Lawyer, judge
First woman on the Supreme Court of Canada
Born in 1923 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland; moved to Ottawa in 1949; died in Ottawa in 2007.
Was the first woman appointed a partner in a major Canadian law firm in 1959.
Was the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1975.
Was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1982. Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1982-1991.
Well known as the author of the Supreme Court decision overturning Criminal Code of Canada restrictions on abortion in 1988 and for her acceptance of the battered-wife syndrome as self-defense in R. v Lavallée, 1990.
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About Me
- Women In Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones
- I was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario and moved to Ottawa in 1978. I obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education from the University of Ottawa. My partial doctoral studies in adult learning deepened my research interest in women's learning styles. I published a book on women and learning with the University of Ottawa Press (in French, Les femmes en milieu universitaire) for which I was awarded the Laura Jamieson Prize in 2000, given by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. In 2004-05, I hosted a television program on Rogers Television in Ottawa (French station) called D'hier à aujourd'hui. The program chronicled 150 years of Bytown and Ottawa history through stories of people, events and buildings that left their mark on local and national history. In March 2012, I published a book on health in French. Please visit www.unebonnesante.ca for more information about this book. You can also visit my production company at www.triyana.ca.
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