Justice
Rosalie Silberman Abella
Supreme Court of Canada
Jurist (Supreme Court of Canada); Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Law
Elected
2007
International Honorary Member
A judge since 1976 when she was 29, considered one of Canada's foremost experts on human rights law. Has chaired the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Law Reform Commission, and the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment. Taught law at McGill University, was a judge of the Giller Literary Prize and is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in classical piano.
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