Edwin Charles Kimelman served as a judge of the

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(Canada) and authored a significant public report on

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for

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Career

Judge Kimelman received his call to the Manitoba bar in 1950 and began his career as a lawyer with the firm of Kopstein, Kimelman & Kopstein. In May 1975 he was appointed as a part-time judge of the

. In July 1977 he was appointed a Senior Judge, and in November 1988 he was appointed Associate Chief Judge. He retired from the bench on July 1, 1999.

Accomplishments

Judge Kimelman was well known for his work regarding the welfare of

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and

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children. In the early 1980s, the

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government established a Review Committee on

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and Métis Adoptions and Placements, which was headed by Judge Kimelman. The committee's 1985 final report, entitled ''No Quiet Place'' was "a detailed list of horrors - an exhaustive compilation which concluded that the damage to Indian children had been real, frequent and widespread." Widely known in

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circles as the

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, it had profound impact on

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in Canada and perhaps elsewhere.

Community service

Judge Kimelman served on numerous community boards, including Jewish Child and Family Services, Sharon Home, Camp Massad,

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, the

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and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Judge Kimelman died on September 2, 2007.The Law Society of Manitoba Communiqué (January 2008, p. 10).

References

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