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Marilou McPhedran
Canadian politician (born )
Marilou McPhedranCM (born July 22, ) is a Canadian lawyer, human rights advocate and politician.
Since October , McPhedran is a member of the Senate of Canada.
Senator Marilou McPhedran.
She was the Principal (dean) of the University of Winnipeg Global College in Manitoba, Canada between and [1] In , 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 , McPhedran was named one of Canada's 10 most influential women's rights activists by Homemaker's Magazine.[2]
Biography
McPhedran was born and raised in rural Manitoba.
She graduated with a law degree from Osgoode Hall, York University and was called to the Bar of Ontario, Canada in She was granted an honorary Doctorate of La