Paul A. Winn

Paul A. Winn is a Canadian human rights activist, and lawyer.

He is currently a director and interim Chief of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, a Canadian crown corporation with a goal of building a national framework for the fight against racism in Canadian society [Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act ( 1991, c. 8 ) [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-21.8/32663.html#rid-32670] ] . Mr Winn is also past president of the Black Historical and Cultural Society of British Columbia.

In the 1980s, Mr. Winn wrote and hosted a weekly Canadian television program entitled "The Canadians", which surveyed the multicultural communities of Canadian society [Canadian Race Relations Foundation Online [http://www.crr.ca/Load.do?section=80&subSection=115&type=2] ] . He was the first visible minority host of a national television program in Canada.

Mr. Winn was active in the "Anti-discrimination directorate" of the Canadian government in the 1980s and 1990s, before pursuing a law degree at the University of British Columbia. In 2000, Mr. Winn was selected by then Heritage Minister Sheila Copps to the board of directors of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation [Press release, Government of Canada, January 20, 2000 [http://www.pch.gc.ca/newsroom/index_e.cfm?fuseaction=displayDocument&DocIDCd=9NR145] ] .

He is no longer a practicing lawyer in British Columbia.

ee also

*Canadian Race Relations Foundation
*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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