Today at the Brandon Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew singled out Brandon University as part of his State of the Province address, and delivered us some excellent news. The premier pledged that the province will be providing to Brandon University an additional $7.4 million in funding over two years, above and beyond the funding in Budget 2024.
Section: Campus Updates
With spring’s arrival, Brandon University is seeing more interest for use of the secure bicycle compound on campus. The bike compound is located at the southeast corner of Parking Lot 1, where McMaster Hall meets the Knowles Douglas Centre (just behind the white Geology building).
It is now easier for everyone to connect to secure wireless Internet on campus at Brandon University.
IT Services at BU has switched on new wi-fi networks that streamline your authentication, open up new options for guests, and will keep your connection secure.
The Brandon University Board of Governors and the BU Faculty Association have each ratified a new four-year Collective Agreement.
The renewed deal covers April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2027.
This week, bargaining teams from Brandon University and the BU Faculty Association reached a tentative agreement for a renewed Collective Agreement. This is wonderful news and our thanks go to the members of both bargaining teams, who have worked so hard to arrive at this milestone.
It’s a homecoming of sorts for Brandon University’s new Dean of Arts, who is returning to Manitoba after nearly 25 years away.
Dr. Gregory Kennedy is a specialist of early Canadian history, particularly the history of New France, Acadia, and the larger French Atlantic World.
Ongoing severe weather conditions and extensive road closures means that Brandon University’s main campus in Brandon will be closed today (Monday, March 4) and CLASSES ARE CANCELLED.
Most offices and campus services will be closed, and unavailable.
Tonight, Brandon University and the BU Faculty Association made major inroads towards a new collective agreement. The Parties will continue negotiations through the days ahead, and there will be no labour disruption to our campus community and to the great work that our students, faculty, and staff do on a daily basis.
UPDATE: Posted jointly on behalf of lead negotiators Lisa Robson (BUFA) and Kristen Fisher (BU)
The below communication was misleading; a strike is not guaranteed. While the Faculty Association’s strike deadline remains, at this time Brandon University and the BU Faculty Association are very much still at the table and working hard to reach an agreement.
Regretfully, Brandon University is halting efforts to transition our in-house student information system to the Anthology package, part of a project known as RenewBU. We are not finding a route to successfully implement the full Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software project according to the goals we had set and this will end our relationship with Anthology.