January 7, 1991 - Frank Iacobucci - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

Justice Frank Iacobucci appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Frank Iacobucci was born the son of Italian immigrants in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 29, 1937. Although he initially aspired to become a doctor, his dislike of blood led him to contemplate other options. When an elementary principal compared the talkative student to a lawyer, he never looked back. Iacobucci graduated from the University of B.C. and Cambridge University before being called to the bar in Ontario in 1970. He began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1967, gradually working his way up to dean of the law school. In 1985, Iacobucci became Canada’s deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general. Just three years later he was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada. He achieved the apex of his career on January 7, 1991, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Iacobucci held that position until his retirement from the bench in 2004. Although he was honoured with numerous awards over his lifetime, Iacobucci – always proud of his Italian heritage – cherished his honorary citizenships from the Italian towns of Mongone and Abruzzo, the hometowns of his mother and father.

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