(1946-10-31) October 31, 1946 (age 77) Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School, 1977
Known for
Former head of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission; first appellate court judge in Canadian history with a First Nations background.
Awards
1997 National Aboriginal Achievement Award in Law & Justice
Harry Smith LaFormeOC[1] (born October 31, 1946) is a Canadian judge.
A member of the Mississaugas people, LaForme is the first appellate court judge in Canadian history with a First Nations background. He has served as the Commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario; as the Chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Land Claims; and – until his resignation in October 2008 – as head of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[2]
LaForme graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1977 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1979."[3]
In 2002, LaForme served on the Ontario Divisional Court panel that ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry was a violation of their civil rights; his suggestion – that marriage be redefined – was subsequently adopted by the Court of Appeal for Ontario.[4]
^"Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". The Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^"Head of residential school commission steps down". The Vancouver Sun. 2008-10-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
^"Harry Laforme, Mississaugas of New Credit, 1947-". Native Leaders of Canada. 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^"Racism haunts Canada's first aboriginal appellate judge". The Globe and Mail. 2004-11-23. Archived from the original on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
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December 6, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2013. La Diplomatique est la science qui étudie la tradition, laforme et l'élaboration des actes écrits. Kölzer,...
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original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2009. "L'équipe-type prend forme". La Libre Belgique (in French). 19 November 2009. "België wint oefenpot tegen...
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Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-13089-9 Norris, Harry Thirlwall (1993). Islam in the Balkans: religion and society between Europe...
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cheese? Cheddar". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 February 2014. Mount, Harry (18 June 2005). "Savvy shopper: Cheddar". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved...
ISBN 978-0-907259-21-3. Carter, Harry, ed. (1969). The type specimen of Delacolonge. Les caractères et les vignettes de la fonderie du sieur Delacolonge...
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