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href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">Louise Arbour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Jamal" title="Mahmud Jamal">Mahmud Jamal</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-07-01</span>) </span>July 1, 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Canadian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Abella" title="Irving Abella">Irving Abella</a><br />(1968–2022, his death)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rosalie Silberman Abella</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada" title="Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada">FRSC</a></span></span> (born July 1, 1946) is a <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> jurist. In 2004, Abella was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>, becoming the first <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> woman and <a href="/wiki/Refugee" title="Refugee">refugee</a> to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She retired from the federal bench in 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_Abella&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rosalie Silberman Abella was born on July 1, 1946, the daughter of Jacob and Fanny (Krongold) Silberman.<sup id="cite_ref-jwa.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jwa.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-macharles2021_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macharles2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was born in a <a href="/wiki/Displaced_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Displaced person">displaced persons</a> camp in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, Germany. Her father was born in <a href="/wiki/Sienno,_Masovian_Voivodeship" title="Sienno, Masovian Voivodeship">Sienno</a>, Poland, in 1910,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while her mother was born in <a href="/wiki/Ostr%C3%B3wiec,_Masovian_Voivodeship" title="Ostrówiec, Masovian Voivodeship">Ostrowiec</a> in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abella's older brother was murdered in <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a>. Her parents both survived, Jacob Silberman was liberated from <a href="/wiki/Theresienstadt_Ghetto" title="Theresienstadt Ghetto">Theresienstadt Concentration Camp</a>, Fanny Silberman survived <a href="/wiki/Buchenwald_Concentration_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Buchenwald Concentration Camp">Buchenwald Concentration Camp</a>. Jacob had studied law at the <a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_University" title="Jagiellonian University">Jagiellonian University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> and was appointed head of legal services for displaced persons in the <a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">US Zone of Southwest Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jwa.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jwa.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1950, her family was admitted into Canada, though Jacob Silberman was not allowed to practise law because he was not a citizen.<sup id="cite_ref-jwa.org_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jwa.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fine2021_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fine2021-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From a young age, Abella was determined to become a lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-jwa.org_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jwa.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended <a href="/wiki/Oakwood_Collegiate_Institute" title="Oakwood Collegiate Institute">Oakwood Collegiate Institute</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Heights_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Bathurst Heights Secondary School">Bathurst Heights Secondary School</a> in Toronto, Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>, where she earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in 1967 and an <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, Abella graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Conservatory_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Conservatory of Music">Royal Conservatory of Music</a> in classical piano.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_Abella&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abella was called to the Ontario bar in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She practised civil and criminal litigation until 1976, when, at the age of 29, she was appointed to the Ontario Family Court (which is now part of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Court_of_Justice" title="Ontario Court of Justice">Ontario Court of Justice</a>) by then–attorney general <a href="/wiki/Roy_McMurtry" title="Roy McMurtry">Roy McMurtry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-wells2021_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wells2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming both the youngest and first pregnant judge in Canadian history.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_for_Ontario" title="Court of Appeal for Ontario">Ontario Court of Appeal</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983–1984, Abella served as the sole commissioner of the federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment (known as the <a href="/wiki/Abella_commission" title="Abella commission">Abella commission</a>), appointed by <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Axworthy" title="Lloyd Axworthy">Lloyd Axworthy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wells2021_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wells2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As commissioner, she coined the term and concept of "<a href="/wiki/Employment_equity_(Canada)" title="Employment equity (Canada)">employment equity</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-macharles2021_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macharles2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a strategy for reducing barriers in employment faced by women, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal peoples in Canada">Aboriginal peoples</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theories of equality and discrimination developed in the report were adopted in <i><a href="/wiki/Andrews_v_Law_Society_of_British_Columbia" title="Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia">Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia</a></i> (1989), the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>'s first decision regarding equality rights under the <i><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" title="Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms">Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its recommendations report was also adopted by jurisdictions including <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, Abella moderated the televised English-language <a href="/wiki/Canadian_leaders_debates" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian leaders debates">leaders' debate</a> between <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Brian Mulroney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">PC</a>), <a href="/wiki/John_Turner" title="John Turner">John Turner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Broadbent" title="Ed Broadbent">Ed Broadbent</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Democratic Party (Canada)">NDP</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abella has acted as chair of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Labour_Relations_Board" title="Ontario Labour Relations Board">Ontario Labour Relations Board</a>, the Ontario Study into Access to Legal Services by the Disabled and the Ontario Law Reform Commission, and as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Ontario Human Rights Commission">Ontario Human Rights Commission</a> and of the judicial inquiry into the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Marshall,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Marshall, Jr.">Donald Marshall, Jr.</a> case. From 1988 to 1992, she taught at McGill University Faculty of Law as the Boulton Visiting Professor.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a> appointed Abella to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>. Abella became the first <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> woman to sit on the court.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was eligible to serve on the Supreme Court until July 1, 2021, when she turned 75.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, she announced that she would retire on that date, and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a> started the selection process of a new justice who would succeed her.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Jamal" title="Mahmud Jamal">Mahmud Jamal</a> was selected as her replacement, and assumed office on July 1, 2021. Following her retirement from the Supreme Court, Abella has served as a visiting professor at <a href="/wiki/Fordham_University_School_of_Law" title="Fordham University School of Law">Fordham University School of Law</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abella is an authority on constitutional law and human rights law. Her opinions often cite foreign and international law.<sup id="cite_ref-macharles2021_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macharles2021-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Sian_Elias" title="Sian Elias">Sian Elias</a>, they are regarded as authoritative by judges in many common law countries.<sup id="cite_ref-fine2021_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fine2021-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_personal_life">Honours and personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_Abella&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours and personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abella has received at least 38 <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degrees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 7, 2023, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan. She became a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Canada" title="Royal Society of Canada">Royal Society of Canada</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-sccbio_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was awarded the Canadian version of the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Golden_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal">Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elected a foreign honorary member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-AAAS_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAAS-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 she was awarded the Canadian version of the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal">Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2016, she was awarded an honorary degree from Yale University,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the first Canadian woman to earn such an honour.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, she has been a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Giller_Prize" title="Giller Prize">Giller Prize</a>. In January 2017, <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Pritzker_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law">Northwestern Pritzker School of Law</a>'s Center for International Human Rights named her the Global Jurist of the Year for 2016 in recognition of her commitment to human rights and international criminal justice.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2018, Abella was elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abella is the widow of historian <a href="/wiki/Irving_Abella" title="Irving Abella">Irving Abella</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has two sons. </p><p><i>Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella</i>, a documentary film about Abella by director <a href="/wiki/Barry_Avrich" title="Barry Avrich">Barry Avrich</a>, is slated to premiere May 1, 2023 at the <a href="/wiki/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival" title="Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival">Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_Abella&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reasons_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Canada_by_Justice_Abella" title="Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Abella">Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Abella</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_Abella&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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July 4, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Obituary%3A+Irving+Abella%2C+82%2C+was+a+Canadian+historian+who+revealed+why+Canada+kept+Jews+out+during+the+Holocaust&rft.date=2022-07-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthecjn.ca%2Flives%2Firving-abella-obit%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARosalie+Abella" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sccbio-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sccbio_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=rosalie-silberman-abella">"The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Canada" title="Supreme Court of Canada">Supreme Court of Canada</a>. 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L'Heureux-Dubé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonthier" title="Charles Gonthier">C. Gonthier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 7, 2002 – August 1, 2003:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonthier" title="Charles Gonthier">C. Gonthier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 5, 2003 – June 30, 2004:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Iacobucci" title="Frank Iacobucci">F. Iacobucci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Arbour" title="Louise Arbour">L. Arbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 4, 2004 – December 25, 2005:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Major" title="John C. Major">J.C. Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 26, 2005 – February 28, 2006:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Bastarache" title="Michel Bastarache">M. Bastarache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July 1, 2008 – December 22, 2008:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 22, 2008 – August 30, 2011:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Charron" title="Louise Charron">L. Charron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 30, 2011 – October 27, 2011:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Binnie" title="Ian Binnie">W.I. Binnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 27, 2011 – August 7, 2012:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Deschamps" title="Marie Deschamps">M. Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 7, 2012 – October 5, 2012:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 5, 2012 – August 31, 2013:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Fish" title="Morris Fish">M.J. Fish</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 31, 2013 – June 9, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June 9, 2014 – November 30, 2014:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_LeBel" title="Louis LeBel">L. LeBel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December 1, 2014 – August 31, 2015:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rothstein" title="Marshall Rothstein">M. Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August 31, 2015 – September 1, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell_(jurist)" title="Thomas Cromwell (jurist)">T. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September 1, 2016 – October 28, 2016:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October 28, 2016 – December 15, 2017:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Abella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moldaver" title="Michael Moldaver">M. Moldaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andromache_Karakatsanis" title="Andromache Karakatsanis">A. Karakatsanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner_(judge)" title="Richard Wagner (judge)">R. Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Gascon" title="Clément Gascon">C. Gascon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Suzanne Côté">S. Côté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Brown_(judge)" title="Russell Brown (judge)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Rowe" title="Malcolm Rowe">M. 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