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‘Ignite’ the future for independent artists

Collaboration brings new experiential learning to Master of Fine Art students

Students in the Master of Fine Art program are refining their craft in a vibrant studio-based program. Now, these students also have the opportunity to consider possibilities and build skills for an entrepreneurial future. In a week-long workshop called Ignite: Your Future as an Artist, MFA students explored essential professional skills, including legal and bookkeeping basics, art pricing strategies, and effective approaches to communicating their artistic brand.

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Legal Clinic outreach to Northern Manitoba

From November 27–28, 2025, law students from the University of Manitoba’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts travelled to The Pas to bring free legal services to northern residents. It was their second visit to the town in recent years, following a trip to Thompson last spring.

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Tréchelle Bunn’s extraordinary year

Tréchelle Bunn has been having an extraordinary year – make that two years. Since first setting foot in Robson Hall, the third-year law student from Wampum, Manitoba, has been making a huge impact on every community she is part of, be it furthering Truth and Reconciliation, or working to improve access to justice for incarcerated persons. From organizing an annual Reconciliation Run in her home community of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation to speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of Indigenous Peoples, Bunn proceeds with quiet determination and a passion for challenges.

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