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A good education, hard work, the capacity to listen, and being encouraged by family, teachers, mentors, and senior leaders have made it possible for Frank Iacobucci to achieve his life goals.
While considering a career in law at the University of British Columbia, the young Frank had conflicting advice from two professors he highly respected. The first suggested that, although he showed great promise, the foreign-sounding name of 'Iacobucci' would be a deterrent to his choice of career. However, the second thought that Canada was changing and convinced him to pursue his original plan. It turned out to be sound advice. Frank Iacobucci is of the firm opinion that everyone should have the right to exploit his or her own potential despite all societal barriers.
Quoting Robert Browning from his poem Andrea del Sarto - "A man's reach should exceed his grasp else what's heaven for?" - Frank Iacobucci believes that the Trudeau Foundation Community enables him to connect with creative and committed individuals who strive to affect social change by tapping into their own potential. "Do not expect others to encourage change, do it yourself," is the advice offered by the former mentee now turned Trudeau Mentor.
A former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Frank Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice, academia, government and the judiciary. He is currently the chairman of Torstar Corporation and joined Torys LLP as Counsel in 2005.
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Frank Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice, academia, government and the judiciary. He was born, raised and educated in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he received his B. Comm. and LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. He went on to receive his LL.M. and Dip. International Law from Cambridge.
He began his career in 1964 as a lawyer at a large New York firm, where he practiced corporate and securities law. In 1967, he joined the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and was a Professor of Law there until 1985. He also served as Vice-President, Internal Affairs at the University of Toronto from 1975 to 1979 and Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1979 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985, he was Vice-President and Provost of the University. In 1985, Mr. Iacobucci was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General for Canada; in 1988, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada; and in 1991, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
He has received numerous awards, honours and other recognitions in Canada, the United States, England and Italy. In addition to authored and co-authored judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Canada, he has written extensively on a wide variety of legal and policy subjects.
Mr. Iacobucci retired from the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2004 and served as interim President of the University of Toronto from September 2004 until June 2005. On July 1, 2005, he joined Torys LLP as Counsel and became Chairman of Torstar Corporation. He was recently given a mandate to lead discussions toward a fair and lasting resolution of the legacy of Indian residential schools. Mr. Iacobucci will lead these discussions with legal counsel for former students, the Assembly of First Nations, legal counsel for the involved church entities and other interested parties.
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