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Rosalie Abella was born on 1 July, 1946 in Stuttgart, Germany, is a Canadian jurist. Discover Rosalie Abella's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 1 July, 1946
Birthday 1 July
Birthplace Stuttgart, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1910

Her father was born in Sienno, Poland, in 1910, while her mother was born in Ostrowiec in 1917.

Abella's older brother was murdered in the Holocaust.

Her parents both survived, Jacob Silberman was liberated from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Fanny Silberman survived Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

Jacob had studied law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and was appointed head of legal services for displaced persons in the US Zone of Southwest Germany.

1946

Rosalie Silberman Abella (born July 1, 1946) is a Canadian jurist.

Rosalie Silberman Abella was born on July 1, 1946, the daughter of Jacob and Fanny (Krongold) Silberman.

She was born in a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, Germany.

1950

In 1950, her family was admitted into Canada, though Jacob Silberman was not allowed to practise law because he was not a citizen.

From a young age, Abella was determined to become a lawyer.

She attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute and Bathurst Heights Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario.

1964

In 1964, Abella graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in classical piano.

1967

She then attended the University of Toronto, where she earned a B.A. in 1967 and an LL.B. in 1970.

1972

Abella was called to the Ontario bar in 1972.

1976

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 Ontario Court of Justice) by then–attorney general Roy McMurtry, becoming both the youngest and first pregnant judge in Canadian history.

1983

In 1983–1984, Abella served as the sole commissioner of the federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment (known as the Abella commission), appointed by Lloyd Axworthy.

As commissioner, she coined the term and concept of "employment equity", a strategy for reducing barriers in employment faced by women, visible minorities, people with disabilities, and Aboriginal peoples.

1988

In 1988, Abella moderated the televised English-language leaders' debate between Brian Mulroney (PC), John Turner (Liberal) and Ed Broadbent (NDP).

Abella has acted as chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Ontario Study into Access to Legal Services by the Disabled and the Ontario Law Reform Commission, and as a member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and of the judicial inquiry into the Donald Marshall, Jr. case.

From 1988 to 1992, she taught at McGill University Faculty of Law as the Boulton Visiting Professor.

1989

The theories of equality and discrimination developed in the report were adopted in Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia (1989), the Supreme Court of Canada's first decision regarding equality rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Its recommendations report was also adopted by jurisdictions including New Zealand, South Africa, and Northern Ireland.

1992

She was appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1992.

1997

She became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1997.

2002

She was awarded the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.

2004

In 2004, Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, becoming the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench.

She retired from the federal bench in 2021.

In 2004, Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Abella to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Abella became the first Jewish woman to sit on the court.

She was eligible to serve on the Supreme Court until July 1, 2021, when she turned 75.

In February 2021, she announced that she would retire on that date, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started the selection process of a new justice who would succeed her.

Mahmud Jamal 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 Fordham University School of Law and Harvard Law School.

Abella is an authority on constitutional law and human rights law.

Her opinions often cite foreign and international law.

According to Sian Elias, they are regarded as authoritative by judges in many common law countries.

Abella has received at least 38 honorary degrees.

On June 7, 2023, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

2007

She was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

2012

In 2012 she was awarded the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

2016

In May 2016, she was awarded an honorary degree from Yale University, becoming the first Canadian woman to earn such an honour.