Fort Garry Campus

221 University Centre

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

 

Phone: (204) 474-9181

Fax: (204) 474-7560

email: gsa@umgsa.ca

 

Health Sciences Campus

114 Brodie Centre,

727 McDermot Avenue

U of M Health Sciences Campus

Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P5

 

Phone: (204) 480-1313

Academic Transcription Service

Accurate and detailed transcription of audio, video, and text by experienced transcriptionist.

- attention paid to grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

- confidentiality guaranteed.

- broad general and business related vocabulary, also medical and geographical.

- accurate transcription of individual and focus group interviews related to academic research, MA theses, and PhD dissertations.

- true and clean verbatim.

- works from multiple recording platforms.

- data entry at 100 wpm.

- timely turnover of files.

- reasonable rates.

Contact: Kat Wiebe BAA, B.Ed
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katwiebe@shaw.ca
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(403) 675-3242

Wanted: 1 bedroom apartment near UofM starting July or August

Would prefer an apartment at 99 Dalhousie Drive, but will consider others. If you have a place you are looking to rent out starting in July or August please contact:  

Ranjan: (204) 890-5120, rksaha@cs.umanitoba.ca

Contact: Ranjan
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rksaha@cs.umanitoba.ca
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204-890-5120

Volunteers wanted!!

If you are interested in volunteering for social activities with the GSA in the future please send us your contact info so we can add you to our volunteer database.

Please email your name and phone number to assistant@umgsa.ca

Contact: Assistant
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assistant@umgsa.ca
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Art Show

Who: Masters of Fine Arts Students.

What: Art show: "Much was decided before you were born... but not everything: Studio practice as a form of research by School of Art MFA students".

Where: Gallery One One One - 211 Fitzgerald building.

When: May 16-June 30, 2011 from 12pm-4pm


Contact: Monica
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momema@hotmail.com
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Graduate Student Awards - Deadline May 25, 2011

The graduate student award applications are due by May 25, 2011.

Application forms can be found on our website under downloads or at: http://www.umgsa.ca/docs/GSA_Awards/GSAA2011.pdf

If you have any questions or concerns please contact your Vice-President Academic, Jennifer (Yijie) Chen. 

Contact: Vice-President Academic
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vpa@umgsa.ca
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474-9181

Graduate Student Thesis Writing Seminar

Student Advocacy & The Learning Asistance Centre (LAC) are offering a full day Graduate Student Thesis Writing Seminar for all graduate students

(free of charge).

 

When: Friday, June 3, 2011 from 8:30am - 4pm.

Where: Robert Schultz Theatre (St. Johns College).

Who: Contact the LAC to register.

 

Contact: President
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pres@umgsa.ca
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474-9181

Renter/House Sitter for June and July

U of M Professor looking for a Renter/House Sitter for June and July. Are you interested in living in a furnished, 2 bedroom house in a quiet area of the West End, close to Portage Avenue, for June and July? If you are a U of M student, can provide references and are willing to care for our home, plants and furniture, the rent is only $600/month. If you are interested, please contact Emily at: downingmuller@hotmail.com.
Contact: Emily Muller
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downingmuller@hotmail.com
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GSA reply to recent press coverage of degrees awarded at the University of Manitoba

Please read the message from our GSA President  on behalf of graduate students at the University of Manitoba.

Please click on the download button on the right side of this posting.

Contact: President
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pres@umgsa.ca
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204.474.9181

UofM Email accounts cannot send email to Hotmail accounts... as a result from phishing

IST has become aware of another email Phishing scam.  Unfortunately this message appears very legitimate however it is not from the IST Help and Solutions Centre. The original phishing email appears below.  If you receive the email below PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND.  Always remember the University will never ask for your password.  If in doubt feel free to contact the Help and Solutions Centre at 474-8600 or support@umanitoba.ca.

Please take the time to review our phishing document here:

http://umanitoba.ca/computing/ist/security/phishing.html

IST would also like to encourage you to sign up for the IST Alert Mailing list.  IST Alerts is intended to quickly communicate information that may impact your ability to access network or computer resources.  Recent events show that communicating this information is important to all university members.

This list is open to everyone; staff, students and faculty, who wish to subscribe.  

To subscribe go to:?http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/ist-alerts

IST Help & Solutions Centre

123 Fletcher Argue

(204) 474-8600

support@umanitoba.ca

Below is the Phishing message that we referred to above:

 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:46:58 -0500 (ECT)

From: Help & Solutions Centre <support@umanitoba.ca>

To: undisclosed-recipients:  ;

Subject: UManitoba Webmail Alert

 

Attn: Faculty/Staff/Students,

 

This message is from University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Information Services

and Technology Help & Solutions Centre to all Faculty, Staff and Students

using UManitoba Webmail accounts.

 

We noticed that the UManitoba Webmail account has been compromised by

spammers. They have gained access to Webmail accounts and have been using

it for illegal Internet activities.

 

IST Help & Solutions Centre is currently performing maintenance and

upgrading it's database. We intend upgrading our Email Security Server for

better on-line services.

 

It is strongly recommended you send to this office your account

information immediately to enable Help Desk reset your account. You will

be sent a new confirmation alphanumerical password.

 

Please provide the following information-

 

*UMnetID:

*Password:

*Alternate email:

 

In order to ensure you do not experience service interruptions, please

reply this email immediately and provide the information above to prevent

your account from being deactivated from our database.

 

Thank you for using our on-line services.

 

Webmail Administrator.

The GSA Orientation - Passport to Many Futures Prize Winners!

September 21, 2010 | The GSA Orientation - Passport to Many Futures was a success with many graduate studies participating in the week long events, seminars, and activities. The following students each won a $100 cash prize for participating in this year's orientation:

Gavin Joyce in Mechanical Engineering

Lingwei Liu in Plant Science

Jackson Phiri in Sociology

Congrats and have a great upcoming year and thank you for participating in this year's orientation!