THE JEWISH HERITAGE CENTRE OF WESTERN CANADA
PRESENTS
ROLAND PENNER
READING FROM HIS BOOK
A GLOWING DREAM: A MEMOIR
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008, 7:30PM
ASPER JEWISH COMMUNITY CAMPUS (SOL AND FLORENCE KANEE FOYER)
123 DONCASTER STREET
ADMISSION: $ 5.00
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Filled with fascinating, personal anecdotes and peopled with colourful characters from Winnipeg's past, Roland Penner's A Glowing Dream: A Memoir takes the reader on a historic, and often tumultuous, journey. Drawing on memories and archival materials, Penner connects the political dots from his paternal ancestors who emigrated to Southern Russia at the time of Catherine the Great to his own political activities (excerpted from www.mcnallyrobinson.com http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/ ).
Born in Winnipeg in 1924, Roland Penner became involved after his return from active service during World War II with the communist Labour Progressive Party and later with the New Democratic Party of Manitoba. He practiced law for 15 years and, in 1972, was the first Chairperson of Manitoba's new legal aid system. In 1981, Penner was elected to the Manitoba Legislature and appointed Government House Leader, Chair of the Treasury Board, and Attorney General in the NDP government of Howard Pawley.. He was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, where he still teaches Constitutional Law. Penner was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000, being cited for his contribution to legal aid and human rights (excerpted from www.mcnallyrobinson.com http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/ ).