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Lawrence A. Poitras QC CM (April 3, 1931 – April 9, 2022) was a judge in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was best known for serving on an inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Donald Marshall and overseeing a high-profile public inquiry into the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).
Poitras is the second of three children born to Phil and Tricia Poitras. His older brother, Adam, is a lacrosse player for the Maryland Whipsnakes of the Premier Lacrosse League, and was selected second overall by the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the 2023 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, while his younger sister, Abby, is committed to play hockey at Merrimack College.
Poitras was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1953 and he is a member of the Gordon First Nation. [2]Poitras began formal studies in 1974 when he attended the Ind-Art program [3] at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in Saskatoon where he studied with Sarain Stump whose thinking about art and its relationship to life from Indigenous perspectives would significantly influence his practice.
George Lawrence Poitras, Paskwaw-Mostos-Kapimotet (Walking Buffalo) (1937 – November 7, 2005) was a teacher and later Chief of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation.
Poitras is a surname. It may refer to: Anique Poitras (1961–2016), Canadian writer; Audrey Poitras (born 1950), president of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Canada;
Pierre Poitras (1810 – July 31, 1889) was a political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Convention of Forty and served in the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia . [ 1 ]
Jean-Marie Poitras, OC OQ (September 5, 1918 – February 27, 2009) was a Canadian senator. Biography.
Laura Poitras (/ ˈ p ɔɪ t r ə s /; [3] born February 2, 1964) [4] is an American director and producer of documentary films. [5]Poitras has received numerous awards for her work, including the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Citizenfour, about Edward Snowden, [6] [7] while My Country, My Country received a nomination in the same category in 2007. [8]