she reads directly from the slides and cannot answer any questions asked. if there is no attendance do not go to class, it is useless. her tests are also pretty difficult considering her lectures remind me of a grade 3 classroom....

I dont think she should be a prof... she is brutal, boring as heck, disorganized, unable to answer questions, and ignores questions if she does not want to answer them. Just because she is willing to teach, does not mean she should!

Try and avoid classes with her if possible. She goes only on her notes she brings to class with her, and seems unable to answer any questions by students. She is unorganized and barely knows what she is talking about! I have never heard someone take so many pauses in lecture before. If you want to really learn something, do not take her classes!

By far the worst teacher i have ever had, she has no idea what she is talking about and is the worst marker ever! if you have an opinion about something in her class make sure it is the same as hers or else you will get a bad mark! also she has not grading scale at all, and she cant explain herself at all! by far worst teacher ever!!!!!

This woman is not at all helpful. She will assign something, then when you do it exactly as she asked, she refuses to look at it, because he T/A does everything for her. She is VERY biased. She uses STRANGE confusing conglomeration of articles that in no way relate to the subject. Her exams are completely scattered. She is RUDE and unhelpful.

Avoid Lisa Bednar's class by any means possible. I learned nothing in the class, her instructions are contradictory and confusing, she does not get back to you when you ask questions, her assignments are useless, and she seems very uneducated.

avoid any class with her. Unreasonable grader. Not very easy to contact considering I'm taking her online class, which she's not very involved with either. I was excited for this class but I would say she ruined it for me. if you do take a class with her, you better read a your book since that how you will learn from her class.

Unreasonable grader for a first year course. Next to impossible to get in touch with her, doesn't respond to emails and has office hours only 4 days a semester. Also DO NOT take her online course, there's an unmanageable amount of reading; my friends who took on-campus version barely had to read anything. Exam was very easy though.

Took the online course with her, she is very unclear about due dates, and makes us do "group work" where only one person does the paper, then she cancels the paper one day before it's due. Class is easy overall, but she makes it bad.

don't take this class as a GPA booster. She gives good feedback on the papers but still marks way too hard for a first year course even using her feedback. I tried reaching out to her about my paper and how i could improve it but she took too long to reply so i ended up handing another C+ paper, not reliable.

I'd like to start off by saying that she's nice and gives good feedback on papers. The main problem with her is that she takes a while to reply to emails and only has office hours once a month which is odd for me because this is a distance ed class. She gives a lot of assignments but instructions and grading is very confusing and unclear. AVOID!

She assigns way too many readings every week. Takes a week to respond to emails. Unclear instructions.

Not helpful at all. When I ask a question she just tells me to look at the course material. Textbook too expensive and too much reading.

I took this course as a GPA booster and for a first year course she marks ridiculously hard, assignments dates were never clear, sometimes she would post an assignment 3 days before it was due, as if we do not have any other courses to worry about. Terrible at replying to emails and marking assignments in a timely manner.

Terrible. This is a first-year course but she marks harder than many 3rd year or honors classes. 0/10 do not take classes with her.

BEWARE... she marks without reading the full content of your paper. Docks marks left and right.

She might be educated and caring prof but not good for an online course as she replies to emails after 2-3 weeks. She is also a very very tough grader - obviously, it's not her, I guess students from final years of arts examines BUT she can at least recheck. its an elective for 1st year for most of us and been graded like final year of Ph.D.

She is awful

Such a fascinating and meaningful concept that was completely butchered by Lisa's heavy demands. You're expected to read a minimum of 2 textbook chapters (60 pages each), articles, films etc EACH week. Impossible to keep up, argument notes and group discussion are always due at the same time. Doesn't even read our work, docks marks for no reason.

I'm an A+ student and received a bare B with this prof. Grading is solely on opinion for papers. My test grades were 90+, but papers rec'd 60-70 (other classes I average 85-90). Class material is great - Prof is awful. Would not recommend to anyone.

Marks incredibly hard

Tough grader, wont give you any feedback for any assignments and if she does its automatically passed on to someone else she think will help instead of giving you the proper feedback a student should receive, hard to get ahold of regardless of the time day so good luck trying to get questions asked

Had required reading written by a transphobic author. Did not like any effort to include transgender and nonbinary people in feminist discussions in written work. Graded harshly unless her exact views were regurgitated and/or defended. Save yourself a headache and take the class with someone else.

My first written course. Had class with her, kind of rude with responses but responds in time. Tough grader. Wouldn't recommend her if you want to do well. My grade was literally a decimals away from being a B+ but she refused to change it. Marks a bit harshly on papers I think. Nice person however

This prof is hands down difficult to deal with. She is tenured, so any claim you make to the university is constantly ignored. She's consistently is disrespectful to students with an international background and is close-minded to any issues that are presented toward her in a ethnic family for projects. Run if you can.

Awful prof... I didn't wanna get discouraged by all the bad reviews so I decided to give her a chance. Waited for an email reply for 2 weeks. Tests are timed 1 min/question and she tests you on random stats & details that are not meaningful. Grading is also odd. She seems lazy and like she enjoys giving out bad grades with 0 feedback.

Lisa is probably one of the worst professors at University of Manitoba. Her lectures are sloppy, her homework is overkill and unnecessary. Her grading is brutal considering this is a first year course. She does not care about her students. If you need a written course, I suggest any other professor.

this prof has made me reconsider life many times.

if you value your sanity don't take this prof. i wouldn't wish this women to teach to my worst enemies. my hatred for her burns as hot as 1000 suns and even the devil himself would pity this level of torment. Her responses to emails are giant nothing burgers. There are no slides and most of the readings are pointless.

Lisa Bednar is a bit of a joke, only suggest course for mortal enemies. Markers provided little feedback + humongous marks lost over who knows what. Is impossible to get ahold of + did not answer email questions about feedback and getting in touch over grade disputes. Course content is very gentle, with minimal knowledge of financial literacy.

Dont take this professor. She is a tough grader and the workload is extremely heavy. There's a lot of reading from multiple sources, plus strict and confusing grading. The class felt overwhelming . the reading was assigned, was extremely heavy, two textbook, and online articles. I wouldn't recommend taking any class with her.

Holy hate her with a passion. Graded like I slimed her husband and gave no feedback. I think she has some screws loose as she would say "great essay" and would hit me with a 60%. Happened to everyone I know. Made an easy gpa boosting elective my worst grade! If you see Lisa Bednar teaching a class, DONT TAKE IT! You'll thank me later!