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BRIEFS
Faculty Awards & Achievements
DR. LORNA A.
TURNBULL -
2012 WOMEN
OF DISTINCTION
NOMINEE
Left: Bilan Arte (UMSU president), Darcy MacPherson (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law),
Hon. Erin Selby (Manitoba Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy), Brandon Trask
(law student), Mary Neely (St. John’s-Ravenscourt), Lisa Fainstein (Associate Dean, Faculty
of Law), Dr. Karen Grant (Vice-Provost, Academic Affairs)
PROFESSOR DARCY MACPHERSON HONOURED
A passion for teaching and an
unmatched commitment to students
earned Professor Darcy MacPherson a
Student-Teacher Recognition Award.
This year marks the 20 th anniversary
of the Student-Teacher Recognition
Reception (STRR), in which an
exemplary student from each
faculty honours teachers that
have had a positive impact on
his or her educational growth
and development. The students
nominate two teachers, one from
their primary school and high school
years, and one from their years at the
University of Manitoba.
Law student Brandon Trask chose
to nominate Professor MacPherson,
who once gave up a week’s
vacation to help Brandon perfect
his oral arguments for the Corporate
Securities Moot Competition in
Toronto. Brandon also commended
Professor MacPherson for providing
weekly tutorials for his Corporate
Law class. “He did this not for extra
money, not for recognition, but
simply because he cares about his
students,” said Brandon. Brandon also
nominated Mary Neely, his grade
5-6 teacher at St. John’s-Ravenscourt
School. Ms Neely, who currently lives
in Dubai, travelled to Winnipeg to
receive the award.
Earlier this year, Professor
MacPherson received a
University of Manitoba Outreach
Award for his role as an academic
advisor to the Bison Women’s
Basketball Program. With his
weekly study sessions for
first- and second-year student
athletes, Professor MacPherson
ensures that the students are
aware of and prepared for their
weekly academic goals and
responsibilities. The Outreach
Award also recognized Professor
MacPherson’s longstanding
involvement on the board of
directors of the Canadian Centre
on Disability Studies, a nonprofit,
charitable organization
dedicated to research, education,
and the dissemination of
information on disability issues.
On May 2, 2012, Dr. Lorna
Turnbull was among
seventy-nine Manitoba
Women nominees
celebrated at the YMCA-
YWCA 2012 Women of
Distinction Awards gala
dinner. Colleagues in the
Faculty of Law nominated Dr.
Turnbull for her outstanding
and collaborative approach
to leadership. She has helped
lead initiatives at the U of M
to develop interdisciplinary
research and pursue new
joint degree programs and
has encouraged the leading
role the faculty is playing
in the University’s new
Centre for Human Rights
Research. She has served as
president of the Canadian
Association of Law Teachers,
spearheading the initiative
to develop Canada’s only
scholarly journal dedicated
to legal education. She is an
internationally recognized
expert in analyzing the
legal framework within
which women carry out
the work of mothering and
other caregiving, and she
has lent her expertise to
the development of legal
arguments in some key
Charter challenges on the
treatment of pregnancy and
childcare responsibilities
under the Employment
Insurance Act.
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