Ratna Omidvar
| The Honourable Ratna Omidvar CM, OOnt | |
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Assumed office March 18, 2016 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | David Johnston |
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June 11, 1949 Punjab, India |
| Political party | Non-affiliated |
Ratna Omidvar CM OOnt, (born June 11, 1949)[1] is a Canadian politician and academic, who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 18, 2016.[2]
Originally from Amritsar, India, she was educated at the University of Delhi.[3] Later moving to Canada, she became executive director of the Maytree Foundation, a charitable organization to combat poverty in Canada before being named as head of Ryerson University's Global Diversity Exchange in 2014.[3]
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