Roy Heenan was a founding partner of the Canadian law firm Heenan Blaikie.
10 Facts About Roy Heenan
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Roy Heenan was born in Mexico City to Ernest Heenan and his wife Yvonne Lacaud, and moved to Canada in 1947.
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Roy Heenan attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, graduating in 1953.
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Roy Heenan was a co-founder of Heenan Blaikie in 1973 and Chair of the Executive Committee until 2012.
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Roy Heenan was an adjunct professor in labour law at McGill University from 1971 to 1996, and a lecturer for the Industrial Relations Centre at Queen's University since 1972.
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Roy Heenan had taught at Universite Laval and the University of Ottawa.
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Roy Heenan served as the first chairman of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
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Roy Heenan was a member of the board of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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In 1998, Roy Heenan was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of being "one of the country's leading labour lawyers who has made significant contributions to academic life and the art world".
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Roy Heenan died after a long illness on February 3,2017, aged 81.