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The Honourable Susan Elizabeth Lang

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Member of the Order of Canada

    Awarded on: 2024-04-17
    Invested on: 2026-03-19
    The Honourable Susan Elizabeth Lang, C.M. Toronto, Ontario Susan Lang has had a distinguished legal career. Co-founder of an all-woman law firm and the first woman to be president of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association, she served as a judge in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal. Leader of the Motherisk Hair Analysis Independent Review, she influenced how scientific evidence is handled, and inspired the Ontario Forensic Laboratories Act, the first legislation of its kind in Canada.