Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 17, 2024

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.