2025 Winners
2025 Event - Hosted at Windsor Law
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The CNNC 2025 competition theme focused on issues relating to the pressing public policy issue of housing. The event was hosted through a collaboration with the Windsor Law Centre for Cities and the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. Law students once again engaged in problem solving around a pressing public policy issue in both an English and French stream.
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The housing crisis is one of the most significant challenges facing Canadians, affecting people of all ages and backgrounds. Housing also inherently requires environmental, racial, Indigenous, gender, and disability justice lenses to understand its impact at individual and community levels. Housing matters are predominantly governed at the provincial level, with municipalities devising and executing local planning policies in accordance with provincial housing policy. More recently, housing policies have involved all tiers of government. Notably, the federal government has assumed a proactive role in collaborating directly with municipalities to enact policies aimed at substantially ameliorating the housing shortage nationwide.
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As the crisis continues to deepen over the next decade, there will be increasing emphasis on delineating jurisdiction and responsibility concerning housing outcomes. Navigating this intricate and inherently politicized landscape of housing policy involves many areas of law and policy including constitutional law, municipal law, land use, and housing policy. Because the vast majority of housing issues occur not through litigation but through negotiation, adept dispute resolution and problem-solving skills are at the heart of good policy making.
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The event began with a pre-competition symposium. Professors Gemma Smyth and Yvan Larocque, and Elder Myrna Kicknosway provided the welcome and formal opening. Professor Suzanne Bouclin moderated a panel on the challenges and breakthroughs in how housing problems have been framed, debated and addressed with panelists Princess Doe and Professors David Wiseman, and Anneke Smit. A panel consisting of Professors Dan Brant and Yvan Larocque examined the successes and challenges of housing in Indigenous communities. Professors Jaimie Kechego and Gemma Smyth provided a welcome and Professor Michaela Keet provided an introduction to the Competition.
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English competition
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1st place: Saskatchewan - Mark Wonko & Michael Letts
2nd place: Saskatchewan - Sarah Hoag & Brandon Johnson
3rd place: Lincoln Alexander - Raha Afkhami Nemati & Diana Oproescu
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Best Process Management: Manitoba - Erin Kyriakopoulos & Heather Peterson
Best Communication & Relationship-building: Western - Chloe Valentine & Diana El-Baraquoni
Best Advocates for Client Interests: Ottawa - Chase Drieberg & Faisel Najibi
Spirit of Negotiation Award: Windsor - Celina Sequin & Natalie Cusinato
Concours francophone
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1ière place: McGill - Sarah Desptie & Anna Sas
2ième place : McGill - Fatoumata Diallo & Rayane Nahil
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Excellence dans la communication pour l'établissement des relations : Sherbooke - Leo Labelle & Charlotte Beaulie-Lavoie
Excellence dans l’esprit de la négociation : Sherbrooke - Erika Gagnon & Catherine Comtois
Past Winners
CNNC 2024
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English competition
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1st Place: University of New Brunswick - Isaac Corey & Abigail Lander
2nd Place: McGill - Carolyn Moore & Catherine Zhang
3rd Place: Osgoode - Raysa Marcondes & Sotirios Katsura
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Best Process Management: University of Saskatchewan - Estefan Cortes-Vargas & Jadyn Borstmayer
Best Advocate for Client Interests: Windsor - Tredegar Shea & Matthew Oliver​
Best Communication & Relationship-Building: University of New Brunswick - Peter Janson & Paige Chisholm​
Spirit of Negotiation: University of Saskatchewan - Ryan Cupid & Neesha Persad
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Concours francophone
1ière place: Sherbrooke - Laurie Lecours-Belisle & Noemie Brochu
2ième place: Sherbrooke - Maria Miruna Rechiten & Maude Dupuis
Excellence dans la communication pour l'établissement des relations : University of Saskatchewan - Ryland Patrick & Jordyn Nachtegaele
Excellence dans l’esprit de la négociation : University of Manitoba - Eric Gagnon & Seth Lozinski
governments, industry, and public policy interests at stake
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CNNC 2023
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English Competition
1st Place: Ottawa - Mark Day & Keenan MacNeal
2nd Place: McGill - Pascale Malenfant & Cristina Aliu Carrascosa
3rd Place: Manitoba - Samantha Harvey & Ramsay Hall
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The Process Management Award: UNB 2 - Frank Gillies & Duncan Wallace
The Communication for Relationship-Building Award: Windsor 2 - Abdullahi Dorre & Amanda Mustapha
The Advocacy for Client Interests Award: Saskatchewan 1 - Anna Little & David Werner
The Spirit of Negotiation Award: Lincoln Alexander 1 - Shaun Shepherd & Andrea Arbuthnot
Concours francophone
1ière place: McGill 3 - Muna Tojiboeva & Arnaud Pelletier
2ième place: Manitoba - Chris Dick & Kennedy Pinette
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Excellence dans la communication pour l'établissement des relations : Sherbrooke 2 - Franck Tétouom Ngouajio Lékagne & Marilie Choquette-Lapointe
Excellence dans l’esprit de la négociation : CCLF - Ryan Collins & Mikel Gega
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CNNC 2022
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​1st place – University of Windsor (Hana Syed & Laura Demarco)
2nd place – Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Ryerson University (Lia Douglas & Katherine Piggot-Babony)
3rd place – Western University (Meaghan Kenley & Madeline Cummings)
Frederick H. Zemans Spirit of Negotiation Award: University of Manitoba (Allison Kilgour & Anna Siemens)
Best Process Management & Analysis Skills: University of Saskatchewan (Tim Haggstrom & Shawn Rempel)
Best Advocate for Client Interests: University of Saskatchewan (Jesse Hines & Todd Drever)
Best Communication and Relationship-Building Skills: Osgoode Hall Law School (Ishaan Kapur & Joshua Sloan)
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CNNC 2021
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1st place – Osgoode Hall Law School (Valentina Galvis & Harkamal Hehar)
2nd place – Osgoode Hall Law School (Jacob Bennett & Anthony Tulipano)
3rd place – University of Manitoba (Amber Harms & Braeden Cornick)
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CNNC 2020
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1st place – Osgoode Hall Law School (Alina Butt & Abiramy Uthirakumaran)
2nd place – University of New Brunswick (Danica Jorgenson & David McDonald)
3rd place – University of Saskatchewan (Hayden Redl & Abbie Treslan)
Frederick H. Zemans Spirit of Negotiation Award: University of Saskatchewan (Kali Stahl & Dani Nichols)
Best Process Management & Analysis Skills: University of Manitoba (Meghan Jede & Caleb Henry)
Best Advocate for Client Interests: Western University (Alyssa Chen & Brooke Schneider)
Best Communication and Relationship-Building Skills: University of New Brunswick (Tanya Gulati & Jacob Ely
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CNNC 2019
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First Place: Andrew Rintoul & Steve Lyberopoulus, McGill University Faculty of Law
Second Place: Demi Toneguzzo & Robert MacKenzie, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
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CNNC 2018
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First Place: Karen Mann & Adam Voorberg, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Second Place: Kaitlin Buchko and Tanci Carvalho, Robson Hall, University of Manitoba
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CNNC 2017
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First Place: Emily Kostandoff & Raya Sidhu, University of Ottawa
Second Place: Alexandra Beatty & Camille Walker, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
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