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Government of Canada announces judicial appointment to the Federal Court of Appeal


OTTAWA, Sept. 21, 2018 /CNW/ - The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016. The new process emphasizes transparency, merit, and diversity, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.

The Honourable Marianne Rivoalen, Associate Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba (Family Division), is appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal. She replaces Justice J.M. Woods, who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective April 1, 2018.

Biography 

Justice Marianne Rivoalen was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Family Division) on February 2, 2005. She became the Court's Associate Chief Justice on May 22, 2015, after acting in that role for two years. Madam Justice Rivoalen received a B.A. (mathematics) from the Université de Saint-Boniface in 1984 and an LL.B. from the Université de Moncton Law School in 1988. She was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1989.

Upon her appointment to the bench, Madam Justice Rivoalen was Senior Counsel and Team Leader with the Department of Justice Canada's Aboriginal Law Services Group, responsible for its lawyers in Manitoba handling Indian Residential School litigation. Before that, she had a broad litigation and advocacy practice in both official languages with two Winnipeg firms. She also served as an arbitrator with the Manitoba Labour Board and as a Deputy Chief Commissioner of Manitoba's Residential Tenancies Commission.

Madam Justice Rivoalen has devoted considerable volunteer time to her community, particularly with respect to the protection of the French language, equality and women's rights. She is a former president of the Association des juristes d'expression française du Manitoba, the Sociéte Franco-Manitobaine and Pluri-Elles. She was a member of the boards of directors of Réseau action-femmes, the Miriam Centre and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. She also served as Vice-President and member of the Board of Governors of the Université de Saint-Boniface. She received the Manitoba Bar Association Equality Recognition Award in 2003, the Femme remarquable de l'année 2001 award from La Fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises, and the Prix Réseau in 2001.

During her 13 years on the bench, Madam Justice Rivoalen has been active in committee work. She served as chair of the Canadian Judicial Council's Committee on Inter-Jurisdictional Child Protection and as a member of its Education Committee.

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SOURCE Department of Justice Canada



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