Kim Pate

The Honourable
Kim Pate
CM
The Honourable Kim Pate CM
	Senator Pate in October 2017
Canada Senator; from Ontario
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 10, 2016
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	David Johnston
Personal details
Born	November 10, 1959 (age 65)
Political party	Independent Senators Group

Kimberly Pate CM (born November 10, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Ontario since November 10, 2016, sitting with the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus. Pate was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Background

Pate grew up in a military family and attended the University of Victoria, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980.^[1] She later graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health.^[2] In 2014, she was named a member of the Order of Canada for advocating on behalf of women who are marginalized, victimized or incarcerated, and for her research on women in the criminal justice system.^[3]^[4] Pate is a former executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.^[3] In 2011 she was a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case.^[5]

On October 31, 2016, it was announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would recommend that she be appointed to the Senate of Canada. She will sit as an independent.^[6] Pate assumed office on November 10, 2016.

Activity

In May 2022 together with two other senators Senator Anderson issued a report calling for a review of the convictions of 12 indigenous women, including the Quewezance sisters, and their exoneration.^[7]

She is out as lesbian,^[8] and is a member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, a non-partisan committee of Canada's LGBTQ MPs and senators.^[9]

References

^ "New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons". Globe and Mail. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Parliament of Canada (6 January 2017). "Senate of Canada - Senator Kim Pate". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Marie-Danielle (1 July 2014). "Nine Ottawans named to Order of Canada". Ottawa Citizen.
^ "Order of Canada Appointments". 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada". cfc-swc.gc.ca. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate". Toronto Star, October 30, 2016.
^ Pate, Kim; Anderson, Dawn; Boyer, Yvonne (16 May 2022). "Injustices and miscarriages of justice experienced by 12 indigenous women: a case for group conviction review and exoneration by the Department of Justice via the Law Commission of Canada and/or the Miscarriages of Justice Commission" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ Dale Smith, "Senator Kim Pate on fighting inequality from Canada’s Upper Chamber". Xtra!, November 28, 2022.
^ Dale Smith, "Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus". Xtra!, January 5, 2023.

External links

Kim Pate, Parliament of Canada website
Interview: Kim Pate, The Fifth Estate, CBC News
Citation for Governor General's Award, 2011
Kim Pate – Parliament of Canada biography
New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons Patrick White, The Globe and Mail, 2017 Jan.3

[1] "New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons". Globe and Mail. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[2] Parliament of Canada (6 January 2017). "Senate of Canada - Senator Kim Pate". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[OC-3] Smith, Marie-Danielle (1 July 2014). "Nine Ottawans named to Order of Canada". Ottawa Citizen.

[4] "Order of Canada Appointments". 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

[5] "Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada". cfc-swc.gc.ca. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[taps-6] "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate". Toronto Star, October 30, 2016.

[7] Pate, Kim; Anderson, Dawn; Boyer, Yvonne (16 May 2022). "Injustices and miscarriages of justice experienced by 12 indigenous women: a case for group conviction review and exoneration by the Department of Justice via the Law Commission of Canada and/or the Miscarriages of Justice Commission" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[8] Dale Smith, "Senator Kim Pate on fighting inequality from Canada’s Upper Chamber". Xtra!, November 28, 2022.

[9] Dale Smith, "Queer MPs and senators across the political spectrum come together in Canadian Pride Caucus". Xtra!, January 5, 2023.

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BC	■ Busson ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Woo 2 vacancies
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler ■ Plett
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ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ McBean ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Omidvar ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff 1 vacancy
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v t Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Chair	Brian Francis
Vice Chair	Daniel Christmas
Members	David Arnot Michèle Audette Patrick Brazeau Mary Coyle Nancy Hartling Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Yonah Martin Kim Pate Dennis Patterson Scott Tannas

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