Biographical notes for F. Pearl Eliadis

Contributing Editor, Charter and Human Rights Litigation (CHRL) 1993–

"The Charter & Canada's Borders" (1994) 1 CHRL 18

"The Supreme Court of Canada's Decision in Reza" (1994) 1 CHRL 50

"The Objective Element of the BFOR Defence After the Large Decision" (1996) 3 CHRL 175

"Drug and Alcohol Testing: Entrop v. Imperial Oil Ltd." (1996) 4 CHRL 205

"Denominational Rights: the Supreme Court of Canada Decides (Again)" (1997) 4 CHRL 218

"Mediation in the Human Rights Context: Part I" (1997) 4 CHRL 234 (co-authored with Lori Rainone)

"Mediation in the Human Rights Context: Part II" (1997) 4 CHRL 254

"Entrop: Ontario Divisional Court Weighs in on Drug and Alcohol Testing" (1998) 5 CHRL 289

"The Right to Housing: One Step Forward, One Step Back? (1999) 6 CHRL 352

Born 12 September 1959

Educated McGill University B.Sc. 1981, B.C.L. 1985, LL.B. 1985; Oxford University B.C.L. 1986

Director, Public Policy and Public Education Branch, Ontario Human Rights Commission 1995–

Called to the Bars of Quebec 1987 and Ontario 1993

Articled, Stikeman Elliott 1987

President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Human Rights Foundation 1990-95

Chair, Immigration Section, Canadian Bar Association-Quebec 1994-95

Member, Canadian Council on International Law; Board of Directors, Moot Court Canada

Recipient, 1992 Commemorative Medal for the 125^th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada (community service)

Author, articles for various publications, mostly on immigration and human rights as well as Charter law

Ms. Eliadis is Director of Public Policy and Public Education at the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Prior to joining the Commission in 1995, Ms. Eliadis was President of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Canada's first non-governmental organization dedicated to human rights education. She also practiced law in Montreal in the areas of litigation and immigration after which she served as a special advisor on secondment to the Government of Canada on immigration and refugee matters, including gender persecution, resettlement and refoulement. As Chair of the Quebec Bar Association's Immigration Section, she lobbied the government on a range of issues such as liberalization of policies respecting work permits and the elimination of new fees imposed on permanent residents. In 1985, she co-presented the submission of the Canadian Jewish Congress to the Commission on War Criminals Resident in Canada. She has lectured and published widely in the areas of human rights law, immigration and governance in the not-for-profit sector and co-edited International Human Rights Law: Theory and Practice with Irwin Cotler. Ms. Eliadis serves on several boards, including the Board of Directors of Moot Court Canada and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.