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Lorna Turnbull News Archive

Karine Levasseur and Lorna Turnbull collaborated on a new book on Mothering and Welfare

Faculty of Law

Interdisciplinary collaboration yields results to benefit caregivers, families

November 10, 2020 — 
University of Manitoba professors Drs. Karine Levasseur (Department of Political Studies) and Lorna Turnbull (Faculty of Law), recently released Mothering and Welfare: Depriving, Surviving, Thriving, co-edited with Concordia University political science professor, Dr. Stephanie Paterson

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Faculty of Law

Winnipeg Free Press: Systemic racism more than ‘a few bad apples’ – Dr. Lorna Turnbull

July 15, 2020 — 
A Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Lorna Turnbull explains the importance of recognizing and naming systemic racism and the responsibility of everyone to address it so as to work toward creating a more just society. Her opinion piece was published on page A007 in the Winnipeg Free Press on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

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Elsa Kaka

Faculty of Law

Juris Doctor Class of 2020

June 26, 2020 — 
Born in Cairo, Egypt to South Sudanese refugees, Elsa Kaka grew up in Winnipeg, inspired towards a life of advocacy by parents who challenged her to venture outside her comfort zone

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Portrait of Dr. Lorna Turnbull

Faculty of Law

Research on the impacts of laws makes a difference

June 12, 2020 — 
Robson Hall Law Professor, Dr. Lorna Turnbull, was a lead investigator along with Drs. Marni Brownell and Nathan Nichol on the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) study report “The Overlap Between the Child Welfare and Youth Criminal Justice Systems: Documenting “Cross-Over Kids” in Manitoba,” published this month.

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Dr. Lorna Turnbull spoke with Up To Speed's Ismaila Alfa at CBC's Harvesting Hope radiothon.

Faculty of Law

Talking Taxes on CBC’s Harvesting Hope

December 13, 2019 — 
Professor Lorna Turnbull was a guest on CBC’s Up To Speed last Friday, as part of CBC’s Harvesting Hope, an annual radiothon fundraiser for Winnipeg Harvest. A professor of tax law at Robson Hall, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law, Turnbull spoke with host Ismaila Alfa about the work she had done last spring with her Tax law students as part of Winnipeg Harvest’s annual volunteer tax filing service.

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Faculty of Law

Law Professors Part of SSHRC Team Successes

August 8, 2019 — 
Professors at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law have been active on research teams this year, working to improve the Canadian Justice System. Among the recently-announced Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants (2018-19), four of Robson Hall’s faculty members were co-applicants on successful projects.

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Faculty of Law

Robson Hall to offer bilingual legal training

June 6, 2019 — 
Access to Justice program to train Manitoba law students in both official languages

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Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law receives support to offer classes in both official languages

June 5, 2019 — 
The Government of Canada is supporting the development of a common law certificate in French at the University of Manitoba

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Tracy Schmidt (centre) chose her K-12 teacher Jeff Kula and her law professor Lorna Turnbull (on each side) as teachers that most made an impact on her education. Associate Dean (J.D. Program) Bruce Curran joins them on the Faculty of Law's behalf (far right).

Faculty of Law

Congratulations to Professor Turnbull

May 15, 2019 — 
This year, graduating law student Tracy Schmidt was selected as the Faculty of Law’s exceptional student, and she chose to recognize Professor Lorna Turnbull as the post-secondary teacher who most inspired her.

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