks.com. Each issue will feature a new look from our city’s streets and bars in an attempt to encourage individual
expression and celebrate that you are really, really good looking.
Solutions to last week’s puzzles.
The Back Page List
1. Strombo joins Hockey Night in
Canada
Hockey fans say it will suck now. Strombo fans
say he sucks now. Discuss.
2. TRUE Detective season one ends
Did anyone else think that final scene looked
poorly green screened?
3. Humans of New York
All our streeters ever say is “LULZ I like thrift
store shopping” so yeah, we’re jelly.
4. The Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
trailer
Looks alright. Too much dubstep, though.
5. Lily Allen’s new record is
called Sheezus
Because Lily Allen is the greatest.
Sudoku Solution - Medium
6. SXSW
We’re not there and it annoys us that all of you
are so stop posting about it, KAY?
7. That new Weekend Update guy
Chevy Chase. Amy Poehler. Dennis Miller. Tina
Fey. Norm Macdonald. Guy who doesn’t know
which camera to look at.
8. The missing Malaysia Airlines
plane
Don’t tell us what happens, we’ll catch it on a
re-run of Mayday.
9. Magnetic Fields frontman
releasing book of Scrabble-inspired poems
The Grimace was unavailable for comment.
www.sudoku-puzzles.net
10. You’re the man, cool guy
See you at the beach.
More Puzzles:
www.sudoku-puzzles.net
We’re
hiring!
THE UNITER IS SEEKING A
BUSINESS MANAGER
The University of Winnipeg’s Street Weekly is seeking a dynamic
and motivated individual to take over the business operations
of the magazine. This individual should have at least two years
progressive responsibility in management. Experience in print
and online ad sales is an asset. They must possess a solid understanding of the publishing industry and the needs of a controlled
copy urban weekly that suits the needs of the campus, arts and
downtown community.
This individual will be responsible for all business aspects of the
paper including advertising, circulation, finances and business
development.
The following job opportunity is for a 30 hour per week part-time
position beginning April 2014 for a one year contract position.
The position has a two-week holiday period as well as a Christmas break.
Please note that this is not an editorial position.
Skill Requirements:
• Ability to multi-task, make decisions and work independently, act with a high degree of integrity and
professionalism.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Knowledge and familiarity with Macintosh operating
systems, computer software for Word Processing,
Spreadsheet, Database management, email and Internet,
and accounting.
THE UNITER IS SEEKING A
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
The University of Winnipeg’s Street Weekly is seeking an ambitious, experienced and focused individual to take over the layout and design of its physical magazine, in co-operation with
the section editors and Managing Editor, on a weekly basis. This
individual would also be responsible for uploading content to
the magazine’s website. The successful applicant will have one
to two years experience in the field of graphics and/or layout
design, experience working with Adobe CS6 in a Mac OS X environment, proficiency with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is
a must. The production manager must be available to work Monday to Wednesday during the regular academic year (mid-August
to early December/January to April) in addition to working on
four spring/summer issues. Some additional ad design will be
required and paid accordingly. Some office hours are required.
This is a part-time position with a time commitment of 20+ hours
a week.
The successful applicant will work on the four spring/summer
issues during April, May, June & July, and begin their term in
mid-August.
SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
• Must hold a degree/diploma (or equivalent experience)
in design.
• Must have at least one to two years experience working
in the field.
• Ability to manage a newspaper’s circulation, advertising
and event contracts.
azine issues, and acts as a liaison with the printer and
Creative Director. Manages printing contract.
• Ability to oversee and coordinate financial management
of the magazine.
• Development: Works with the Board of Directors to
execute the Strategic Plan of The Uniter. This may include
preparing grant applications to funding bodies and maintaining current contracts with appropriate funders.
• Familiarity with publishing, web publishing and new
media, including the ability to oversee production of a
weekly magazine.
• Familiarity with grant writing, budgeting and project
coordination is an asset.
Duties:
• Administration: Responsible for all office communications
relating to circulation, finances, advertising, production,
promotions, event sponsorships and fundraising.
• Staff Supervision: In association with the Managing Editor,
the Business Manager will oversee all staff and execute
the organization’s human resources policy of a safe and
healthy workplace.
• Circulation: Manages the magazine’s circulation records
by consistently updating, monitoring and optimizing new
and existing circulation drop points.
• Advertising: Acts as the magazine’s advertising representative, recruiting new clients and managing current
clients, preparing contracts, proposal packages, revising
rate cards, invoicing and collecting revenue.
• Financial Management: Oversees financial management
of magazine, including payroll. Must prepare and submit
annual budget and actuals to the Board of Directors.
• Promotions/Sponsorship and Special Projects: With
input from the Board of Directors and staff, the Business
Manager will plan and execute activities that engage the
readership of the magazine. This includes the speaker’s
series of Mouseland Press Inc.
• Reporting: The Business Manager will attend all Board
and committee meetings and prepare reports for all
Board meetings on the magazine’s finances, circulation,
advertising, results of promotions and other information
as required by the Board.
Interested parties should submit a resume including references,
CV, a cover letter and a one to two-page essay detailing the
importance of independent media by 12 noon on April 3, 2014.
Application packages should be sent to Managing Editor Nicholas
Friesen at [email protected] or deliver resumes in person, to:
THE UNITER
ORM14 Bulman Centre
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9
We thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted for an
interview will be contacted.
• Production: Oversees printing and mailing of the mag-
• Comfortable using Adobe CS6 in a Mac OS X environment.
• Responsible for photo post-processing and correction.
• Proficiency with InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Must plan and execute graphics/illustrations to accompany stories and/or assign illustration requests to
volunteer contributors.
• Must possess a sound understanding of layouts, typography and design principles, for a weekly print publication.
• Editorial design experience is an asset.
• Ad design (print/online platforms) is an asset.
• Must upload all content to the Uniter’s website each
week.
• Should have a general knowledge of the Web-offset
printing process.
• In conjunction with the Business Manager, must create/
maintain all rate cards, sponsorship contracts, ad contracts, media kits, business stationary and more.
• Experience working with Content Management System
(CMS) based websites is a plus.
• Some additional ad design is required and paid accordingly.
• Ability to multi-task, make decisions and work independently while acting with a high degree of integrity and
professionalism.
• Must attend editorial board and staff meetings.
• Assistance with on-campus distribution twice a semester.
• Must have a working knowledge of Google docs.
Interested parties should submit a resume including references,
cover letter and a link to a Digital Portfolio by 12 noon on April
3, 2014. Application packages should be sent to Managing Editor
Nicholas Friesen at [email protected] or deliver resumes in person, to:
• Must have a working knowledge of FTP servers.
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• Ability to make, meet and enforce deadlines.
• Must feel confident in securing occasional volunteer
graphic contributors.
DUTIES:
• The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall design and final layout of the newspaper, in co-operation with the section editors and Managing Editor, on a
weekly basis.
• Responsible for maintaining the established Uniter brand
consistently across all print and digital platforms.
ORM14 Bulman Centre
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9
A full physical portfolio will be required upon an in-person interview.
We thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted for an
interview will be contacted.