Ratna Omidvar
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| The Honourable Ratna Omidvar CM, OOnt |
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| Senator from Ontario | |
| Assumed office March 18, 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Justin Trudeau |
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| Born | June 11, 1949 Punjab, India |
| Political party | Independent |
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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