Gail Asper

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Gail Sheryl Asper (born 1960) is a director and corporate secretary of CanWest Global Communications Corp, president of the CanWest Global Foundation, and managing director and secretary of The Asper Foundation, the private charitable foundation spearheading the establishment of the $300 million Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Izzy Asper, she attended Kelvin High School before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1984 from the University of Manitoba. She articled with Halifax, Nova Scotia law firm of Cox Downie & Goodfellow in 1984 and was an Associate Lawyer in Halifax with Goldberg McDonald from 1985 to 1989. In 1989, she joined her father's firm, CanWest, as a corporate secretary and director.

She is associated with the Liberal Party of Canada and endorsed Scott Brison's bid to become leader in 2006.

In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Manitoba.[1]

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