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Mike Babinsky
Candidate in the 2014 Winnipeg - 8 School Ward race.
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Questionnaire Response
Why did you decide to run in the 2014 School Board Election?
As a father of six children and five grandchildren, I have a vast interest in our public education system.
What experience will you bring to compliment your role as School Trustee?
I have been a member of the Winnipeg School Division Board of Trustees since 1995. I am currently the senior Trustee on the Board, and I believe my experience and strong independent voice will benefit my community.
What are some issues that you would like to stand for in your role as School Trustee, and why are these issues important to you?
The issues that are most important to me are those that are brought forward to me from the community. I believe the constituents elect me to be their voice. Their opinion counts.
As a Trustee, transparency and accountability are very important. I have always tried my best to keep my community aware of the issues and decisions that are discussed and implemented at the Division.
What is one thing in particular that you appreciate about the school ward or school division you wish to represent?
I was born, raised, and still live in Ward 8. I raised my family in this community and ran the largest outdoor sports program for all ages in this community at the Old Exhibition Grounds for 25 years.
I believe my ward is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city and filled with the most exceptional people. It has always been a community with many cultural backgrounds. What I appreciate the most about my ward is that no matter how different we are, we all have so much in common.
Do you have any other comments regarding your candidacy?
Nothing is more important to our families and our community than our children, and I am proud to serve as their School Trustee. I would be honored to continue.
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News that Mentions Mike Babinsky
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Civic Election 2014
Sunday, 08 June 2014
Last week, Winnipeggers elected Brian Bowman as their mayor. Bowman's official biography mentions his working-class background, his love of the Jets and the family dog, Indiana. Not mentioned is the fact Bowman is also Métis, something that was rarely ...
Anyone running for school board? Anyone? Hello?
Monday, 05 May 2014
I see Gord Steeves and Brian Bowman are running for mayor of Winnipeg, which means we now have more announced candidates for mayor in the city than we have announced candidates for the eight school boards within city limits. Which, like, you know, ...
School trustees at odds over buses leaving kids in cold
Monday, 17 March 2014
Winnipeg School Division is set to review a motion that aims to prevent kids from being stuck waiting in the cold for long periods of time. School trustee Mike Babinsky said he's received a number of complaints about school buses not showing up or ...
I'd really like to, but...
Friday, 14 February 2014
I received a speaking invitation last Friday from Pro Tem, my old university paper at Glendon College of York University. Back in the day, I was sports editor and, for my final year, editor. We always assumed that we all had various spy and security ...
Floor it, speed up, drive everfaster on campus!
Monday, 10 February 2014
This is one complaint I certainly didn't expect to get in February — a reader unhappy with a story I wrote last summer about enforcement of the 30 km/h speed limits on much of the University of Manitoba campus. This reader, who says he is a U of M ...
Winnipeg considers allday kindergarten but at what cost?
Wednesday, 05 February 2014
“Financially and logistically, there are going to be problems,” school trustee Mike Babinsky said. “There isn't enough physical space in some of the elementary schools, so you actually have to build additions or bring in portable units to create ...
Fowler's been down this road before
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Not only has Mike Babinsky been formally censured for the third time during his 20-year tenure as a school trustee, he could face further sanctions. 0 · Will rapid transit spur development? This story will be updated shortly. 0 · See more from Jim ...
Yoga Public on board for Empty Stocking Fund
Saturday, 30 November 2013
It may have gotten colder out but we have a hot, hot new partner to herald this yuletide. The Fort Garry Hotel's Yoga Public will be collecting cash, unwrapped toys and non-perishable food items for the Christmas Cheer Board through our Empty Stocking ...
Jeff Stoughton ready for one last shot at Olympics
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton is already one of the top curlers in the history of the game. In fact, I would put him in the top five right now. Stoughton has won two world championships, three Brier titles, a record 10 Manitoba titles, two Canadian Mixed ...
Olympic curling trials are the big one for Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Manitoba's Jennifer Jones is approaching the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials with an enthusiasm seldom seen before. Jones was somewhat guarded in interviews leading up to the previous two trials. But she is embracing this year's ...
Chelsea Carey's foursome one of three Manitoba curling teams to don Maple ...
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Babinsky: 'I'm really not the devil'. Not only has Mike Babinsky been formally censured for the third time during his 20-year tenure as a school trustee, he could face further sanctions. 0 · Will rapid transit spur development? This story will be ...
Hrynyk bides her time, and other exciting news
Monday, 09 September 2013
Her motion involves — you'll never guess in a million years — trustee Mike Babinsky and his practice of having his children fill in for him if he has multiple events or can't make it somewhere. Oh, sugarfudgeheckdarn, you did guess, didn't you? Then ...
More Babinsky, and this time it's personal
Tuesday, 02 July 2013
His father, as you might surmise, is storied trustee Mike Babinsky, who today went absolutely ballistic in an email he fired off in all directions, including to senior WSD staff, Premier Greg Selinger and Education Minister Nancy Allan. The gist ...
School trustees squabble over representation at events
Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Winnipeg School Division trustees Mike Babinsky and Suzanne Hrynyk are squabbling after Babinsky unleashed an email tirade this morning accusing Hrynyk of chewing out his son publicly at a school event last week. Babinsky said the scene was payback ...
Babinsky circus obscures crucial issues
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Mike Babinsky would try the patience of a saint. Dale Carnegie would probably tell Babinsky not even to bother buying the book. Will Rogers would have shaken his head and walked away. There was Babinsky Monday night, 18 years and counting over ...
Most of trustee's ideas fail at board meeting
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Winnipeg School Division trustee Mike Babinsky's attempts to reinvent himself as Mr. Co-operation Monday night got him pretty much nowhere on a whole slew of issues. After 18 years happily acting as a lone wolf and board maverick, Babinsky only ...
Opendoor policy on hot issues advised
Friday, 14 June 2013
"There are people who want to see school boards disappear," and WSD won't have the support it needs if it keeps shutting out the public, he said Thursday. Trustee Mike Babinsky has raised concerns over how the division sets salaries for senior managers.
Media at Trudeau Sisler visit a 'surprise'
Saturday, 04 May 2013
Trustee Mike Babinsky said Friday that, internally, the division is saying longtime Sisler principal George Heshka made the decision to exclude the media. "They're hanging this on George and saying George made the call," he said. Babinsky said it is ...
Allan makes the right move
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Education Minister Nancy Allan sure sounds as though she intends to enforce Bill 18. Specifically, she'll enforce the provision that if students come forward wishing to form a gay-straight alliance in their school, they will be able to do so. That's ...
Traffic woes at schools 'universal complaint'
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Earlier this year, trustee Mike Babinsky requested a staff report on traffic problems around Meadows West School, near Keewatin Street in northwest Winnipeg. Wasyliw had already heard and seen lots of problems in southern schools, so he got board ...
Four Manitoba curling teams confirmed for Canada Cup
Monday, 05 November 2012
Four more Manitoba teams will attempt to get to Winnipeg through Moose Jaw, Sask., at the end of this month. Jeff Stoughton, Mike McEwen, Chelsea Carey and Cathy Overton-Clapham have been confirmed to join fellow Manitoban Jennifer Jones, the ...
Math program under review
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
asked trustee Mike Babinsky. Trustee Darlyne Bautista wouldn't approve anything until she's consulted with people directly affected by residential schools. Bautista said she visited Niji Mahkwa School, where she said aboriginal students and teachers ...
Trustee censured for comments
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
When Winnipeg School Division trustees approved a motion Monday night brought by trustee Mike Babinsky to formally censure trustee Mark Wasyliw, it was only the fourth time in recent memory for the province's largest board. The board has censured ...
WSD trustees censure Wasyliw over comments on North End schools
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
But the school board still went behind closed doors to debate fellow trustee Mike Babinsky's motion to formally censure Wasyliw, and emerged into public session late Monday night to take the rare action of formally censuring Wasyliw. The censure speaks ...
Not political, Rita? Seriously?
Friday, 09 December 2011
The Winnipeg School Division's teachers' union makes the extraordinary claim that students are a year behind in math and language arts by the time they finish Grade 6, and school board chair Rita Hildahl won't talk about it because it's not a political ...
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