Yvonne Boyer

Yvonne Boyer (born October 25, 1953) is a Canadian lawyer who was named to the Senate of Canada on March 25, 2018, as a Senator for Ontario by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A Métis, Boyer is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Senate from Ontario.[1] She lives in Merrickville, Ontario, near Ottawa.[2]

The Honourable

Yvonne Boyer
Senator from Ontario
Assumed office
March 15, 2018
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byJulie Payette
Personal details
Born (1953-10-25) October 25, 1953
Political partyIndependent Senators Group
ProfessionLawyer, professor, administrator

As a lawyer, Boyer has been outspoken in her criticisms of inequities in Canada's health care in its treatment of and availability to Indigenous peoples.[1]

Boyer is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario and has ancestral roots in the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan and Red River, Manitoba.[2] As well as being a lawyer, at the time of her appointment to the Upper House she was a professor in the law faculty at the University of Ottawa and associate director at the school's Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.[1] She is also a former member of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and has also served as in-house counsel for the Native Women's Association of Canada, and as a senior policy analyst and legal adviser at the National Aboriginal Health Organization.[2]

Boyer's appointment to the Senate was recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.[2]

References
  1. "Ontario Metis lawyer Yvonne Boyer named to Senate". Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "Yvonne Boyer is Ontario's first Indigenous senator". CBC News. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.


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