Timothy Gabriel

D. Timothy Gabriel is a judge on the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. In September 2010, he became the first judge appointed in Canada from the Mi'kmaq indigenous First Nations tribe.{{cite news|url=http://nationtalk.ca/story/first-member-of-atlantic-canadas-mikmaq-community-to-be-appointed-judge|title=First Member of Atlantic Canada’s Mi’kmaq Community to be Appointed Judge|date=20 September 2010|work=NationTalk|accessdate=5 August 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.slaw.ca/2010/10/08/first-member-of-atlantic-canadas-mi%E2%80%99kmaq-community-to-be-appointed-judge/|title=First Member of Atlantic Canada’s Mi’kmaq Community to be Appointed Judge|last=Lewis|first=Mark|date=8 October 2010|work=Slaw|accessdate=5 August 2016}} He is a member of the Qalipu First Nation.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/new-supreme-judges-mi-kmaq-1.3814291#:~:text=Gabriel%20was%20Nova%20Scotia's%20first,the%20Fairview%20neighbourhood%20of%20Halifax. |title=Nova Scotia Supreme Court gets 2 new women and 1st Mi'kmaq judge |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=2023-08-20}}