Carena Roller was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba

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 on September 17, 2007.

Judge Roller graduated from the University of Saskatchewan

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's law school in 1990. She was called to the Manitoba

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 bar in 1992. Prior to her appointment to the bench, she practised in the Aboriginal Law Section of Justice Canada. She has a detailed knowledge of the child welfare

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system in Manitoba, having practised with Legal Aid’s Child Protection Law Office and the Main Street Community Law Centre.