Judge Mahmud Jamal
Ontario judge Mahmud Jamal has been nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada. Judge Jamal, of Toronto, will if confirmed be the first person of colour to sit on the high court. He was a longtime litigator before becoming a judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal two years ago. He has appeared before the Supreme Court many times. He was born in Kenya, raised in England and finished high school in Edmonton before pursuing a bachelor of arts at the University of Toronto and law studies at McGill and Yale University in the US.
