Companion of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 17, 2025

The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella, C.C.
Toronto, Ontario

Rosalie Silberman Abella is an icon of Canadian values. Born in a displaced persons camp to Holocaust survivors, she became the first Jewish woman on Canada’s Supreme Court. She set the bar with her landmark constitutional law rulings and shaped equality and human rights worldwide. She is now an esteemed professor at the Harvard Law School.