Marc Gold was appointed to the Senate on November 25, 2016.
Senator Gold has a recognized record of achievement both professionally and in service to the community. In his early career as a law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, he published extensively, lectured throughout Canada and abroad, and was one of a handful of academics asked to provide training for federally appointed judges in the area of constitutional law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Senator Gold left full-time academic life twenty-five years ago, and has since dedicated himself to serving his community. He has held major leadership roles in the Jewish community at the local, national and international levels, including as Chair of the Jewish Federations of Canada. He also served for ten years as the Chair of ENSEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité (formerly the Tolerance Foundation), a not-for-profit organization that works with youth to build a more open and inclusive society. The organization currently reaches more than 25,000 young people in schools throughout Quebec and Canada every year.
Senator Gold served on the Board of Directors and was Chair of the Tenure and Promotions Committee of the Université de Montréal for sixteen years. At the end of his mandate in June 2016, he was named administrateur émérite in recognition of his service to the university. For 23 years, he was also Vice-President of Maxwell Cummings and Sons, a family-owned private real estate and investment firm based in Montréal.
Senator Gold is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at McGill University, and a member of the board of directors of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Senator Gold received an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University in 2012, and the Samuel Bronfman Medal from Federation CJA in 2015.