Speaker: Justice O’Bonsawin
Event: Ottawa Women’s Canadian Club monthly luncheon
Date: December 18, 2024
Location: The Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club
Date: 18/12/2024
“My journey to the Supreme Court of Canada”
$ 70.00
The Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on September 1, 2022, and served as a justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa from 2017-2022. She holds a Doctorate in Law from the University of Ottawa where she also taught part-time. She is the author of various publications and afrequent guest speaker on Gladue principles, Indigenous issues, as well as mental health, labour, and privacy law. Justice O’Bonsawin grew up in Hanmer, Ontario, a small Francophone town near Sudbury. She is a fluently bilingual Franco-Ontarian and an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation.
Peter Brown is a Lanark based jazz and blues pianist/singer who entertained us during our 2023 Holiday Event.