Kim Pate Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kim Pate
Office:Canada Senator
from Ontario
Term Start:November 10, 2016
Nominator:Justin Trudeau
Appointed:David Johnston
Birth Date:10 November 1959
Party:Independent Senators Group

Kimberly Pate (born November 10, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Ontario since November 10, 2016, sitting with the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus. Pate was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Background

Pate grew up in a military family and attended the University of Victoria, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980.[1] She later graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 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 the Order of Canada for 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 the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. In 2011 she was a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case.[5]

On October 31, 2016, it was announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would recommend that she be appointed to the Senate of Canada. She will sit as an independent.[6] Pate assumed office on November 10, 2016.

Activity

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 the Quewezance sisters, and their exoneration.[7]

She is out as lesbian,[8] and is a member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, a non-partisan committee of Canada's LGBTQ MPs and senators.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons. Globe and Mail. January 2, 2017. January 22, 2024.
  2. Web site: Senate of Canada - Senator Kim Pate. Parliament of Canada. 2017-01-06. Senate of Canada. en. 2020-03-09.
  3. News: Smith. Marie-Danielle. Nine Ottawans named to Order of Canada. Ottawa Citizen. July 1, 2014.
  4. News: Order of Canada Appointments. June 30, 2014. July 1, 2014.
  5. Web site: Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada . 2022-11-01 . cfc-swc.gc.ca.
  6. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/30/trudeau-taps-former-banker-cop-and-judge-for-senate.html "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate"
  7. Web site: 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. 2022-06-17. 2022-05-16. Kim. Pate. Dawn. Anderson. Yvonne. Boyer.
  8. Dale Smith, "Senator Kim Pate on fighting inequality from Canada’s Upper Chamber". Xtra!, November 28, 2022.
  9. Dale Smith, "Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus". Xtra!, January 5, 2023.