Marcia V. J. Kran
Marcia Vaune Jocelyn Kran is a Canadian lawyer and expert member of the UN Human Rights Committee. Kran's career has spanned international human rights law, criminal law and political science for over forty years, and includes positions in academia and civil society. Kran has held a range of senior United Nations positions including in international human rights law. Biography Early life Born in Morris, Manitoba, Kran is one of two daughters of the late Esther and Emil Kran. She attended high school at Morris Collegiate. In 1975 she began her studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Kran has been married to Luis F. Molina, an international criminologist, since 1981. They live in West Vancouver, Canada. Education Kran completed a B.A. in History and an LL.B. at the University of Manitoba (U of M) in 1980. She served as a student constable with the Winnipeg Police Department during the summer of 1979. While at U of M, she carried out two traineeships through the As ...
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Morris, Manitoba
Morris is a small town in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located 51 km south of Winnipeg and 42 km north of Emerson. Morris is home to 1,885 people (2016). Named after Alexander Morris, the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Highway 75, which turns into Interstate 29, is the major highway which runs from Winnipeg to Missouri. Morris is the only town in which Highway 75 is called "Main Street". The town of Morris is mostly surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Morris, except for a relatively small eastern border with the northwest corner of the Rural Municipality of Montcalm, across the Red River of the North. Morris is host to the annual Manitoba Stampede and Exhibition. History The town has a very long history involving floods and fur trade companies. Fur traders started to settle in the Morris area in the late 18th century because of its strategic location along the Red River. By 1801, there were two fur-trading stations at the settlement ...
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