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Justice Sinclair to receive Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award

The Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Canada in association with The University of Winnipeg is pleased to announce the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award for 2013, which will be presented to The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair.

Justice Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in March of 1988 and to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba in January 2001. He was Manitoba’s first Aboriginal Judge.

The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 from 12:00 – 1:30pm at Convocation Hall on UWinnipeg’s campus. The Honourable Steve Ashton, Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, will be present. The Honourable Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, will present the 2013 Peace Award to Justice Sinclair.

MEDIA CONTACT
Dr. K. Dakshinamurti, President
Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Canada
T: 204-837-3757 E:dakshin@cc.umanitoba.ca