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Barbara Hall (born 1946) is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997. On November 28, 2005, Hall was appointed chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.〔Meet Our Commissioners. Ontario Human Rights Commission. Last accessed December 17, 2008. ()〕 After having her term extended four times, she retired February 27, 2015, after almost a decade in the position. On July 17, 2014, a city park in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood was renamed in her honour.〔("Park renamed in honour of former mayor Barbara Hall" ). ''Toronto Star'', JUly 15, 2014.〕 ==Background== Hall attended the University of Victoria in British Columbia but left two credits short of a bachelor's degree to pursue community activism. She then moved to Nova Scotia to work with black families in rural areas. Hall worked as one of the first members of the Company of Young Canadians in the small community of Three Mile Plains, Nova Scotia. In 1967, at the age of 20, she worked for Toronto youth programs and co-founded an alternative school. She served for a time as a probation officer in Cleveland, Ohio. She returned to Canada and studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and in 1980 was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada. To earn money during her studies, Hall waitressed tables at the Second City.〔Sheldon Patinkin, ''The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theatre''. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2000.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara Hall (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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