WHO WAS APPOINTED TO THE SENATE?

The seven new appointments the prime minister announced Friday fill vacancies in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec.

‘I’VE SEEN THINGS GO BY THE SIDE WHEN YOU’RE IN A BOX, AND WE’RE NOT IN A BOX.’ — APPOINTEE RATNA OMIDVAR

MANITOBA

JUSTICE MURRAY SINCLAIR, 64

He was the first aboriginal judge appointed in Manitoba and only the second in Canada. He was the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which investigated the legacy of the residential school system and delivered a landmark report in 2015.

RAYMONDE GAGNE, 59

She has worked in education for more than 35 years. She served as president of Universite Saint- Boniface from 2003 to 2014. She was responsible for the college obtaining full university status.

ONTARIO

PETER HARDER, 63

He spent 29 years in the federal public service, including 16 years as a deputy minister and four years as the personal representative of the prime minister to three G8 Summits. He was appointed by Trudeau to manage the Liberal transition into government last fall.

FRANCES LANKIN, 61

Most recently, Lankin spent 10 years running the United Way in Toronto, taking that job after years as an NDP cabinet minister and MPP in Ontario. From 2009 to 2016, she was a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the oversight body for the country’s security agencies.

RATNA OMIDVAR, 66

Recognized globally for her work to increase the inclusion of immigrants, she is the founding executive director of a think- tank at Ryerson University that focuses on diversity, migration and inclusion. She is the chair of Lifeline Syria, which seeks to bring 1,000 privately sponsored Syrian refugees to Toronto.

QUEBEC

CHANTAL PETITCLERC, 46

She has won more than 20 medals for Canada in the sport of wheelchair racing, beginning at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona. She is chef de mission for Canada’s team at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de

ANDRE PRATTE, 58

Author and journalist, he spent 14 years as editor- in- chief of the Quebec daily paper La Presse. He is one of the founders of a Quebec think tank on federalism.