Catherine Carlson was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba

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 on November 23, 2006.

Judge Carlson graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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 in 1986. She began her legal career with the Winnipeg

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 law firm of Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson, where she primarily practiced family law

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. In 2005, she accepted a position with Justice Canada, working primarily on residential school claims and held the position of senior counsel and team leader in Aboriginal law

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services. Her work included co-ordinating litigation involving Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, as well as managing a litigation team. She has also been an active member of the community and has participated on numerous boards including Child Find Manitoba.