Carolyn Layden-Stevenson (23 July 1947 - 27 June 2012) was a Canadian judge. She ruled on a number of cases and motions involving suspects accused of links to militant and terrorist organisations. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Layden studied at the

New Brunswick Teachers' College The New Brunswick Teachers' College was a normal school in Fredericton, New Brunswick which granted teaching certificates. It was founded on February 10, 1848, as the Provincial Normal School with Joseph Marshall de Brett Maréchal, Baron d'Avr ...

St. Thomas University St. Thomas University or University of St. Thomas may refer to: * Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Colombia *Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, Tucumán province, Argentina *St. Thomas University (Canada), Fredericton, New Brunswick *St. ...

and University of New Brunswick, and worked as a guidance counsellor and teacher until 1981. She was called to the Bar four years later, and made partner at Stevenson & Stevenson in Fredericton the following year. After seventeen years with the firm, she was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada, Trial Division and ex officio member of the Court of Appeal. She was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal on 12 December 2008. Layden-Stevenson died on 27 June 2012 in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, Ontario.

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