Mayo Moran (born June 2, 1957) is a Canadian lawyer and academic. From 2006 to 2014, she was

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of the

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of the

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. She was the first female dean of that faculty. In addition, from 2014 to 2024 she was the

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Early life

Moran is a native of the

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province of

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. She was born on June 2, 1959, to

Bridget Moran Bridget Moran (September 1, 1923 – August 21, 1999), née Drugan, was a Canadian social activist and author in British Columbia. Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, shortly after her birth her family emigrated to Success, ...

, then a social worker, later a writer, and Pat Moran. Moran completed her

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(1990) and subsequently obtained an

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from the

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(1992) and an S.J.D. from the

(1999). She attended the

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for her

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(1980, English and Sociology) and teacher training (1981) and subsequently taught at a secondary school in

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before attending law school.

Academic career

Moran is active in the fields of

constitutional law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as the basic rights of citizens and, in ...

private law Private law is that part of a legal system that governs interactions between individual persons. It is distinguished from public law, which deals with relationships between both natural and artificial persons (i.e., organizations) and the st ...

, and legal and

feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or Philosophy, philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's Gender role, social roles, experiences, intere ...

. She has worked on cases involving claims under the

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equality guarantee and redress for historic injustice such as the Chinese Canadian Head Tax claim. She currently teaches first-year

tort law A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with crime ...

at the Faculty of Law. She has been Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto since January 1, 2006, the first ever female dean of the Faculty of Law. She replaced former dean

Ronald J. Daniels Ronald Joel Daniels (born 1959) is a Canadian jurist, currently serving as the 14th president of the Johns Hopkins University since 2009. He served as provost at the University of Pennsylvania from 2005 to 2009. Education Daniels received a B ...

, who went on to become President of

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. On July 1, 2014, she joined

as the 15th Provost, replacing

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. He had taken up the position of

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at the

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. At the University of Toronto, she serves as Chair of the Deans of Single Departmental Faculties, and is a member of numerous committees including the Provost's executive committee and the President's Special Advisory Committee on Asset Management. As Dean, Moran regarded upgrading the physical building of the Law School as her biggest challenge, along with budgetary considerations.Interview with Dean Moran
''Nexus'', Fall/Winter 2010, vol. 20, no, 2, p. 3 She has also served outside the University of Toronto in various capacities including as an External Reviewer of

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. Since 2007 she has also been the Chair of the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee that attempts to assist in the implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Agreement.

References

External links

Faculty profile

University of Toronto Faculty of Law The University of Toronto Faculty of Law (U of T Law, UToronto Law) is the law school of the University of Toronto, located at the University of Toronto#St. George campus, St. George campus in Downtown Toronto. It is the top ranked common law facu ...

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