Barbara Seal
{{Short description|Canadian judge}}
Barbara Seal is a former judge from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seal has been involved in a number of community organisations and foundations, serving in both leadership and advisory roles. Seal was appointed as judge of Canada's citizenship court in 1997, retiring in 2016. Seal is a recipient of the Order of Canada Award (OAM).{{cite web|url=http://www.azrielifoundation.org/music/the-amp-advisory-council/|title=The AMP Advisory Council - The Azrieli Foundation|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817155158/http://www.azrielifoundation.org/music/the-amp-advisory-council/|archive-date=2016-08-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/news/harper-honoured-tel-aviv-u|title=Harper honoured at Tel Aviv U - The Canadian Jewish News|first=Jennifer M.|last=Macleod|date=22 January 2014|publisher=}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mS5OAQAAIAAJ|title=Fabled city: the Jews of Montreal|first=Joe|last=King|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Price-Patterson|isbn=9781897336397 |via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNYRAQAAIAAJ|title=Baron Byng to bagels: tales of Jewish Montreal|first1=Joe|last1=King|first2=Montreal Jewish Publications|last2=Society|date=1 April 2006|publisher=Montreal Jewish Publication Society|isbn=9780968815434 |via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=3179&t=12&ln=Seal|title=The Governor General of Canada|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|last=General|date=11 June 2018 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/citizenship-judge-marks-retirement-tau-scholarship|title=Citizenship judge marks retirement with TAU scholarship - The Canadian Jewish News|first=The|last=CJN|date=30 July 2009|publisher=}}
Career
Barbara Seal is a former city councillor for the city of Hampstead, Quebec.
Charity work
Seal's charity and community leadership work has included membership on the boards of the Children's Wish Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society. In the arts, Judge Seal has served on the boards of Place des Arts, the Montreal Arts Council, and serves on the board of directors for the National Arts Centre Foundation. She is the National President of the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University.
Barbara Seal Scholarship
In 2012, Seal established the Barbara Seal Scholarship for Newcomers to Canada at McGill University, dedicated to permanent residents and new citizens.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/campaign/school-of-continuing-studies/standing-tall-for-student-success|title=Standing tall for student success - Campaign McGill Final Report|publisher=}}
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