UM Today Archives

May 27, 2025 —  Leaders hope royal visit can be step forward in relations between Crown, Indigenous people

May 27, 2025 —  Deepest ice core ever found in Canada collected by researchers

May 27, 2025 —  The third annual Art Braid Business Law Case Competition took place on Friday, February 28, 2025, at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS)’s offices. This year’s case challenged students to review and analyze a services agreement on behalf of a client and present their recommendations. Congratulations to winners Jordan Wagner (3L), Eric Wagner (1L), and William Ho (1L), and to runners-up: Eric Martin (1L), Tyler Rubigny (1L), Thomas James-Davies (1L), and Alessandro Imbrogno (1L). The Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law generously funded the competition.

May 27, 2025 —  Candace Neumann was awarded the New Investigator Award for best oral abstract presentation in Social Science at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Conference for her presentation title: Our Ancestors Live in our Blood: Understanding Kinship, Storytelling and Place in Supports for Pregnant Indigenous Women Living with HIV. She is a Red River Métis doula, artist, MSW-IK student, sundancer, cedar bath conductor, and community helper from Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her spirit name, Leads With Light, guides her in her community work, and is grounded in her relationships with her family and her community. She comes from a long line of fierce aunties and carries on the tradition with her 13 nephews and nieces, and 1 great niece. In this Q&A, Candace talks about her work as an experienced doula, and shares insight about the Master in Social Work based in Indigenous Knowledges program.

May 27, 2025 —  Hallie Eggie soaking up every moment with WIF Program in Winnipeg

May 26, 2025 —  At the 2025 IDEATE Student Presentation, nearly 350 students gathered to learn from the journey of a uniquely talented business leader: entrepreneur, philanthropist, and NFL legend, Steve Young.

May 26, 2025 —  The 2025 Kawaskimhon Indigenous Moot took place March 7 – 8, hosted by the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University on the traditional Anishinabe territory of the Fort William First Nation, home to Anemki Wajiw (Mount McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario). The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law sent two teams to compete, including Mary-Charlet Lathlin (3L), Janell Jackson (2L), Raven Morrisseau (2L), and Chloe Dreilich-Girard (2L). The team was coached by Marc Kruse, Director of Indigenous Legal Learning and Services, and Daniel Diamond, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law.

May 26, 2025 —  The Gale Cup Moot’s Team Manitoba was in Toronto from February 27 - March 2. Kaitlyn Clarke and Andrew Bergen (2Ls) were a Respondent team while Sameer Harris and Derek Zaporzan (2Ls) were Appellants. Denise Sarmiento (3L) was the researcher, (plus clerk and timer at practices). The team was coached by Dayna Queau-Guzzi and Ashleigh Smith from the Appeals Unit at Manitoba Prosecutions.

May 26, 2025 —  The National Family Law Negotiation Competition took place virtually on February 27 to March 1, 2025. Manitoba’s team of Sydney Reimer (2L) and Tahnee Hoff (2L) placed 4th overall, with Reimer placing 2nd as individual top negotiator. The team of Ethan Kemp-Wasylyk (2L) and Nicolle Golletz (3L) placed 8th overall. Researcher, Eric Moon (3L), assisted the teams, which were coached by Tanya Keller [LLB/08] and Mikaela Bauerlein [JD/23] (both of Amica Law Corporation). Natasha Brown, Director of Access to Justice at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, was an organizer of the annual competition, which is co-hosted annually by the University of Manitoba and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

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.