Photo credit: JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Brandon Trask is an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor.

CBC Manitoba: Sentencing arguments wrap up in the hearing for disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard

July 25, 2024 —

Host Faith Fundal speaks with Brandon Trask, assistant professor of law at the University of Manitoba, about disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sentencing trial that wrapped up today.

To listen to the full conversation, please visit CBC Manitoba.

Faculty of Law, Peter Nygard

Free Press: Young Dynamo will chart ambitious course as Chief of Birdtail Sioux

Dr. Niigaan Sinclair published an opinion piece in the Winnipeg Free Press about a former student of his - Tréchelle Bunn, currently a second-year law student who was elected Chief of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation on April 10th. Sinclair describes the political scene at the Nation and the issues Bunn will have to address. "She’s got her work cut out for her," he writes.

The Hockey Conference is only two months away

Over the last year, University of Manitoba faculty and students from Law, Education, and Kinesiology & Recreation Management have worked with scholars, industry professionals, and athletes from across Canada to organize the twelfth biennial Hockey Conference. The conference will take place at The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, from June 17-19th, 2025. The theme of this year’s conference is, In the Echoes of Reckonings. In support of this theme, the conference includes multiple keynotes, lunch and learns, as well as plenary and concurrent sessions. Following tradition, the conference will end with a game of hockey.

Taking Care of Business

On March 6th, 2025, law students from U of M’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic presented “Start-up Law 101: Law for Entrepreneurs,” a webinar delivered in partnership with Futurpreneur.