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Hon. Marion Boyd
Former Minister and Attorney General,
Province of Ontario.
Chair and Coordinator,
Task Force on the Health Effect of Woman Abuse,
Middlesex-London Health Unit, Ontario.
Elected in 1990 as the Member
of Provincial Parliament for London Centre,
Marion Boyd served in the Cabinet of the
Bob Rae government as Minister of Education,
Minister of Community and Social Services,
Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues
and Attorney General. Re-elected in 1995,
Marion became the critic for health, justice
and women’s issues until her defeat
in June 1999. In October 1999, Marion was
appointed as an adjudicator for the Criminal
Injuries Compensation Board and is now serving
a third term on that body. In June 2004,
Marion was asked to lead a Review of the
Arbitration Act as it applies to family and
inheritance law, with special reference to
the use of religious laws in arbitration;
the report of the Review was released on
December 20, 2004. The government has subsequently
brought forward legislation to ensure that
family law matters in Ontario are dealt with
according to Ontario and Canadian law.
Marion Boyd is the Chair and
Coordinator of the Task Force on the Health
Effects
of Woman Abuse, a project initiated in
1999 by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
She is the author of the Task Force Report
and provides training, public education
and coordination for the province-wide
initiative to implement the Routine Universal
Comprehensive Screening Protocol (RUCS)
for the early identification of woman abuse.
Marion chairs the Board of the Speers Society
and is co-author of the Society’s
program, “Choices for Positive Youth
Relationships.” Marion developed
her national and international reputation
for expertise and advocacy on abuse of
women and children while she was the Executive
Director of the London Battered Women’s
Advocacy Clinic (now known as the London
Abused Women’s Centre) from 1984
to 1990.
As a former Attorney General, Marion Boyd
is an ex-officio Life Bencher of the Law
Society of Upper Canada, where she serves
on the Government Relations Committee and
co-chairs the Access to Justice Committee.
Marion was a member of the Paralegal Task
Group, which recommended that the Law Society
become the regulator of paralegals in Ontario.
She also represents the Treasurer of the
Law Society on the Ontario Justice Education
Network and is a trustee of the Law Society
Foundation.
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