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Roger Colenso Carter (March 23, 1922 – February 10, 2009)Uncredited
Profile of Roger Carter
Robertson Stromberg. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
was a practising lawyer, law professor and Dean of the
University of Saskatchewan College of Law The College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan is the university's law school. Located in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, the College of Law was established in 1912 and is the oldest law school in Western Canada, a dist ...
. He is particularly notable for his contribution to enhanced access to legal education by aboriginal students.


History

Roger Carter was born in
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on March 23, 1922.Canadian Plains Research Center
Biography of Roger Carter
Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
He was called to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1948, having graduated with distinction with degrees in arts and law from the University of Saskatchewan. He practised primarily civil litigation for fifteen years thereafter. He was named a
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in 1958. During his time in private practice, he also became a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan. In the
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, Carter ran as a
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in the riding of
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, finishing second to Prime Minister
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. Carter joined the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1963. Legacy.com
Obituary of Roger Carter
''
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'', February 12–17, 2009. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
Further to being awarded a Cook Fellowship for the 1967-1968 academic year, Carter obtained a
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degree from the
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in 1968. Varsity View Community Association
Profile of Roger Carter
Retrieved 2016-11-22.
He was appointed Dean of the College of Law in 1968, a position he held until 1974, when he resigned to focus on the establishment of the
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program of Saskatchewan. In 1975, Carter founded the Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, with the objective of increasing access to legal education by aboriginal persons.Native Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan
Introduction
Retrieved 2016-11-21.
Carter remained as the founding director until 1981. The Native Law Center was preceded by the University of Saskatchewan's Program of Legal Studies for Native People, established by Carter in 1973 and where he also served as founding director. For his initiatives in relation to aboriginal access to legal education, Carter was made an Officer of the
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in 2001. Among other accolades, he was the recipient of the
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in 1998, and was named as a Companion of the Order of Gabriel Dumont in 1989, the first non-aboriginal to be so named. He received an honorary doctorate of laws from Queen's University in 1981. Roger Carter died in
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on February 10, 2009.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Roger Academics from Saskatchewan 1922 births 2009 deaths People from Moose Jaw Members of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit Officers of the Order of Canada University of Michigan Law School alumni Canadian expatriate academics in the United States