Toronto, ON – April 4, 2011 - The Honourable Murray Sinclair, the second aboriginal judge in all of Canada, will be speaking at Humber College on Wednesday, April 6. Judge Sinclair will be presenting on the Impact of the Residential School System on Aboriginal People and communities and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, of which he is Chair.
What: Criminal Justice Lecture Series
When: Wednesday, April 6; 11:30 a.m.
Where: Humber College - Lakeshore Campus, Building K, Main Floor
Judge Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1988. He was Manitoba's first Aboriginal Judge, and Canada’s second. There are now 18 Aboriginal judges in Canada.
After serving as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Manitoba, Judge Sinclair attended the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba and, in 1979, graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. He was awarded the A. J. Christie Prize in Civil Litigation in his second year of law and articled with a law firm in his hometown of Selkirk, Manitoba.
He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1980. In the course of his legal practice, Judge Sinclair practiced primarily in the fields of Civil and Criminal Litigation and Aboriginal Law. Though he represented a cross-section of clients, by the time of his appointment, he was known for his representation of Aboriginal people and his knowledge of Aboriginal legal issues.
Shortly after his appointment as Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1988, Judge Sinclair was also appointed as Co-Commissioner of Manitoba's Aboriginal Justice Inquiry along with Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice A. C. Hamilton.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training.~ As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies.
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For further information contact:
Shelley Charles
Manager, Aboriginal Student Services
Shelley.Charles@humber.ca
416.675.6622 ext. 5424
Jonathon Araujo
Aboriginal Liaison Officer
jonathon.araujo@humber.ca
416.675.6622 ext. 5675
