Marie Deschamps

{{Short description|Retired judge of the Supreme Court of Canada}}

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| office1 = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

| termstart1 = August 7, 2002

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| nominator1 = Jean Chrétien

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| successor1 = Richard Wagner

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Marie Deschamps, CC (born October 2, 1952) is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.{{CanadaSupremeCourtbio|marie-deschamps}} She retired from the court on August 7, 2012.{{cite news|title = Supreme Court loses third veteran judge in a year with Justice Marie Deschamps' departure|url = https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1180564--supreme-court-loses-third-veteran-judge-in-a-year-with-justice-marie-deschamps-departure|date = May 18, 2012|newspaper = The Toronto Star}} In September 2019, Deschamps was appointed as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency and was made its Chair in 2021.{{cite web |title=The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C. |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2024/07/24/honourable-marie-deschamps-cc |website=pmo.gc.ca |date=23 July 2024 |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister |access-date=17 October 2024}}

Early life

Deschamps was born in Repentigny, Quebec.

Education

She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974, and completing a Master of Law (LL.M) in 1983 at McGill.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C. |url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2021/08/12/honourable-marie-deschamps-cc |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}

Career

=Legal and judicial=

She was called to the bar in 1975 and then practised civil, commercial and family law at several Quebec law firms until 1990.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C. |url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/backgrounders/2021/08/12/honourable-marie-deschamps-cc |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Prime Minister of Canada |language=en}}

In April 1990, Deschamps was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and in March 1992 to the Quebec Court of Appeal. She was promoted to the Supreme Court of Canada in September 2002, at the age of 49, as the 75th judge appointed to the Supreme Court.Cristin Schmitz, "Deschamps plans to chart her own course". Ottawa Citizen, September 9, 2002: A3. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012.

On October 2, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Richard Wagner to the Supreme Court of Canada to replace her.{{cite web|title = Quebec judge Richard Wagner nominated to Supreme Court|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/quebec-judge-richard-wagner-nominated-to-supreme-court-1.1139476|date = October 2, 2012|publisher = CBC News}}

In 2014, the Government of Canada named Justice Deschamps to conduct an external review into sexual assault in the Canadian Forces.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/retired-high-court-judge-to-review-military-sex-harassment-policies-procedures/article19539378/|title=Retired high court judge to review military sex harassment policies, procedures}} The report was published on March 27, 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/caf-community-support-services/external-review-sexual-mh-2015/summary.page|title = External Review into Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces|date = 30 April 2015}}

=Academic=

Deschamps has taken on several academic posts:

:* Associate Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in 2006{{cite web|title = L'honorable Marie Deschamps|url = https://www.usherbrooke.ca/droit/faculte/personnel/professeurs-associes-et-emerites/lhonorable-marie-deschamps/|publisher = Université de Sherbrooke|language=fr}}

:* Faculty Researcher at the McGill University Faculty of Law in 2012{{cite web|title = La Faculté accueille l'honorable Marie Deschamps|url = http://publications.mcgill.ca/droit/2013/04/10/marie-deschamps/|date = April 2010|publisher = McGill University Faculty of Law|language=fr}}

=NSIRA=

In September 2019, Deschamps was made a member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.{{cite press release| url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2019/09/09/prime-minister-announces-member-national-security-and-intelligence| title=The Prime Minister announces member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency| publisher=PMO| website=pm.gc.ca| date=September 9, 2019}}{{cite news| url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/former-justice-marie-deschamps-named-to-panel-overseeing-spy-agencies| title=Former justice Marie Deschamps named to panel overseeing spy agencies| date=September 9, 2019| website=National Post}}

Honours

In 2013, she was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada "for her numerous contributions as a jurist and for her dedication to youth development".{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15482&lan=eng|title=Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada|date=December 30, 2013}}

Personal

At the time of her appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, Deschamps was noted as also being a marathon runner. Her common law spouse, Paul Gobeil, was a former member of the Quebec National Assembly, who had served in the cabinet of Premier Robert Bourassa.