University of Winnipeg says Kinew has done positive work

Posted: 5:27 PM CDT Monday, Mar. 14, 2016

The University of Winnipeg said Monday Wab Kinew, its embattled associate vice-president of indigenous affairs, has done positive work for the university.

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The University of Winnipeg said Monday Wab Kinew, its embattled associate vice-president of indigenous affairs, has done positive work for the university.

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The University of Winnipeg said Monday Wab Kinew, its embattled associate vice-president of indigenous affairs, has done positive work for the university.

But the university repeatedly refused to discuss homophobic and misogynistic tweets and hip-hop lyrics for which Kinew, currently on leave to run for the NDP in the Fort Rouge riding, has come under intense fire. The university’s website says Kinew is on leave until April 19, the day of the provincial election.

Finally responding Monday to the latest controversy surrounding Kinew, which surfaced last Thursday, senior executive officer Chris Minaker said by email: “The University of Winnipeg is not commenting on the provincial election. In his role at UWinnipeg, Wab Kinew has achieved positive results.”

John Woods
/ The Canadian PressWab Kinew, Manitoba NDP candidate for Fort Rouge, listens as Premier Greg Selinger responds at a news conference in Winnipeg, Friday, March 11, 2016 to Liberal party allegations of “hurtful” tweets of Wab Kinew’s which have surfaced online. — John Woods / The Canadian PressWab Kinew, Manitoba NDP candidate for Fort Rouge, listens as Premier Greg Selinger responds at a news conference in Winnipeg, Friday, March 11, 2016 to Liberal party allegations of “hurtful” tweets of Wab Kinew’s which have surfaced online.

The university would not address homophobia and misogyny in Kinew’s Twitter postings and song lyrics, even when it was pointed out he had been in the university’s employ when he made a disparaging comment about poverty in Attawapiskat in 2012. The university would not respond further when asked to comment specifically on Kinew as an employee.

Defended by Premier Greg Selinger at a news conference Friday, Kinew didn’t deny he wrote the tweets, telling the media he takes “full responsibility and makes no excuses” for them.

“I have stood up and done the hard work of making myself a better person,” Kinew said.

In reference to the Attawapiskat tweet, in which he wrote in 2012, “Riding in my limo back to my king sized sweet feeling really bad for those kids in Attawapiskat,” he said it was intended to be satire.