Desautels Centre Blog

The Big Picture of Interprovincial Trade in Manitoba

The Big Picture of Interprovincial Trade in Manitoba

By Paul Chorney Interprovincial trade in Manitoba has become increasingly important as Canada seeks to strengthen its internal economy. On January 20, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that his...

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The AI Crisis in Education

The AI Crisis in Education

By Jayden Kyryluk, BA (JD Candidate 2026) Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT) declared on June 10, 2025, “We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence...”[1] Just like...

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AI is reshaping Canadian Criminal Law – a podcast

AI is reshaping Canadian Criminal Law – a podcast

Produced by third-year Robson Hall law students Jayden and Andreas for Robson Crim, this episode looks at how AI is reshaping Canadian criminal law from both directions at once: the state’s growing use of AI in policing and surveillance, and criminals’ use of AI to...

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A Meeting with ICC Judge Kimberly Prost

A Meeting with ICC Judge Kimberly Prost

By Jayden Kyryluk, B.A. and J.D. Candidate (2026) On October 21, 2025, I took a short train ride from Nijmegen to The Hague. A ninety-minute train ride across the Netherlands felt surreal; for a Canadian, it’s like crossing a province before lunch. Much like home,...

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Fighting Fire with Technology

Fighting Fire with Technology

By Jayden Kyryluk, 2026 JD Candidate, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law With our once blue skies now hued with smoke grey, one need only look up to grasp the reality of wildfires. In 2025 alone, 1,744,778.7 hectares have burned in Manitoba, a leap from 52,485 in...

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Fitness Centres and Force Majeure Clauses

Fitness Centres and Force Majeure Clauses

Written by Kaeten Wadwa Introduction In Niagara Falls Shopping Centre Inc. v. LAF Canada Company, the Ontario Court of Appeal considered the application of a force majeure clausein a commercial lease agreement between a landlord and a commercial tenant. The landlord,...

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