Virginia Torrie News Archive

May 27, 2021 — 
A year ago, Dr. Virginia Torrie published her first book, Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Given that it is about her favourite subjects – bankruptcy and history, and given her proven track record of being an excellent teacher (having won the 2017 Barney Sneiderman Award) it is not too surprising that it was short-listed for the 2021 Manitoba Book Awards’ Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction.

June 5, 2020 — 
Who knew a book about historical bankruptcy law could be so exciting and controversial? Hot off the University of Toronto Press, Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act by Robson Hall's Assistant Professor Dr. Virginia Torrie, is essential reading for the Canadian insolvency community as well as those interested in Canadian institutions, legal history, and the dynamics of change.

May 13, 2020 — 
Having provided a high standard of legal education for the past 106 years throughout two world wars, the Great Depression, several epidemics including the 1918 Spanish Flu and the early 20th century’s deadly and debilitating poliovirus, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law was not easily deterred in its mission when faced with the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic this spring.

November 8, 2019 — 
Dr. Virginia Torrie, Assistant Professor at Robson Hall, is still jet-lagged from her recent visit to Singapore, where she was invited as an Academic Visitor to the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. There, she gave a lecture on her book Reinventing Bankruptcy Law, forthcoming next summer from the University of Toronto Press.

June 18, 2019 — 
Dr. Virginia Torrie is already known for her enthusiasm in the classroom for Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, which many students have found surprisingly interesting. It is no wonder that Torrie has already won two teaching awards since starting her position as an assistant law professor at Robson Hall in 2015, including the Law Faculty’s Barney Sneiderman Award for Teaching Excellence in 2017 and a University of Manitoba 2017 Merit Award for Teaching last June.

March 14, 2019 — 
Dr. Virginia Torrie’s research into the financial troubles faced by Canadian farmers in the ‘Dirty Thirties’ could yield better ways for legal practitioners to help modern-day farmers and small businesses stay in business.

November 30, 2018 — 
Congratulations to Dr. Virginia Torrie in her new role as Editor-in-Chief of the Banking & Finance Law Review.