#  Canada Seminar 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 23, 2018** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS Knafel Building, Room K354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge**  



 

 



 

 ***The Road to Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples in Canada***

 **Madame Justice Cynthia Petersen**

 **Madam Justice Cynthia Petersen** is a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Brampton, Ontario. Prior to her appointment to the judiciary in June 2017, she was a lawyer in private practice for 22 years in Toronto. During her years in practice, she represented numerous LGBT clients and community organizations in many ground-breaking court cases involving LGBT equality rights in Canada. She was one of the lead counsel involved in the successful litigation for marriage equality for same-sex couples in Canada. Prior to practising law, she was a professor of law at the University of Ottawa.



 

 



 

 

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