Left to right: Associate Professor Brandon Trask, Tréchelle Bunn (3L), Assistant Professor Martine Dennie (facilitator), and Mark Wilson (3L) spoke on a panel titled Determining Intent to Injure: Potential Lessons from Law in Assessing Match Penalties in Hockey in which panelists drew from lived experiences ranging from working as a referee to playing varsity hockey to playing and coaching junior hockey. Panelists examined the relationship between the rules of ice hockey – both written and unwritten – and Canadian legal principles, with a focus on intent, provocation, and accountability. The discussion also considered hockey’s informal “code” of violence and retaliation, and whether such cultural norms should influence legal or disciplinary outcomes. The presentation concluded by asking: what is the test for intent, and how should it apply within the unique socio-cultural environment of Canadian hockey?

I do, and always will, love hockey. I’ve loved hockey and thought it to be the best sport in the world for as long as I can remember. Despite the fact—due to a more complicated relationship with the game in recent years—I no longer call myself a ‘hockey player,’ there are few things that take up more of my day-to-day thoughts than does hockey. Over the course of the Conference, I time and again attended presentations that highlighted problems with the game I loved, but more importantly, I learned about the ways these inspiring individuals were working to make the game more accessible to people of all identities. I sat and watched enlightening presentations about motherhood in sport, the revisionist history of racialized players, player attitudes toward instances of sexual assault, concussions, Indigenous excellence, hockey in residential schools, Reconciliation in sport, and even the linguistic roots of hockey slang to name only a few. Each was more interesting than the last. I was left with an overwhelming sense that sport, specifically hockey, could be the beacon of progress in making Canada a more equitable place for all.

Some people think [hockey] is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

-Bill Shankly, OBE

Dr. Martine Dennie with keynote speaker Rick Westhead, investigative journalist for TSN and author of We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture (forthcoming Nov. 2025). Having covered the 2018 sexual assault allegations against five World Junior players and Hockey Canada’s response, Westhead explores in the book, systemic issues like hazing, homophobia, and the failure of institutions to protect victims. His June 18 keynote talk covered the culture of misogyny, abuse, hazing, and silence in hockey. He discussed how the Hockey Canada incident exposes deeper problems across hockey culture, despite the eventual acquittal of the players in July 2025.

There are many things in life more important than a game. However, sport has a unique ability to highlight systemic issues that may be harder to see in other aspects of life. Further, law and policymaking can often serve as the first step in ensuring a community’s goals are met. Combining these two fields goes to show the impact that the game could gave on our society if we are to make the game welcoming to all. If hockey is Canada’s game, why can’t it lay the blueprint for inclusivity across Canadian society? Many of the speakers demonstrated to me how far we still have to go to reach a point where the sport can truly embody the NHL’s credo that “Hockey is for Everyone,” while others showed just how far we’ve come. All of them are people I’m grateful to have met.

Eugene Arcand and his wife Lorna were two of the most inspiring individuals whose names I could not, in good conscience, omit. Eugene and I spent hours together talking about his history in the game, a history that he and Bob McKenzie brought to life far better than I could on the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website. Eugene shares the truth about his past playing hockey at a residential school and the impact it had on his life well into adulthood—I believe it’s a necessary read for any Canadian, doubly so for hockey fans.

Another individual I had the pleasure of meeting was Bernice Carnegie, the daughter of pioneering black hockey player and Hockey Hall of Famer, Herb Carnegie. Although Herb was excluded from the NHL, he worked tirelessly to ensure that no child would know the hurt he felt from being excluded, and started the first-ever hockey school that accepted people of all races and backgrounds. He never ceased that effort and wanted to transcend the barriers that prevented his NHL aspirations, emphasizing sportsmanship, respect, and diversity for all. Both Eugene and Ms. Carnegie indulged my interest in their hockey history and shared anecdotes with me that were so laden with emotion that I had to dab them from my eyes. I am beyond grateful I had the opportunity to meet these amazing people and receive a sliver of their vast knowledge.

Dr. Cheryl MacDonald (pictured left), CEO of Sport New Brunswick and Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick and Dr. Martine Dennie (Assistant Professor, Robson Hall), members of The Hockey Conference Organization Committee.

None of the experiences I mention above would ever have been possible without the generosity of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, especially Dr. Dennie, Dr. Shannon Moore from the Faculty of Education at UM, Stefan Lewis and Seth Garcia, as well as the other members of the Conference committee including Dr. Cheryl MacDonald, Dr. Kristi Allain, Dr. Sarah Teetzel, Jamie Ryan, Dr. Teresa Fowler, Dr. Tim Skuce, Dr. Kyle McCallum, Dr. Jonathon Edwards, Dr. Christine O’Bonsawin, and Brent Poplawski.

I can’t wait for the next Hockey Conference in 2027!

In addition to the UM Faculty of Law, the 2025 Hockey Conference  was sponsored by the UM Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, The Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law, Saint Mary’s University, Research Manitoba, The Legal Research Institute, Taylor McCaffrey LLP, UM Faculty of Education, St. Thomas University, Hockey Winnipeg, Hockey Manitoba, OJ Graphix, The Office of the Vice-President (Indigenous) University of Manitoba, the Centre for Human Rights Research, and the Manitoba Law Foundation. Conference organizers also acknowledge support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for the Hockey Conference 2025 research magazine, which can be found online.

Keynote Kevin Chief with Niigaan Sinclair

Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba

The conference will feature an opening keynote from Kevin Chief, Sharing Stories of Resiliency and Reconciliation. Kevin has continuously championed initiatives for reconciliation and positive change. He currently serves as Principal of Chief Partnerships Manitoba Incorporated, Community Ambassador for the Southern Chiefs’ Organization, and Senior Advisor at True North Sports and Entertainment. Kevin’s keynote will be facilitated by award-winning writer, editor and professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Niigaan Sinclair. 

Groundbreaking Research: Neuroscientist Ann McKee

Dr. Ann McKee, acclaimed neuroscientist.

Acclaimed neuroscientist Dr. Ann McKee will present a keynote address on her groundbreaking research on concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. McKee, a leading researcher at Boston University, has played a significant role in studying and diagnosing CTE in former National Hockey League (NHL) players. She has used this research to raise urgent questions about player safety, brain health, and the future of contact sports.

Bestselling Author Rick Westhead & Researcher Kristi Allain

Rick Westhead, TSN Senior Correspondent, Award-winning journalist, bestselling author.

Cover of Rick Westhead’s book We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture.

On Day 2 of the conference, award-winning journalist and bestselling author, Rick Westhead, will deliver a keynote that tackles the sport’s culture of silence and abuse, drawing from his book We Breed Lions. Westhead’s work has ignited national discussions about accountability, justice, and the need for change within the game.

Dr. Kristi Allain, Associate Professor of Sociology, Canada Research Chair in Physical Culture and Social Life at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, NB

Expert in sport, identity, and culture, Dr. Kristi Allain will offer a keynote on her upcoming book The Don Cherry Divide: White Working-Class Masculinity and Canadian Identity. At a time when populist movements and cultural divides are shaping politics both in Canada and beyond, Dr. Allain’s talk will critically examine how Cherry’s brand of hockey masculinity and working-class pride connects to broader social and political movements.

Hockey Star Alyssa White

Alyssa White, para ice hockey star, Team Canada.

The conference also includes a lunch and learn with para ice hockey star, Alyssa White, who will share her journey of breaking barriers for women and advocating for Paralympic recognition. Alyssa, a Team Canada forward, will share her inspiring journey in her presentation, Skating to Inclusion.

The conference also includes two plenaries and six concurrent sessions that feature a number of familiar names from the hockey community and hockey research. The presentations and panels during these sessions feature various themes surrounding representation in the game, health and wellness, and social change and activism, among others.

Registration for the conference is open until May 15, 2025.

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A Group Effort

This year’s conference planning committee includes graduate students, community leaders, and academics from across Canada. The University of Manitoba features prominently on this planning committee: Dr. Martine Dennie (Faculty of Law), Dr. Shannon D.M. Moore (Faculty of Education), Dr. Sarah Teetzel (Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management), and Brent Poplawski (PhD Candidate, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management). Law students, Stefan Lewis and Seth Garcia, are also supporting the conference as Research Assistants. “I’m very excited to bring this conference to Winnipeg,” says Dennie, who is grateful for the support from all three faculties. “The collaboration across our faculties is an opportunity to unite diverse perspectives and foster interdisciplinary innovation, which is at the heart of what The Hockey Conference aims to do.”

Conference Theme: In The Echoes of Reckonings

This year’s conference theme, In The Echoes of Reckonings, was chosen in order to stimulate dialogue and generate ideas about how hockey can grapple with the sexism, violence, racism, homophobia, classism, ableism, and issues with player well-being that have come to light through critical hockey scholarship, through investigative journalism, through the activism of players, through the practical changes made by coaches, and through the policy changes enacted by leaders. The 2025 conference aspires to open up conversations and to cultivate conceptions of ice hockey that do not yet exist.

Conference Submissions

People interested in presenting at the conference are invited to submit abstracts for an individual or panel presentation by November 30, 2024. Although there is a conference theme, submissions that engage a range of themes are welcome for the conference.

As The Countdown Clock Ticks Closer

Registration for this year’s conference will open in January 2025. “This conference is not just for academics and researchers,” said Dr. Shannon Moore, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. “Students across all faculties, members of the community, and anyone interested in discussions on hockey, will be invited and welcome to register for the conference. The topics discussed (athlete well being, hazing, equity, fandom, coaching) are relevant to a broad audience.” The conference committee will also be making announcements very soon about the exciting keynotes and panel presentations planned for the June 2025 Conference.

Interested contributors are invited to keep up to date on conference information by visiting the conference website The Hockey Conference 2025.

For updates, the conference committee also invites contributors and participants to visit The Hockey Conference 2025 social media accounts including Instagram, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

“I decided to do this magazine after learning that fellow hockey scholar Dr. Courtney Szto does something similar in her Kinesiology course at Queen’s University,” Dennie explained. “I followed Courtney’s lead because I thought it was really cool that students were able to showcase their hard work with a tangible research output at the end of the course that they can share with family, friends, and employers.”

Dennie, who joined the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law in 2021, holds a BA in law and justice from Laurentian University, a JD from the Université de Moncton, a Master of Arts in Sociology from Laurentian University, and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Calgary. Her doctoral research, funded by SSHRC and Sport Canada, is an examination of participant liability and compensation for intentionally or negligently injured hockey players.  She has published in this area with articles touching on ice hockey violence, legal complexities of sports injuries, as well as articles related to multiculturalism and ice hockey. She started teaching the Sports Law course in the winter term of 2023.

Articles included in the magazine come from class assignments that first underwent rigorous peer review of classmates. Even the reviewing was part of the coursework, with each student responsible for reviewing four to five articles written by their peers before publication in the magazine.

“I thought it would produce high quality work since they knew their magazine contributions would be made public and I can honestly say any expectations I had going in were greatly exceeded,” said Dennie. “There was a lot of excitement around this in class and so many great ideas were shared among the class that culminated into the magazine you see now.”

The project was funded through the Law Endowment Fund and the Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law to help with costs of design and printing. “I remain grateful for their support,” said Dennie.

The inaugural issue of Robson Rundown: Navigating the field of sports law is now available for download from Dennie’s sports law research blog, Sports and the Law in Canada.

In seeking to further the understanding of the human experience of coerced and forced ignorance on social, human rights and criminal justice related topics, the editors of this book have drawn together scholars from multiple disciplinary fronts. As a whole, the book argues that people in our social world are forced or coerced through either implicatory or interpretive denial that is normalized through specific cultural and social mechanisms by which we refer to as non-knowledge or agnosis.

This book’s focus fills a gap in scholarship examining how human victimization and power intersect through the systematic orchestration of forced ignorance and doubt upon daily human life. The chapters examine the ways in which people find themselves in social spaces without empirical clarity and understand that absence as satisfaction, stability, or perhaps even pleasure. This book seeks to make visible the role of ignorance in governing society, highlighting how the late modern human experience in a post-World War II human rights era subsumes, subverts, and sublimates the complex relationship between knowledge and denial; and that the empirical gulf between knowledge and resistance may indeed breed complicit bliss.

The book includes chapters written by other UM Faculty of Law affiliated scholars including: Assistant Professor Martine Dennie, author of “You Just Roll with the Punches”: The Production of Ignorance in Professional Ice Hockey“; Gacek and Jochelson with former Associate Professor David Ireland [JD/2010; LLM/2014] (now a Manitoba Provincial Court judge), co-authors of “Gone, but Not Forgotten: The Agnotological Necropolitics of Inquest Fatality Reports“; Shawn Singh [JD/2022] and Assistant Professor Brandon Trask [JD/2012], co-authors of “Faded by Design: Manufacturing Agnosis of Settler-Colonialism in an Era of Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation in Canada“; Dr. Katie Szilagyi, author of “Fragmenting Epistemologies: Toward Philosophical Foundations for Machine Learning in Law“; and finally Shawn Singh and Brandon Trask individually with papers titled “Shortfalls of the Bioethical Approach to COVID-19: Vaccine Hesitancy, the Right to Choose and Public Health Management in Canada” (Singh); and “Call It Democracy: The Slippage Amongst Rights, Laws, and Values in Canada During the Pandemic Era” (Trask).

Upon the release of Justice in the Age of Agnosis Jochelson and Gacek addressed some questions regarding the need for this book at this time in this era of widespread access to information and widespread ignorance and misinformation.

What inspired you both to join forces to publish a book on this topic?

Gacek: During the height of the pandemic I watched how various conspiracy theorists seemed to be gaining traction on social media. I, like the rest of the world, was concerned about the uncertainties of Covid-19, but I was also alarmed with how misinformation was being weaponized to attack scientists, academics, and health care practitioners. Speaking to Richard on these topics, we agreed that this production of non-knowledge, or the avoidance of knowledge, seemed to leach into other areas of our social world – like how those who are climate change deniers could also potentially deny the benefits of vaccines, or believed that if they ‘did their own research’ on vaccines they would end up realizing a ‘New World Order’ was coming to replace them (i.e., where we see inklings of white nationalist thought).

[W]e felt it necessary to question whether ignorance was indeed blissful, or if the production of non-knowledge or said avoidance would worsen the conditions of already marginalized populations more so than the privileged. – Dr. James Gacek, Department of Justice, University of Regina

As an academic I’m not immune to hate mail on my justice research and teachings, but even I couldn’t believe the correspondence I received during the pandemic, with the rationales some individuals used to suggest the examples above were facts! Climate change denial, anti-vax conspiracy, white nationalism… the list goes on, but how firmly rooted these perspectives are in these people is where the ruminations on the book began. These people, whether they peddle in ignorance claims or are victims to said claims (or both), exist, and Richard and I became fascinated with them. [This was] where we set out to conceive the book.

Richard and I have worked on projects for a few years now, and given our interdisciplinary research relationship, we felt it necessary to question whether ignorance was indeed blissful, or if the production of non-knowledge or said avoidance would worsen the conditions of already marginalized populations more so than the privileged. Agnotology – the study of ignorance, misinformation, and following on, conspiracy—is a new area for us, but it is where we felt we needed to be having this discussion alongside other pertinent and cognate disciplines like law, socio-legal studies, criminology, and criminal justice (among others). Our discussion slowly evolved into where we assert in the book we are living in now: the Age of Agnosis; the political warfare and weaponization of non-knowledge and avoidance of knowledge to harm people in our world.

Jochelson: I was interested in the seeming disconnect between empiricism and the growing spiritual claims of both the left and right of the political spectrum. This is something I had commented on in 2016 upon USA presidential elections and it was a good example of how the left reacted to that election almost spiritually in its conception of repugnancy of the result. I noted that the left was making claims that were echoing some of the right’s moralistic reasoning during the 1980s.

There seems to be a late modern anxiety about waiting for science, law or disciplinary skill to yield a final result, and we seem to be advocating, shouting down and calling out each other, increasingly and at times, in a vacuum of empirical findings. In other words, in a state of ignorance. – Dr. Richard Jochelson, Dean of Law, University of Manitoba

I had always viewed the left of the spectrum as prizing evidence-based practice. In the intervening years, spiritual polarization between left and right has increasingly mobilized social movements. The Pandemic is a good example, with true believers on both sides of the political spectrum.  There seems to be a late modern anxiety about waiting for science, law or disciplinary skill to yield a final result, and we seem to be advocating, shouting down and calling out each other, increasingly and at times, in a vacuum of empirical findings. In other words, in a state of ignorance. 

What audience can benefit from the knowledge contained in this book and how?

Gacek: A wide range of readers can benefit from this book! Of course, we know undergraduate and graduate students, but also scholars, policy workers, and community activists would benefit from a fresh lens on world issues like what we incorporate here. Justice impacts all in society, but not all equally; how ignorance, misinformation, and conspiracy not only takes root but insidiously pervades our world needs to be further understood.

Jochelson: Agnosis knows no politics. From political actors through to people with main character syndrome, I think readers should challenge their views by reading the book, which contains views across a reasoned political spectrum.

What solutions to the problems of oppression and ignorance does this book offer?

Gacek: It would be easy for us to say that education, like sunlight, would be the best disinfectant to shine light upon what we don’t know – but as agnosis teaches us, the politics of ignorance is profitable. Our contributors, in various ways, demonstrate that it is not just education that we need; we need compassion and empathy for the marginalized; strong legal mechanisms to hold those tasked in the political and private spheres accountable, especially those who peddle in hate and conspiratorial claims; and better ways to reconcile with traumatic histories that still play into contemporary realities for many marginalized groups in society.

Jochelson: I think we need to return to evidence-based practice whether it is the fuel that drives advocacy, social movements or law reform. We need to learn to drop straw person arguments and tether ourselves to the technologies of something more objective than blind belief or wilful spiritualism.

Do the ideas presented in this book scratch the surface of this area of legal research or is there more work to be done in this area?

Gacek: Our book endeavours to challenge readers on how they gain their knowledge of the world, on how we think about accountability for ignorance production, and on the longstanding harms marginalized peoples continuously face because of agnosis. The potential to have a more informed and empathetic world is real, and our book is a starting point for this discussion.

Jochelson: I think it is an opening salvo. I would challenge all social science, humanities and socio-legal scholars to ask themselves about the objective foundations of their arguments. To the extent that their labour is emotional or spiritual, an objective tethering point ought to at least frame the analysis so we engage in critical analysis apprised of the best information.

Meanwhile, the boxy pile of concrete still stood as it has for 52 years, with Professor John Irvine pacing its halls preparing his lectures, while other faculty and staff popped in and out on occasion, all masked and waving greetings, relieved to see actual people in-person. Dr. Richard Jochelson, once installed as the new Dean, became a stalwart fixture in the big corner office. And things began to change.

Looking back over 2021, here is a list of significant evidence of changes coming to Robson Hall with related UM Today stories, heralding a bright future:

Answering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #28

1. Formation of the Truth & Reconciliation Action Team 
2. Passing of the mandatory upper-year course, “Indigenous Methodologies and Perspectives” 
3. Hiring of alumnus Marc Kruse as Indigenous Student Support Coordinator
4. Ongoing updates to Law course calendar to reflect commitment to CTA 28 on a course-by-course level 
5. Call for applications for an Indigenous Professor (please share job posting)
6. Development of a new Indigenous Clinical Experience 
7. Improved 1L orientation to include CTA 28 and legal ethics content
8. Hosted a second session of the Indigenous People and the Criminal Justice System workshop for practicing bar plus 40 law students 
9. Sponsored about 30 students to attend the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s Indigenous Peoples and the Law conference

See UM Today Stories:

• Faculty of Law introduces new Indigenous Student Support Coordinator
• Faculty of Law takes major steps to answer Call to Action 28
• Faculty of Law to offer new mandatory Indigenous course

Expanding Clinical Learning Opportunities, Business Law, and Bilingual program

1. Increased investment in the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic
2. Developing Room 113 (former storage room) into a new clinical space
3. Expanding the Desautels Centre for Private International Law to include blogs, case reporter, peer reviewed journal, conference and paper sponsorship and student support
4. Passing of a concentration in Private Enterprise & the Law
5. Passing of a concentration in Access to Justice Bilingual program
6. Expanding the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre (UMCLC)
7. Addition of a net year’s worth of four full-time staff forming a clinical team of instructors and professors

See UM Today Stories:

• Faculty of Law moves forward with plans for Desautels Legal Research Fund
• Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic goes virtual
• Legal Help Centre unites law students, alumni for common goals
• Achieving access to justice through language
• Access to Justice French Endowment Fund established to help train law students

Hiring new professors and staff

1. Two new professors were hired in the spring
2. In addition to the new Indigenous Student Support person, a new Admissions Officer was hired in the summer
3. Two new instructors were hired this fall
4. The search for the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice has concluded and will be announced in the new year
5. It goes without saying but bears repeating that the Faculty appointed a new Dean of Law, Dr. Richard Jochelson, who took office on July 1, 2021.
6. The Faculty also appointed a new Associate, JD Program, Dr. Virginia Torrie, with Dr. Donn Short continuing in his term as Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

See UM Today Stories:

• Faculty of Law welcomes Assistant Professors Martine Dennie and Katie Szilagyi
• An essential service: Robson Hall’s Admissions and Financial Aid office
• Familiar faces form new team at faculty of Law Dean’s Office
• Running down a dream of law school

 Administrative, Building, and Community Improvements

1. Four classrooms have been prepared with videoconferencing capabilities in anticipation of a partial return to in-person teaching and learning
2. Faculty council has completed an initial study of bylaws and is preparing them for modernization
3. Despite Labour Action and pandemic, the Faculty successfully preserved the schedule for Winter term to keep students on track for graduation and timely commencement of articles
4. Forging of strong links with the Law Society of Manitoba with announcements coming 
5. Ongoing provision of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) seminars with more planned for next term

Mental Health supports and initiatives

1. Ongoing – Student Counselling Centre services have provided two imbedded counsellors for law students to have one-on-one counselling appointment (virtual). When SCC counsellors were not, available, students were connected with Empower Me for virtual counselling support.
2. A Mindfulness presentation given virtually by Dr. Thomas G.W. Telfer of Western Law was part of the 1L Orientation on September 3.
3. A “Mask and Learn” lunchtime talk with Professor Brandon Trask took place September 14 on the topic of protecting one’s mental health as a lawyer. The in-person event featured tips for law students to carry into practice to guard their mental health and help reduce the overall stigma of mental health issues in workplace.
4. A Presentation by Shannon Daniels (therapist for MB Justice) and Carolyn Reimer (MB Crown Attorney) occurred October 22 over Zoom. Discussion was regarding general risks faced by law students and lawyers regarding mental health issues and stress, how to recognize the signs of stress and trauma, how stress/trauma impact your work, how to deal with stress, the competitiveness of law, imposter syndrome and how to deal with same.
5. Rebecca Bromwich, EDI manager at Gowling joined us via Zoom on November 23 to give a Mental Health First Aid presentation. This was an overview for students, staff and faculty of the basics of mental health, how to notice mental health issues in others, what to do/not do to provide assistance to someone who experiencing a mental health crisis.
6. Shannon Daniels and Carolyn Reimer returned virtually to give a presentation to Assistant Professor David Ireland’s Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility class at the end of term on December 10. Assistant Professor Brandon Trask moderated class discussion. The presentation included practical pointers for law students and lawyers to deal with stress and vicarious trauma related issues. 

Celebrating Accomplishments of Faculty, Students, and Alumni

1. In addition to online teaching, many professors have continued to publish their research throughout the pandemic
2. Students have persevered, competing in moot competitions online, and taking part in extracurricular academic and career-related activities to their benefit
3. We have been increasingly reaching out to our alumni to see what kind of impact their legal educations have had on their careers and their communities

See UM Today Stories:

Professors

• Law professors engage in cross-Canada collaboration on law and disability case book
• Supreme Court of Canada cites law professor’s book in key Human Rights Case
• UM Law Students’ Associate Dean (JD) behind globally-recognized law review
• New book fills gap in research on perpetrators of genocide
• Law Faculty members share knowledge in plain sight and plain language
• Law professor’s accessible first book earns global attention, local award nomination
• Law professor wins Law of Work best paper prize
• COVID and the Constitution

Students

• An education with impact
• What makes you stronger
• Shawn Singh and the President’s Student Leadership Program
• WFP: From the streets to the courtroom
• Manitoba Faculty of Law teams shine at fifth annual Canadian National Negotiation Competition
• Moot News: Team Manitoba takes 3^rd place in National 2021 Sopinka Cup
• Mooting Matters
• Manitoba’s Gale Cup Team places third after decade-long shutout
• Rising to the Charter Challenge
• Celebrating Faculty of Law class of 2021 graduates

Alumni

• Living with law and art
• Memories of Robson Hall
• Delightful conversations and stirring memories: Law Homecoming 2021
• Faculty of Law alumna turns class assignment into TV script
• Alumnus creates scholarship for Black Law Students
• New scholarship fund to honour UM Law alumnus Darius Maharaj Hunter
• Faculty of Law congratulates Professor Emeritus Philip H. Osborne

Martine Dennie

Martine Dennie obtained a Juris Doctor degree at the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick, a Master of Arts in Sociology at Laurentian University in Sudbury (Violence in Hockey: A Social and Legal Perspective), and is currently completing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Calgary on The Legality of Violence in Ice Hockey: Risk Assumption and Consent in the Playing Culture of North American Hockey Leagues. Her work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and she has given numerous conference publications on violence and liability in hockey. At the University of Calgary, she has been a research associate in the Department of Sociology where she taught courses in the Sociology of Law, and Socio-Legal Issues in Sport. She has also taught courses in Gender, Sexuality, and Sport and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Sports for Calgary’s Faculty of Kinesiology.

Katie Szilagyi

Katie Szilagyi comes to us from the University of Ottawa where she is completing a PhD in Law and Technology on Artificial Intelligence & the Machine-ations of the Rule of Law. Her area of specialty is law and technology, artificial intelligence, privacy law, and autonomous weapons. Originally a University of Manitoba alumna with a BSc in Biosystems Engineering, Ms. Szilagyi completed her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Ottawa with joint specializations in International Law and Technology, later obtaining her Master of Laws in the same from Tel Aviv University. Currently a Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, she has taught courses in Contract Law, Privacy Law, Law and Technology, and Intellectual Property Advocacy. Szilagyi previously clerked at the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa and practiced litigation at a large national firm in Toronto. Her work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and she has given presentations and guest lectures on various technological themes in the law at universities in Heidelberg, New Haven, Montreal, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo.