Hon. Gloria Epstein

The Honourable Gloria Epstein, K.C. has 45 years of experience in the Canadian legal industry – as a lawyer, a trial judge, appellate judge, and in leading complex government reviews. 

In July of 2021, Justice Gloria Epstein received her Mediator Accreditation from the London School of Mediation, recognized by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a member of Arbitration Place as both an arbitrator and a mediator. 

Justice Gloria Epstein’s many community contributions include her having founded the McMurtry Garden of Justice, being C0-Chair of the Ontario Justice Education Network, and serving as a Director of the Canadian Women’s Foundation.  She was a member of the Pathways to Education Nation Board of Directors and is currently on the Sinai Health Foundation Board of Directors, and the Smith School of Business Advisory Board. 

In 2007, Justice Epstein received a University of Toronto Arbor Award for volunteerism, and in 2013 she received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award. 

Justice Gloria Epstein has been further honoured by having bestowed upon her three honorary Doctor of Laws – the first by the Law Society in 2019, the second in 2022 by the University of Toronto, and the third by Queens University in 2023.