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Canadian lawyer (born 1961)
Mark Huyser-Wierenga is a Canadian lawyer, currently a
Crown Prosecutor for the
Province of Alberta .
[1]
[2]
Early life
Huyser-Wierenga was born in
Edmonton , Alberta in 1961.
[3]
Education
In 1983, Huyser-Wierenga received a
Bachelor of Arts in history from
Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan .
[4] In 1987, he received a
Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Alberta in Canada.
[4] Huyser-Wierenga was called to the
Bar of Alberta in 1989.
[5]
Notable cases
In 2019 and 2020, Huyser-Wierenga prosecuted the
trial of Matthew McKnight .
[6] The case drew considerable public attention in Canada due to the fact that McKnight was a well-known promoter at several nightlife establishments in the
City of Edmonton including
Oil City Roadhouse and the
Old Strathcona Rack .
[7]
The Globe and Mail and other news outlets referred to the trial as "the first major Canadian case of the #MeToo era".
[2]
[8] McKnight was found guilty on five of thirteen counts of sexual assault and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Personal life
Huyser-Wierenga is blind due to
choroideremia and has organized several fundraisers for finding a cure.
[9] In 2005, Ralph Witten wrote that Huyser-Wierenga had "raised over $130,000 CDN that will contribute to the beginnings of further research" on the disease.
[10]
In 2008, Huyser-Wierenga joined the board of
Citizens for Public Justice .
[11]
In 2014, the
Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation named Mark Huyser-Wierenga as a Men of Honour award recipient.
[12]
Mark Huyser-Wierenga is married to Debra Huyser-Wierenga who coauthored papers annually between 1989 and 1993 in the fields of
neuro-oncology and
radiation therapy .
[13]
References
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The Federal/Provincial/Territorial Elder Abuse Working Forum (PDF) . Vancouver, British Columbia: The Safety and Security for Seniors Working Group. 2007. p. 38. - Wakefield, Jonny (January 11, 2020).
"Crown begins closing arguments in ex-club promoter's sex assault trial" . The Edmonton Journal .
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a
b
"He said, they said: inside the trial of Matthew McKnight" . Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
^ Arnason, Al (April 3, 1964).
"University Doors Opened To Boy Oprhaned By Crash" . The Edmonton Journal . p. 3. -
"Triple Funeral Held For Crash Victims" . The Edmonton Journal . August 17, 1963. p. 21.
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a
b
"Board of Trustees Report" (PDF) . Agenda for Synod . Christian Reformed Church of North America: 26. 1999. Archived from
the original (PDF) on June 19, 2017.
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"Mark A. Huyser-Wierenga" . Canadian Law List . Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^ Huncar, Andrea (October 2, 2019).
"Edmonton bar promoter pleads not guilty to multiple sex assaults" . CBC News . -
"Fantasy or nightmare? Jury hears conflicting accounts during trial of Edmonton bar promoter charged with 13 sexual assaults" . The Star . December 8, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2020 . -
" 'That's how powerful your memory is?': Crown grills McKnight over clear memory of alleged sex assaults" . Edmonton Journal . Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
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"Crown begins closing arguments in ex-club promoter's sex assault trial" . Edmonton Journal . Retrieved July 10, 2020 . -
"Matthew McKnight: Jury finds former nightclub worker guilty on multiple counts of sexual assault" . Edmonton Journal . Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
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"Inside Canada's first major case of the #MeToo era" . 570 News . Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
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"Gene therapy may stop genetic eye disease" . Radio Canada International . October 13, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2020 . -
"Experimental trial at U of A could restore vision loss" . Global News . Retrieved May 15, 2020 . -
"New Gene Therapy trial set to help people with genetic eye diseases" . Exchange Magazine . Retrieved May 15, 2020 . [
dead link ]
^ Witten, Ralph (November–December 2005).
"Running with Vision" . The Running Room Magazine : 32.
^
"Round-up: 2008 AGM" . Catalyst . 31 (3): 2. Summer 2008.
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"2014 Men of Honour Recipients" . Cease Now . 2014.
Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020 .
^ For 1989, see Day, Rufus S. (III); Miyakoshi, Junji; Huyser-Wierenga, Debra (1989). "The Mer Minus Phenotype, Patient Response To Nitrosoureas, And Protooncogene Activation In Human Glioblastomas".
DNA Repair Mechanisms and Their Biological Implications in Mammalian Cells .
Springer Publishing . pp. 83–99.
ISBN
978-1468413298 .
For 1990, see Miyakoshi, Junji; Dobler, Kelly D.; Huyser-Wierenga, Debra (January 15, 1990).
"Absence Of IFNA And IFNB Genes From Human Malignant Glioma Cell Lines And Lack Of Correlation With Cellular Sensitivity To Interferons" .
Cancer Research . 50 (2): 278–283.
PMID
2295067 .
For 1991, see Allalunis-Turner, Joan; Day, Rufus S. (III) Day III, Debra Huyser-Wierenga; Huyser-Wierenga, Debra (October 11, 1991).
"Glutathione Levels And Chemosensitizing Effects Of Buthionine Sulfoximine In Human Malignant Glioma Cells" .
Journal of Neuro-Oncology . 11 (2): 157–164.
doi :
10.1007/BF02390175 .
PMID
1744683 .
S2CID
31064749 . {{
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For 1992, see Fulton, Dorcas S.; Urtasun, Raul C.; Huyser-Wierenga, Debra (September 1992).
"Increasing Radiation Dose Intensity Using Hyperfractionation In Patients With Malignant Glioma. Final Report Of A Prospective Phase L Ll Dose Response Study" .
Journal of Neuro-Oncology . 14 (1): 64–72.
doi :
10.1007/BF00170946 .
PMID
1335044 .
S2CID
24245934 .
For 1993, see Szigety, S. K.; Allen, Peter B.R.; Huyser-Wierenga, Debra; Urtasun, Raul C. (March 15, 1993).
"The Effect Of Radiation On Normal Human CNS As Detected By NMR Spectroscopy" . International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics . 25 (4): 695–701.
doi :
10.1016/0360-3016(93)90018-Q .
PMID
8454488 .
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