C. Murray Sinclair

Murray Sinclair is the 15th Chancellor of Queen’s University. An attorney, Sinclar has had an extensive career as a leading advocate for Indigenous peoples in Canada. He served as the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and the second in Canada. On the national level, he led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which documented the history of residential schools in Canada and issued 94 calls to action to promote reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2016 and served as a Senator until January 2021. He also served as General Counsel with Cochrane Saxberg LLP, Manitoba’s largest Indigenous law firm. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba

Sinclair is Anishinaabe and a member of the Peguis First Nation. He is a Fourth Degree Chief of the Midewiwin Society, a traditional healing and spiritual society of the Anishinaabe Nation.