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Faculty of Law

Canadian Forum for Business and Human Rights event strengthened global research network

December 15, 2025 — 
Days before the Grey Cup, Winnipeg was the gathering place for another group of people with a shared passion. On November 13-14, 2025, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law hosted the inaugural Canadian Forum for Business and Human Rights Conference. Scholars from across the globe met first for a workshop, and then for a conference to share research, knowledge, and ideas about Business and Human Rights - a critical area of law that deeply affects all aspects of the economy, society, and the environment worldwide.

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Assistant Professor Akin Ogunranti in conversation with his former PhD thesis advisor, Dr. Sara Seck. Photo by Christine Mazur.

Faculty of Law

More to business law than meets the eye

November 15, 2024 — 
Describing her own legal career as being "all over the place," Dr. Sara Seck, Director of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law revealed an immense wealth of knowledge gained from her academic and professional journey when visiting Robson Hall this fall as the inaugural Desautels Centre lecturer in Business and Human Rights law.

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Faculty of Law

Desautels Centre Report on the 12th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

January 24, 2024 — 
The 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, held in Geneva, Switzerland from November 26-29, 2023, brought together a diverse and global community of scholars, practitioners, consultants, community activists, UN and government officials. With the support of the Business Law Advisory Committee, Dr. Laura Reimer, Director of Program Development attended in-person for the purpose of networking and gathering information for the Faculty’s Business and Human Rights initiatives.

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