Criminal Justice First's Prosopography Dataset

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1	Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Birth Place Country	Birth Place Province/State	Birth Place City	Ethno-racial Identity	Gender	Occupation	Position	Criminal Justice Field	Institution	Criminal Justice Firsts	Criminal Justice First Date	Criminal Justice Firsts 2	Criminal Justice First 2 Date	Criminal Justice Firsts 3	Criminal Justice First 3 Date	Criminal Justice Firsts 4	Criminal Justice First 4 Date	Systemic Barriers	Systemic Barriers 2	Systemic Barriers 3	Career Achievements - Role / Position, Institution, Location (date)	Accolades	Education	Education 2	Education 3	Education 4	Education 5	Professional/Scholarly Memberships	Contributions to Community Building	Scholarly Contributions	Identifier

2	Ali, Syed Mumtaz	1927/08/10	2009/07/17	India	Hyderabad		South Asian	Male	Lawyer	Corporate Lawyer	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First South-Asian Lawyer in Canada	1962	First Muslim Lawyer in Canada	1962					Race			Founder of Islamic Institute of Civil Justice, Ontario (2003)		B.A of Theology Osmania University	L.L.B Osmania University	University of London	L.L.B York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School		Founder: Islamic Institute of Civil Justice	President: Canadian Society of Muslims; Founder: International Institute of Islamic Studies and Research; Founder: The Society for Understanding the Finite and the Infinite		http://viaf.org/viaf/292119400
3	Alphonso, Jennifer						Black	Female	Correctional Officer	Superindendent	Corrections	Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services	First Black Female Correctional Superintendent in Ontario								Race	Gender		Superintendent in Corrections, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Ontario	MCSCS Viola Desmond Award (2017); Governor General’s Corrections Exemplary Service Medal (2009)	B.A (Hons) of Psychology York University (1983)					Executive Member: Association of Black Law Enforcers A.B.L.E
4	Anglade, Édouard	1994	2007/05/13	Haiti			Black	Male	Police Officer	Detective-Sergeant	Policing	Montreal Police	First Black Police Officer in Quebec	1974	First Black Police Officer with the Montreal Police	1974					Race			Detective-Sergeant, Montreal Police, Quebec	Governor General’s Distinguished Service Awards (2004; 1995); Honorary Citizen of the City of Montreal (1997); Montreal Police Certificate of Recognition for Exemplary Conduct							Expert Consultant: Restructuring of the Haitian Police	Anglade, É. (1995). Nom de code: Mao : parcours du premier policier haïtien de Montréal. Montréal: Éditions du Cidihca.	http://viaf.org/viaf/18953296
5	Bartley, Gloria	1934	2018	Trinidad and Tobago			Black	Female	Police Officer	Constable	Policing	Toronto Police	First Black Female Police Officer in Toronto	1960							Race	Gender	Pregnancy discrimination	Police Officer, Toronto Police Services, Ontario (1960)
6	Benton, Catherine	1965		Canada	Prince Edward Island		Mi’kmaw	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	Nova Scotia Provincial and Family Courts	First Mi’kmaw Female Judge in Nova Scotia	2017							Race	Gender		Judge, Nova Scotia Provincial Court, Nova Scotia (2017)		L.L.B Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law (1993)					Board of Director: Tawaak Housing Association; Board of Director: Mi’kmaq Justice Institute	Board of Directors: Micmac Native Friendship Centre
7	Binavince, Emilio	1935		Philippines	Pangasinan		Filipino	Male	Lawyer	Principal Lawyer	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Filipino Lawyer in Canada	1971							Race			Lawyer, Ontario (1971)		B.A of Arts Manuel L. Quezon University	L.L.B Manuel L. Quezon University	M.A of Comparative Law Tulane University	M.A of Law Harvard University (1962)	PhD University of Bonn (1966)	Board of Directors: Viropro; Co-Director: Faculty of Law University of Ottawa; Member: International Bar Association; Member: Canadian Association of Law Teachers; Member: International Association for the Study of Comparative Law			http://viaf.org/viaf/7126157704217644440008
8	Boyko, Rose Toodick	1950		Canada	British Columbia	McLead Lake	Tsek'ehne	Female	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts,	Ontario Superior Court of Justice	First Indigeneous Female Superior Court Judge in Canada	1994							Race	Gender		Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal (2012)	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)	Aboriginal Law Program University of Saskatchewan	Queen's University (1980)
9	Braithwaite, Leonard	1923/10/23	2012/03/28	Canada	Ontario	Toronto	Black	Male	Lawyer	Queen's Counsel	Courts	Law Society of Upper Canada	First Black Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada	1999							Race			Rose Fortune Award (2012)	Rose Fortune Award (2012); William P. HubBard Race Relations Award (2011); Community Builder Award (2006); Cornwall-Miller Founder’s Award (2003); Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (2002); Harry Jerome Award for Professional Excellence (2002); Appointed to the order of Canada (1997); Canadian African Achievement Award (1998); Order of Canada; Order of Ontario	B.A (Hons) of Commerce and Finance University of Toronto (1950)	M.B.A Harvard University (1952)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School			Member: County of York Law Association; Member: Canadian Bar Association; Member: Etobicoke Junior Board of Trade and Commerce; Member: Harvard Business School Club of Toronto; Board of Governors: Canadian National Exhibition; Member: Law Society of Upper Canada; Member: The Metropolitan Toronto Law Association; Member: Canadian Association of Black Lawyers; Member: Criminal Lawyers Associations; Member: Black Business and Professional Association	President: Royal York Gardens Community Association; Member: Humber Valley Kiwanis Club
10	Butler, Peter	1859	1943	Canada	Ontario	Lucan	Black	Male	Police Officer	County Constable	Policing	OPP-Middlesex (Lucan) Detachment	First Black Police Officer in Canada	1883	First Black OPP Officer	1913					Race			OPP Officer, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario (1913)
11	Butterworth-Carr, Brenda	1967		Canada	Yukon	Tr'ondek Hwech'in Han Nation	Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in	Female	Police Officer	Deputy Commissioner	Policing	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	First Indigenous Female Commanding Offficer of British Columbia RCMP	2017	First Indigenous Female RCMP Commanding Officer	2013	First Indigenous Female Chief Superindendent of the RCMP	2010			Race	Gender		Assistant Deputy Minister and Director of Police Services, British Columbia (2019)	Queen's Jubilee Medal
12	Carter, George E.	1929/08/01	2018/06	Canada	Ontario	Toronto	Black	Male	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Justice	First Black Canadian-born Judge	1979							Race			Judge, Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; Harry Jerome Lifetime Achievement Award; Osgoode Hall Law School of York University Award For Excellence; Honorary Life Membership to The Ontario Judges Association		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School				Founding Member: Toronto Negro Veterans; Founding Member: National Black Coalition of Canada; Founding Member: Toronto Negro Business and Professional Association; Board Member: Ontario Black History Society
13	Chandhoke, Inderpaul Singh	1952		India	Punjab		Sikh	Male	Justice of the Peace	Justice of the Peace	Courts	Ontario Court of Justice	First Baptised Sikh Justice of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice	1979							Race			Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court, Ontario		B.A Meerur University (1972)	L.L.B Meerur University (1974)
14	Choi, Grace			South Korea	Gyeonggi	Seoul	Korean	Female	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Supreme Court of British Columbia	First Korean Female Judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court	2014							Race	Gender		Queen’s Counsel (2014)		L.L.B Dalhousie University (1992)					Director: Korean Canadian Lawyers' Association
15	Chu, Jim	1959		China	Shanghai		Chinese	Male	Police Officer	Police Chief	Policing	Vancouver Police	First Chinese Police Chief in Canada	2007							Race			Police Chief, Vancouver Police, British Columbia (2007)		B.A of Business Administration Simon Fraser University	M.B.A University of British Columbia (1989)							http://viaf.org/viaf/58429544
16	Clunis, Devon	1963		Jamaica			Black	Male	Police Officer	Police Chief	Policing	Winnipeg Police	First Black Police Chief in Canada	2012	First Black Chief of Police in Winnipeg	2012					Race			Police Chief, Winnipeg Police Service, Manitoba (2012)	Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding						Consultant: Winkler Police Department and Morden Police Department in Winnipeg	Bear Clan Patrol Volunteer Organization	Clunis, D., Clunis, P., & Campbell, E. (2017). The little boy from Jamaica: A Canadian history story. FriesenPress.	http://viaf.org/viaf/46155707014322411093
17	Coomaraswamy, Ari	1932		Sri Lanka	Ceylon		Tamil	Male	Lawyer	Civil Litigator	Courts	Department of Justice	First Tamil Lawyer called to the Bar in Canada	1974	First Tamil Lawyer called to the Ontario Bar	1974					Race			Lawyer, Department of Justice, Ontario (1974)		L.L.B Cambridge University
18	Crowshoe, Karen			Canada	Alberta	Piikani First Nation	Piikani, Blackfoot	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	Alberta Provincial Court	First First Nations (Blackfoot) Female Judge of the Alberta Provincial Court	2017	First First Nations (Blackfoot) Female Lawyer called to the Alberta Bar	1994					Race	Gender		Judge, Alberta Provincial Court, Alberta (2017)		B.A of Management University of Lethbridge	L.L.B University of British Columbia (1992)					Mentor: United Way of Calgary; Member: Iron Shirt Culture and Heritage Society; Piikani Youth and Education Foundation
19	Feng, James	1932		China	Shanghai		Chinese	Male	Lawyer		Courts	Quebec Bar	First Chinese-born Lawyer called to the Quebec Bar	1968							Race			Lawyer & Co-founder of Hadjis & Feng Law Firm, Hadjis & Feng Law Firm, Quebec (1967)		B.A. Hwakin College (Hong Kong)	L.L.B Taiwan University Law School	L.L.B McGill University						http://viaf.org/viaf/27158428054306062641
20	Fernandes, Cyril	1950s		Kenya	Nairobi		South-Asian	Male	Police Officer	Staff Superintendent	Policing	Toronto Police	Highest ranking South-Asian Officer with the Toronto Police	1984							Race			Sergeant, Toronto Police Service, Ontario (1984)		B.A of Forensic Science Carleton University					Toronto Police Service South Asian International Support Network
21	Forde, Keith	1949		Barbados			Black	Male	Police Officer	Deputy Chief	Policing	Toronto Police	First Racialzed Deputy Chief of Police in Canada	2005	First Black Deputy Police Chief in Toronto	2005					Race			Deputy Chief, Toronto Police Service, Ontario	African Canadian Achievement Award; Harry Jerome Trailblazer Award; Jamaica Community award; Chief of Police Excellence Award						Youth In Policing Initiative; Founder: Toronto Police Sevice Human Resources Command
22	Fortune, Rose	1774	1864	United States of America	Virginia	Philadelphia	Black	Female	Police Officer	Constable	Policing	Nova Scotian Policing Services	First Black Female Peace Officer in Canada	1841							Race	Gender		Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal (2012)										http://viaf.org/viaf/1547155345591406430007
23	Gee, Margaret Jean	1927	1995	Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	Chinese	Female	Lawyer	Private Practice	Courts	British Columbia Bar Association	First Chinese Female Lawyer called to the Bar in Canada	1954	First Chinese Female Lawyer in British Columbia	1955					Race	Gender		Lawyer & Founder of Law Firm, British Columbia (1955)
24	Gibson, Craig	1957		Canada	Nova Scotia	Gibson Woods	Black	Male	Police Officer	Chief Superintendent	Policing	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	First Black RCMP Commanding Officer in Canada	2012							Race			Chief Superindendent, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada (2016)	Commanding Officer’s Commendation; Commanding Officer’s Award of Excellence; RCMP Long Service Medal; and the Canada 125 Medal							Launched: "Safe Homes, Safe Communities"
25	Granger, Isobel			Zimbabwe	Bulawayo		Black	Female	Police Officer	Inspector	Policing	Ottawa Police	First Black Female Police Inspector in Ottawa	2018	First Black Female Officer awarded the Order of Merit of Canada	2015					Race	Gender		Inspector, Ottawa Police Services, Ontario (2018)	HJA Public Advocacy Award (2017)	B.A of Policing Studies Charles Sturt University	M.A of Leadership Charles Sturt University				First Canadian designated to the Justice Rapid Response Roster, a United Nations Women’s Initiative		Granger, I. (2019). Smashing The Glass Ceiling: Using the Power of your Story to Create a Great Life!. Baico Publishing Inc.	Can't find her VIAF file despite her book being published
26	Grant, Gretta Wong	1929/07/31		Canada	Ontario	London	Chinese	Female	Lawyer	Area Director Legal Aid	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Chinese Female Lawyer in Canada	1946							Race	Gender		Lawyer, Legal Aid Office, Ontario (1967)	Law Society Medal by the Law Society of Upper Canada (2000)	B.A of Economics and Political Science University of Western Ontario (1943)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School				Founder: Middlesex Women’s Law Association		Grant, H. M., Grant, G. W., & Law Commission of Canada. (2002). Age discrimination and the employment rights of elderly Canadian immigrants. Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada.
27	Isaac, Julius	1928/07/18	2011/07/16	Grenada	St. David's Parish		Black	Male	Judge	Chief Justice	Courts	Federal Court of Canada	First Black Chief Justice of the Federal Court	1989							Race			Chief Justice, Federal Court of Canada (1991)		B.A of Arts University of Toronto (1955)	L.L.B University of Toronto Law School (1958)					Co-founder: Grenada Association of Toronto		http://viaf.org/viaf/106185536
28	James, Terry	1955		Grenada			Black	Female	Police Officer	Sergeant	Policing	Toronto Police	First Black Female Police Officer in Toronto	1980	First Black Female Sergeant with the Toronto Police	2001					Race	Gender		Sergeant, Toronto Police Service, Ontario (2001)							Founder: Toronto Police Service Black History Celebrations
29	Juriansz, Russell G.	1946/12/24		India	Kirkee		South-Asian	Male	Judge	Provincial Court of Appeal Justice	Courts	Ontario Superior Court of Justice	First Racialzed Judge for the Ontario Court of Appeal	2004	First South Asian Judge of the Superior Court of Ontario	1998					Race			Judge, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario (2004)	Honorary Doctor of Laws	B.A of Science University of Toronto (1969)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1972)				President: Ontario Superior Court Judges’ Association
30	Kerr, William J.S.	1840	1875/02/18	Canada	Ontario	Brantford	Mohawk	Male	Lawyer		Courts	Law Society of Upper Canada	First Indigeous Lawyer in Upper Canada	1862							Race			Lawyer, Ontario (1962)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School
31	King, Violet	1929/10/18	1982/03/30	Canada	Alberta	Calgary	Black	Female	Lawyer	Civil Servant	Courts	Alberta Bar Association	First Black Female Lawyer in Canada	1954	First Black Lawyer called to the Alberta Bar	1954	First Black Person to graduate from Law School in Alberta	1953			Race	Gender		Executive Director, National Council of YMCA’s Organizational Development Group, Chicago, USA (1978)	National YMCA Hall of Fame	B.A University of Alberta	L.L.B University of Alberta (1953)
32	LaForme, Harry S.	1946/10/31		Canada	Ontario	Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation	Anishinabe	Male	Judge	Provincial Court of Appeal Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Appeal	First Indigenous Appellate Judge in Canada	2004	First Indigenous Judge of the Superior Court of Ontario	1994					Race			Chair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Canada (2008)	National Aboriginal Achievement Award in Law and Justice (1997)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1977)	PhD of Education Nipissing University				Chair: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Land Claims; Co-chair: Independent National Chiefs Task Force on Native Land Claims			http://viaf.org/viaf/9090122
33	Leslie, Vanessa			Canada			Black	Female	Police Officer	Inspector	Policing	Ontario Provincial Police	First Black Female OPP Inspector in Ontario	2017							Race	Gender		Detachment Commander, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario (2017)	Award from the Community Crime Awareness Association for her contributions to the Chinese community (2007) - does this award have a name?	B.A of Psychology York University (1990)
34	Lickers, Norman Edgar	1913	1987	Canada	Ontario	Six Nations of the Grand River	Seneca	Male	Lawyer	Crown Counsel	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Registered Aboriginal Lawyer in Ontario	1938							Race			Co-founder, the Woodland Indian Cultural Education Centre, Ontario (1972)		B.A of Economics and Political Science University of Western Ontario (1934)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School					President: Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians; Co-founder & Chairman: Woodland Indian Cultural Education Centre
35	Loo, Linda Ann	1947		Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	Chinese	Female	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Supreme Court of British Columbia	First Chinese Female Judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court	1996							Race	Gender	Chinese Exclusion Act, 1923	Judge, Supreme Court of Britich Columbia, British Columbia (1996)		B.A of Anthropology and Psychology University of British Columbia (1971)	L.L.B University of British Columbia (1974)				Ad Hoc Bencher: Law Society of British Columbia; Director: Trial Lawyers Association	Director: Vancouver Chinese Cultural Centre; Director: Canadian Construction Women; Director: Vancouver Youth Theatre
36	McLarty, Lawrence	1928/12/29	2016/12/01	Jamaica			Black	Male	Police Officer	Staff Sergeant	Policing	Toronto Police	First Black Police Officer in Toronto	1960							Race			Staff Sergeant, Toronto Police Service, Ontario	Received an award from the Toronto Police Black Internal Support Network - what is the award name?
37	Meadmore, Marion Ironquill	1936		Canada	Saskatchewan	Peepeekisis First Nation	Ojibwa-Cree	Female	Lawyer	Corporate Lawyer	Courts	Law Society of Saskatchewan	First Indigenous Female Lawyer in Canada	1977							Race	Gender		Founder, the National Indigenous Council of Elders (NICE)		L.L.B University of Manitoba (1977)					Founder: Assembly of First Nations; Founder: Kinew Housing Inc; Founder: Indian Metis Friendship Centre; Founder: National Indigenous Council of Elders
38	Merali, Isfahan						South-Asian	Female	Lawyer	Administrative Tribunal Senior Counsel	Courts	Law Society of Ontario	First Female South-Asian Bencher of the Law Society of Ontario	2015							Race	Gender		Legal Award for Excellence & Leadership, the South Asian Bar Association, Ontario (2015)	Legal Award for Excellence & Leadership by the South Asian Bar Association (2015)	B.A of Canadian Studies & History University College (1995)	L.L.B University of Toronto				Counsel and Deputy Registrar Office: Chief Justice; Bencher: Law Society of Upper Canada; Counsel: Ontario Human Rights Commission; Equity Officer: University of Toronto; Law Society’s Equity Advisory Group; Member: Implementation Task Force: Mental Health; Diversity Committee Member: Ministry of the Attorney General; Vice-chair: Equity and Indigenous Affairs Committee	Mentor: York University’s Osgoode Hall Public Interest Program in Mental Health and Administrative Justice; Acting Director: International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto		http://viaf.org/viaf/6744450
39	Natividad, Alicia	1950/10/01		Philippines			Filipino	Female	Lawyer	Business Lawyer	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Filipino Female Lawyer called to the Ontario Bar	1983							Race	Gender		Order of Ottawa, Ontario (2015)	Order of Ottawa (2015); Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012); Most Outstanding Filipino Canadian Award (2003); Philippine Presidential Award for Overseas Filipinos & Associations (2004); Queen’s Golden Medal (2002)	B.A Carleton University (1977)	L.L.B University of Ottawa (1981)					Tutor: CETA Mentorship Program and Law Society of Ontario; Founder: Ottawa Women's Network; Pro-bono Legal Counsel: Nelson House Shelter; Chair: National Women’s Liberal Coalition of Ontario
40	Oiye, George Kazuo	1926		Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	Japanese	Male	Lawyer	Queen's Counsel	Courts	Quebec Bar	First Japanese Lawyer called to the Bar in Canada	1954							Race			Lawyer, Founder of own practice, Quebec (1954)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School
41	Omatsu, Maryka	1948		Canada	Ontario	Hamilton	Japenese	Female	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Justice	First Japanese Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice	1993							Race	Gender		Judge, Ontario Court of Justice (1993)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1975)	M.A University of Toronto				Founder: Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers		Omatsu, M. (1992). Bittersweet passage: Redress and the Japanese Canadian experience. Toronto: Between The Lines.	http://viaf.org/viaf/1686010
42	Opekokew, Delia			Canada	Saskatchewan	Canoe Lake Cree First Nation	Cree	Female	Lawyer	Associate Attorney	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Indigeneous Female Lawyer called to the Ontario Bar	1979	First Indigeneous Female Lawyer called to the Saskatchewan Bar	1983					Race	Gender	Residential school survivor	Legal counsel, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Saskatchewan (1980)	Law Society of Ontario Medal (2013); Women's Law Association of Ontario President's Award (2012); Aboriginal Achievement Award (2009)	University of Manitoba	University of Saskatchewan Native Law Program	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1977)			Vice President: Canadian Civil Liberties Association; Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Process	Co-founder: Native American Centre of the Living Arts in NY		http://viaf.org/viaf/29564164
43	Parker, Alton C.	1907	1989/02/28	Canada	Ontario	Windsor	Black	Male	Police Officer	Detective	Policing	Windsor Police	First Black Police Detective in Canada	1951	First Black Police Officer in Windsor	1942					Race			Detective, Windsor Police, Ontario (1951)	Harry Jerome Award; Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
44	Rawlins, Micheline A.	1951		Canada	Quebec	Montreal	Black	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Justice	First Black Female Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice	1992							Race	Gender		Judge, Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario (1992)	Windsor Woman of the Year (2004); African Canadian Achievement Award (1997)	B.A McGill University	L.L.B University of Windsor (1978)
45	Romilly, Selwyn	1940		Trinidad and Tobago			Black	Male	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Supreme Court of British Columbia	First Black Judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court	1995	First Black Judge in British Columbia	1974					Race			Judge, Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia (1995)	Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (1997); Harambee Foundation (1996) Congress of Black Women (1996); Honoured as one of the four best Provincial Court Judges in the province (1991); Distinguished Service Award Black Law Students Association of Canada	B.A of Arts University of British Columbia (1963)	L.L.B University of British Columbia (1966)							http://viaf.org/viaf/6565515
46	Salhany, Roger E.	1937		Canada	Ontario	Cornwall	Arab	Male	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Law Society of Upper Canada	First Arab Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada	1975							Race			Judge, Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario (1990)		B.A McGill University (1958)	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1961)							http://viaf.org/viaf/66553397
47	Sareen, Iva	1950		India	Kolkata		South-Asian	Female	Lawyer		Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Female South-Asian Lawyer in Ontario	1979							Race	Gender		Lawyer, Ontario (1979)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School
48	Saunders, Mark	1962		England			Black	Male	Police Officer	Chief of Police	Policing	Toronto Police	First Black Police Chief in Toronto	2015							Race			Police Chief, Toronto Police Service, Ontario (2015)	Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal; Black Canadians Award for Public Service	B.A of Justice Studies Guelph Humber University
49	Scow, Alfred	1927/04/10	2013/02/26	Canada	British Columbia	Alert Bay	Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwa-mish	Male	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	British Columbia Provincial Court	First Indigenous Judge of the British Columbia Provincial Court	1971	First Aboriginal Person called to the British Columbia Bar	1962	First Aboriginal Person to graduate from a British Columbia Law School	1961			Race			Judge, British Columbia Provincial Court, British Columbia (1971)	Order of British Columbia (2004); Order of Canada (2000); Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree University of British Columbia (1997); Canada 125 Medal; National Aboriginal Achievement Award; University of British Columbia’s Great Trekker Award	L.L.B University of British Columbia						Board Member: B.C. Lions Society for Children with Disabilities; Board Member: Elders Committee for the First Nations House of Learning; Member: Board of Management of the UBC Alumni Association; Board Member: John Howard Society; Board Member: United Good Neighbour Fund and Credit Union; Founding Member & President: Vancouver Indian Centre Society and the Canadian Indian Lawyers Associate	Spalding, A., Gait, D., & Scow, A. (2013). Secret of the Dance. Victoria: Orca Book.	http://viaf.org/viaf/106638524
50	Seale-Irving, Lori			Canada	Ontario	Ottawa	Black	Female	Police Officer	Inspector	Policing	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	First Black Female RCMP Commissioned Officer	2007							Race	Gender		Inspector, Royal Canada Mounted Police, Canada (2007)
51	Shergill, Palbinder K.			India	Punjab	Rurka Kalan	South Asian	Female	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Supreme Court of British Columbia	First Turbaned Sikh Judge in Canada	2017							Race	Gender		Judge, British Columbia Supreme Court, British Columbia (2017)	Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (2012)	L.L.B University of Saskatchewan					Cabinet of Canadians; Canadian Bar Association; Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia	Sikh Feminist Research Institute; Board of Directors: Fraser Health Authority
52	Sinclair, Murray	1951/01/24		Canada	Manitoba	St. Peter's Indian Reserve (Selkirk)	Ojibway	Male	Judge	Provincial Court Associate Chief Justice	Courts	Manitoba Provincial Court	First Indigenous Judge in Manitoba	1988							Race			Senator, ISG-Manitoba (2016)	Manitoba Bar Associations Distinguished Service Award (2016); Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice's Medal of Justice (2015); Duff Roblin Award (2015); Manitoba Bar Association’s Equality Award (2001); National Aboriginal Achievement Award (1994); Honorary Degrees from the University of Ottawa; Dalhousie University; Ryerson University; University of Manitoba; St. John’s College at the University of Manitoba; the University of Winnipeg; Red River College; Keewatin Community College	L.L.B University of Manitoba (1979)						John Howard Society; The Canadian Club; The Canadian Native Law Students Association		http://viaf.org/viaf/31188847
53	Smith, Craig	1942		Canada	Nova Scotia		Black	Male	Police Officer	Corporal	Policing	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	First Black RCMP awarded the Order of Merit of the Police	2015							Race			Corporal, Diversity Policing Analyst, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada (2005)	Order of Merit of the Police Forces (2015); Nova Scotia’s Black Wall of Honour (1999); Dr. Burnley Allan (Rocky) Jones Award from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission; Harry Jerome Award winner; Rev. Dr. W.P. Oliver Wall of Honour inductee to the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia						African Canadian Advisory Committee Nova Scotia Community College; Multicultural Liaison Committee Canadian Association of Chief's of Police; Halifax Police and Black Community Liaison Committee; Urban Rural Mission Contact Group and Steering Committee; Inner-City Education Advisory Committee; RCMP National Advisory Committee for Visible Minorities		Smith, C. M. (2011). The Journey continues: An Atlantic Canadian Black experience. Dartmouth, NS: Black Green and Red Educational Products & Craig Marshall Smith., Smith, C. M. (2008). Ultimate African Heritage Quiz Book: Maritime Edition Over 250 Questions. Nimbus., "Journey: An African Canadian Educational Resource (2000)" - can't find the citation for this one	http://viaf.org/viaf/106285096
54	Sparks, Corrine E.	1953/08/13		Canada	Nova Scotia	Lake Loon - Cherry Brook	Black	Female	Judge	Provincial/Family Court Justice	Courts	Nova Scotia Provincial and Family Court	First Black Female Judge in Canada	1987	First Black Judge in Nova Scotia	1987					Race	Gender		Rebel With a Cause Award, Elizabeth Fry Society (2003)	Elizabeth Fry Society Rebel With a Cause Award (2003); Congress of Black Women Award (2002); Frances Lillian Fish Award (1998); Canadian Association of Black Lawyers Service Award (1987)	B.A of Economics Mount Saint Vincent University (1974)	L.L.B Dalhouse University	L.L.M Dalhousie University (2001)			Member: Canadian Association of Black Lawyers; Member: Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges
55	Steinberg, Jenny Chu						Korean	Female	Lawyer	Corporate Lawyer	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Korean Female Lawyer called to the Ontario Bar	1986							Race	Gender		Lawyer, Ontario (1986)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School
56	Sutherland, Robert	1830	1878	Jamaica			Black	Male	Lawyer	Practitioner	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Black Lawyer in British North America	1855	First racialized person to attend and graduate from a Canadian university						Race			Lawyer, British North America (1855)		B.A (Hons) Classics and Maths Queens University (1849)
57	Tokiwa, Paul Yoshiharu	1928	1994	Canada	British Columbia	Ocean Falls	Japense	Male	Lawyer	Partner	Courts	Quebec Bar	First Japanese Lawyer in Hamilton	1962							Race		War Measures Act, 1941- anti-Japanese Canadian discrimination	Lawyer, Founder of Law Firm Millar, Alexandar, Tokiwa, and Isaacs, Ontario (1962)
58	Tulloch, Michael H.			Jamaica	Manchester		Black	Male	Judge	Provincial Court of Appeal Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Appeal	First Black Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal	2012							Race			Judge, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario (2012)	Ontario Bar Association Distinguished Service Award (2018); Canada's Top 25 Immigrants Award (2013); Osgoode Hall Law School Lincoln Alexander Community Award (2013); Harry Jerome President's award (2012); Canadian Association of Black Lawyers Achievement Award (2012); Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012); Honourary doctorates of Law from Ryerson and Guelph University; Honourary doctorate of Divinity from Tyndale University	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School (1989)					President: Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
59	Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen	1963		Canada	Ontario	Niagara Falls	Cree	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Administrative Justice	Courts	Saskatchewan Provincial Court	First Indigenous Judge in Saskatchewan	1998							Race	Gender		Director, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, British Columbia (2018)	International Society of Adoptable Children’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2017); British Columbia Government Employee’s Union’s President’s Award (2017); Honorary doctorate from McGill University (2014); Honorary doctorate from York University (2013); Perry Shawana Award for Leadership (2010); Named one of Vancouver Sun’s Top 100 Most Influential Women (2010); Honorary doctorate from Brock University (2010); Bill McFarland Award from the Parent Support Services Society of B.C (2009); Honorary doctorate from Thompson Rivers University (2009); Indigenous Bar Association’s Distinction of Indigenous People’s Counsel Award (2006); Time Magazine's 'Top 20 Canadian Leaders for the 21st Century' (1999); Time Magazine’s ‘100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow’ (1994)	B.A of Arts Carlton University	L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School	M.A of International Law Cambridge University	PhD Harvard Law School	Certificate in International and Comparative Law of Human Rights University of Strasbourg		Director: Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
60	Vyse, Terry	1952		Canada	Ontario	Niagara Falls	Mohawk	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	Ontario Court of Justice	First Aboriginal Female Judge in Canada	1991							Race	Gender		Judge, Ontario Court of Justice, Ontario (1991)
61	Westmoreland-Traorédouard, Juanita	1942/03/10		Canada	Quebec	Verdun	Black	Female	Judge	Provincial Court Justice	Courts	Court of Quebec	First Black Judge in Quebec	1999	First Black Dean of a law school in Canada	1996	First Black Female Law Professor at the Université de Montréal	1976	First Black Female Law Professor at the Université du Québec á Montréal	1976	Race	Gender		Honorary Doctors of Laws, Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario (2017)	Québec Human Rights Commission’s Rights and Liberties Prize (2008); Jackie Robinson’s Achievement Award (2003); Touchstones Award from the Canadian Bar Association (2005); Honorary doctorate for work in human rights and for victims of discrimination; (2001); Alan Rose Prize for Human Rights (2000)	B.A of Arts Marianopolis College (1963)	L.L.B Université de Montréal (1966)	PhD of State in Public Law and Administrative Legal Sciences Université de Paris II			Board Member: Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (2003-2009); Co-chair: Equality and Diversity Committee of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges (2004-2010)	Board Member: League of Human Rights; Board Member: Canadian Civil Liberties Association Council; Executive: Canadian Rights Foundation
62	White, Solomon	1836/10/08	1911/11/11	Canada	Ontario	Huron Reserve	Wyandot	Male	Lawyer	Private Practice	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Aboriginal Lawyer called to the Ontario Bar	1865							Race			Mayor of Cobalt, Ontario (1911)
63	Wong, Randam Sun-Kue	1941		Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	Chinese	Male	Judge	Superior Court Justice	Courts	Supreme Court of British Columbia	First Chinese Federal Court Judge	1981							Race			Judge, Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia		B.A of Commerce University of British Columbia (1965)	L.L.B University of British Columbia (1966)
64	Yip, Kew Dock	1906		Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	Chinese	Male	Lawyer	Sole Practitioner	Courts	Ontario Bar Association	First Chinese Lawyer in Canada	1945							Race		Legal Professions Act, 1895 (British Columbia)	Co-Appealant, appeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Canada (1947)	Law Society Medal from the Law Society of Upper Canada (1998)		L.L.B Osgoode Hall Law School
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