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2 feb 2024 · The documentary Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella is a portrait of the Canadian equal rights champion and legal icon. Director Barry Avrich on his tribute to ‘an...
- 1 min
15 mar 2024 · With Rosalie Abella, Margaret Atwood, Joe Clark, Bernie Farber. An account of the life and career of Rosalie Abella, a former member of the Supreme Court of Canada, who immigrated to Canada as a child after her parents survived the Holocaust.
- Barry Avrich
- 2023-05-01
- Documentary
- 80
1 feb 2024 · Biography. Dubbed Canada’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella led the way on major decisions about employment equity, same sex marriage and more.
The life and career of Rosalie Abella, a former member of the Supreme Court of Canada, who immigrated to Canada as a child after her parents survived the Holocaust.
- Barry Avrich
- Documentary, Biography
11 ott 2023 · Rosalie Abella’s life — from her birth in a displaced persons camp in Germany, the child of Holocaust survivors, to her 17-year tenure as a Supreme Court justice on Canada’s highest court — is, in a word, unprecedented.
Without Precedent chronicles Abella’s remarkable career advocating for the rights of women, people with disabilities and visible minorities, along with the expected observations about compassion...
This lively documentary explores her life and career trajectory, including her successes as an attorney and judge, culminating with her historic appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, which made her both the first refugee and first Jewish person ever to sit on the country’s highest court.
