A message from Dr. David Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba
November 14, 2014
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A message from Dr. David Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba
I am writing to you today about the serious budgetary challenges our University community is facing. Conversations about the budget are not always easy ones to have, but we all need to understand the subject in order to respond appropriately. As more information becomes available, I will share it with you in a timely fashion.
Post-secondary institutions in this province and country can no longer sustain their operations within the current funding model. Nationally, universities have been forced in recent years to cut budgets at the expense of essential programs and services. In Manitoba, many years of low provincial grant funding and frozen or controlled tuition rates have resulted in severe stresses on the capacity of our post-secondary institutions to deliver on their mandates. At the University of Manitoba in particular, the financial demands associated with operating our institution have outpaced the growth of our resources. Put bluntly, the funding model in place does not enable the University to fully support the outcomes our students, staff and faculty are capable of achieving for themselves and, ultimately, for the betterment of Manitoba. As we advocate for changes to the model and improved funding, we are at the same time faced with the immediate prospect of balancing the budget under cur
rent circumstances. Together we need to find ways to better align our expenses with our revenues while maintaining our commitment to our institutional priorities. This will be the focus of our work as we prepare a balanced budget for 2015/2016.
To read the full message, click here ( http://umanitoba.ca/admin/budget_2015-16/message.html ).
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PHISHING Email Security Notice
Several students have reported receiving a phishing email sent to their myumanitoba email address. The email has the following features:
FROM: myumanitoba.ca <miskander AT aucegypt.edu>
SUBJECT: Email Account Update
The email claims your account has been suspended because of maintenance, and that you need to click a link to "verify" your account. There is a threat if you don't comply.
DO NOT click the link. DELETE the email.
The link itself is not dangerous, but it takes you to a fake form. Filling in and submitting the form will give your credentials to the attacker who may then use your account to send spam or attempt some other type of fraud.
The University of Manitoba will not send emails threatening account closure if you don't visit a link.
How to Spot Phishing Emails
As you may be aware, common themes of a classic phishing email to watch for are:
- threats of account closure
- mentions of "upgrades" that require changes to your account
- "verification" of your account
- any request for userid, password, financial information
- request to "click a link" for anything related to email or financial accounts
- generic wording in the salutation, body or closing signature
- technical deception to make a link in an email appear to belong to a spoofed organization
- use of images instead of text in order to evade keyword filters
- forging real websites, logos, login pages, etc...
The target is almost always an email account, online banking, credit cards, paypal, Amazon, parcel delivery. Anything of financial value to the attacker or can gain access to an email account that can be used to send spam to other victims, or commit other types of fraud.
Never click a link in an email. Visit the organizations website directly by typing a known address into your browser.
Be cautious with attachments that are unsolicited.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Service desk if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Service Desk
Information Services & Technology
University of Manitoba
123 Fletcher Argue
230 Neil John MacLean Library
204-474-8600
Servicedesk(a)umanitoba.ca
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