Rosalie Abella is a Canadian jurist who became the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench.
Where is Rosalie Abella now?
Rosalie Abella in 1997, became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. A few years later in 2002, she was awarded the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. Later in 2012, she was awarded the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
In 2007, she was elected a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has also served as a judge of the Giller Prize.
Abella officially retired from the federal bench in 2021 after being appointed over a decade ago in 2004. In April 2018, she was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
In addition to this, she is the recipient of at least 38 honorary degrees.
She is the widow of Canadian historian, Irving Abella, with whom she has two sons named Jacob and Zachary.
