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Margarett R. Best (born 1958) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2013 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. ==Background== Best, an African Canadian lawyer and community activist, was born in Jamaica. She was educated at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Osgoode Hall Law School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://centennialjournalism.wordpress.com/2011/10/29/margarett-best-re-elected-in-scarborough-guildwood/ )〕 She holds a Mutual Fund Certificate from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. She is a mother, an avid gardener who loves the arts and has a passion for writing. In 2006 she was awarded the ''African Canadian Achievement Award and another African Canadian Achievement Award in 2011 for Excellence in Politics. In 2008, she was conferred with a Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree by the Northern Caribbean University. Best has also received the BBPA Women of Distinction Award and, in October 2009, was bestowed with a 2009 National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada Award in the Distinguished Services category of Equality/Social Justice. She was named one of Canada's most influential women in Sports and Physical Activity in 2010 and received a City of Toronto Diversity Award in 2011. In 2012, she received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work as a public servant and the 2012 Canadian Association of Black Lawyers(CABL)Pathfinder Award. Best has also been recognized by the Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham for her commitment to social and gender equality issues. She received a “Reaching Out and Giving Back Award” from the Prospect Primary School Alumni Association of Canada, and a Professional Award of Excellence from the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. She was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada Solicitor’s Examination Blueprint Committee, the Board of the Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham, Sheena’s Place Breakfast Committee, and the College Compensations and Appointment Council. Her community work includes advocating for public safety and diversity awareness as a member of the Ontario Provincial Police Advisory Committee. She presented seminars and facilitated entrepreneurial workshops for under-serviced youths and mentored young people on possible career choices in law, as a panelist with the Applause Institute; and was a member of the Mature Student Association and Black Law Student Association of Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a sponsor for PACE (Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education) for Love Lane Basic School, the Basic School she attended as a child in Jamaica. For the past six years, she has hosted an annual Scarborough Youth Career Fair in her Constituency of Scarborough-Guildwood. Responding to the recent incidents of youth gun violence, she hosted her first successful Youth Forum in January 2013. 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「Margarett Best」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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