Kim Pate
Kim Pate | |
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Canada Senator fromOntario | |
Assumed office November 10, 2016 | |
Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed by | David Johnston |
Personal details | |
Born | November 10, 1959 |
Political party | Independent Senators Group |
Kimberly PateCM(born November 10, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as asenatorfromOntariosince November 10, 2016, sitting with theIndependent Senators Group(ISG) caucus. Pate was appointed on the advice ofPrime MinisterJustin Trudeau.
Background
[edit]Pate grew up in a military family and attended theUniversity of Victoria,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980.[1]She later graduated fromDalhousie Law Schoolin 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health.[2]In 2014, she was named a member of theOrder of Canadafor advocating on behalf of women who are marginalized, victimized or incarcerated, and for her research on women in the criminal justice system.[3][4]Pate is a former executive director of theCanadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.[3]In 2011 she was a recipient of theGovernor General's Awardin Commemoration of thePersons Case.[5]
On October 31, 2016, it was announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would recommend that she be appointed to theSenate of Canada.She will sit as an independent.[6]Pate assumed office on November 10, 2016.
Activity
[edit]In May 2022 together with two other senators Senator Anderson issued a report calling for a review of the convictions of 12 indigenous women, including theQuewezance sisters,and their exoneration.[7]
She is out aslesbian,[8]and is a member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, a non-partisan committee of Canada's LGBTQ MPs and senators.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons".Globe and Mail. 2 January 2017.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^Parliament of Canada (6 January 2017)."Senate of Canada - Senator Kim Pate".Senate of Canada.Retrieved9 March2020.
- ^abSmith, Marie-Danielle (1 July 2014)."Nine Ottawans named to Order of Canada".Ottawa Citizen.
- ^"Order of Canada Appointments".30 June 2014.Retrieved1 July2014.
- ^"Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada".cfc-swc.gc.ca.Retrieved1 November2022.
- ^"Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate".Toronto Star,October 30, 2016.
- ^Pate, Kim; Anderson, Dawn; Boyer, Yvonne (16 May 2022)."Injustices and miscarriages of justice experienced by 12 indigenous women: a case for group conviction review and exoneration by the Department of Justice via the Law Commission of Canada and/or the Miscarriages of Justice Commission"(PDF).Retrieved17 June2022.
- ^Dale Smith,"Senator Kim Pate on fighting inequality from Canada’s Upper Chamber".Xtra!,November 28, 2022.
- ^Dale Smith,"Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus".Xtra!,January 5, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Kim Pate,Parliament of Canada website
- Interview: Kim Pate,The Fifth Estate,CBC News
- Citation for Governor General's Award, 2011
- Kim Pate – Parliament of Canada biography
- New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisonsPatrick White, The Globe and Mail, 2017 Jan.3
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Canadian senators from Ontario
- Independent Canadian senators
- Women members of the Senate of Canada
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Independent Senators Group
- Canadian LGBT senators
- Canadian lesbian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian LGBT people