Alumni News Archive

May 26, 2025 — 
Kristie Pearson [BPE/96] is more than a community leader—she’s a force of compassion and action. Her life’s work is a testament to the power of showing up, listening deeply, and creating spaces where everyone feels seen and supported.

May 23, 2025 — 
UM alumni have re-elected Dr. Irene Fakankun [PhD/21] to serve a second term on the University of Manitoba Board of Governors. 

May 20, 2025 — 
The Faculty of Law was pleased to host its annual community-building Spring Reception on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, where five new Jurists of Robson Hall were honoured, along with two recipients of the Faculty’s annual Alumni awards. In a jam-packed evening that honoured practicing professional instructors, moot competition coaches, mentors, externship supervisors and volunteers, the Faculty also presented its inaugural Externship Supervisor Award. The Manitoba Law Foundation announced a $4.5 million grant it has made to the Faculty to create transformative bursaries to ensure a diverse future practicing bar. Guests were also invited to tour the student areas of Robson Hall to see the many recent changes including a giant mural created by Indigenous artist and second-year law student, Jessie Canard.

May 12, 2025 — 
On April 25, 2025, the David Dreman Behavioural Management Lab was officially launched, ushering in a new era of management research at the Asper School of Business.

May 12, 2025 — 
To celebrate the achievements of graduates, the Faculty of Law created the Faculty of Law Alumni Awards which are presented annually. This year, winners were selected in the categories of: Outstanding Alumni Award and Emerging Leader Award. Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 UM Law Alumni Awards: The Honourable Catherine Carlson, Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba [BA/83; LLB/86], Outstanding Alumni Award Kevin Sharma [JD/19; LLM/22], Emerging Leader Award

May 9, 2025 — 
The Faculty of Law's Director of Clinics, Elizabeth McCandless announced Thursday, April 10, 2025, that Mary-Charlet Lathlin (3L) was the recipient of the inaugural Wolseley Law LLP Award for Student Clinical Excellence. The award highlights the importance of experiential learning for law students and serves to encourage excellence in the practice of law. “Wolseley Law is really happy to have the opportunity to inaugurate this award,” said Gerrit Theule [JD/15], founding partner at Wolseley Law, LLP.

May 8, 2025 — 
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition took place February 20 – 22, 2025 in Ottawa. The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law sent four students from Robson Hall to the Bennett Jones Jessup Canadian Rounds hosted by the Canadian Council on International Law. The team of Harjot Kaur (2L) and Nicole Dohler (2L) acted as “Applicants” and Tia Andrews (2L) with Gillian Findlay (3L) were the “Respondents”. The Teams were coached by Assistant Professor Gillian MacNeil.

May 8, 2025 — 
The first moot competition of the 2025 season was the 18th Annual Julius Alexander Isaac Moot, which took place January 30 – February 1, 2025 in Ottawa, hosted by the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada. For the first time in recent memory, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law fielded a full team at the Isaac Moot, of which the Appellant team of Quinn Thomas (3L) and Talia David (3L) emerged as champions and brought the Isaac Moot Cup home to Winnipeg.

May 8, 2025 — 
This term, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law was proud to host the MacIntyre Cup (also known as the Western Canada Trial Advocacy Moot competition) on February 14 – 15, 2025, and even more proud of the Robson Hall team’s second-place finish. This meant the team went on to represent Western Canada at the national final competition, the Sopinka Cup, in Ottawa.

May 7, 2025 — 
St. Paul’s College at the University of Manitoba celebrated its graduating students at the Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony on Sunday, April 27, 2025.