Marilou McPhedran

The Honourable
Marilou McPhedran
CM
Senator for Manitoba
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 10, 2016
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Personal details
Born (1951-07-22) July 22, 1951 (age 73)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materOsgoode Hall Law School

Marilou McPhedran CM (born July 22, 1951) is a Canadian lawyer, human rights advocate and politician. Since October 2016, McPhedran is a member of the Senate of Canada.

She was the Principal (dean) of the University of Winnipeg Global College in Manitoba, Canada between 2008 and 2012.[1] In 1985, McPhedran became the youngest lawyer to be named a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition of her co-leadership of the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution. The Ad Hoc Committee was a grass roots movement for strengthening equality rights during the drafting of the Constitution of Canada. In 2001, McPhedran was named one of Canada's 10 most influential women's rights activists by Homemaker's Magazine.[2]

  1. ^ The University of Winnipeg Global College Faculty & Staff, accessed Oct 2014
  2. ^ "2003 Recipients of the Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case". Status of Women Canada. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.