Panel Members

The Honourable Mary M. Hetherington

Mary Hetherington is a member of ADR Chambers, Western Region. ADR Chambers is an Alternative Dispute Resolution Group which offers ADR services in the form of Mediations, Arbitrations, Neutral Evaluations, Mini-Trials, Med-Arbs, and Private Appeals on consent, from Arbitration Awards and Trial Judgments.

Born	1933 Lacombe, Alberta

Education

1951	Elementary and Secondary Lacombe, Alberta
1954	B.A. Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario
1963	LL.B. Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985	Attained level C with an exemption from further testing of ability to read Indicated ease in reading and competence in conversation French language course for Judges

Professional Career

1963 – 1964	Articled with firm of Shannon, Rowbotham and Cook in Calgary
1964	Admitted to Bar of Province of Alberta
1964 – 1966	Practiced with firm of Shannon, Rowbotham and Cook in Calgary
1966 – 1967	Practiced with Duncan L. McKillop in Calgary
1967 – 1978	Sole practitioner in Calgary Practiced as a litigator doing mainly criminal and domestic work
1978	Appointed to District Court of Alberta First woman Judge in Calgary
1979	District Court of Alberta and Supreme Court of Alberta merged and became Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Became Judge of Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta
1982	Appointed Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Sat as a Judge of that Court in Whitehorse
1985	First woman appointed to Court of Appeal of Alberta
1985	First woman appointed to Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories Sat as a Judge of that Court in Yellowknife
1991	Appointed Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories Sat as a Judge of that Court in Yellowknife, Inuvik, Arviat and Pangnirtung
1999	Appointed Deputy Judge of Nunavut Court of Justice
1999	Appointed Deputy Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice
2001	Retired from Alberta Court of Appeal
	Again appointed Deputy Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice
	Joined ADR Chambers (Western Region), an alternative dispute Resolution group
2002	Again appointed Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon
	Appointed to Criminal Injuries Review Board of Alberta
2003 – 2005	Adjudicator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Process, Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
2008	Appointed to the NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee Roster

Contributions to Legal Education

Attended on a number of occasions as guest lecturer at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary law schools. Judged Moot Courts at these schools.

Spoke frequently at seminars given by the Courts, the Legal Aid Society of Alberta, the National Judicial Institute and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.

Charitable Associations and Volunteer Work

Honourary Director, Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary

Honorary Director, Discovery House
Discovery House is a second stage shelter for abused women and their children.

Past President and Member of Board, Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society
This society provides outreach and volunteer services to seniors who have lost access to services and to the community due to social isolation, or physical, mental or financial limitations

Visionary, The Seniors Forever Fund, The Calgary Foundation
The Seniors Fund supports enriching the lives of seniors and learning from their experience and expertise

Volunteer, Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Honours and Awards

1992	Legal Humanitarian Award presented by Calgary Legal Guidance
1998	Portrait presented to Court of Appeal by Calgary Bar Association
2000	YWCA Woman of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
2008	Doctors of Laws (Honoris Causa), University of Calgary

Booking Information

Home City:

Calgary, Alberta

Services:

Arbitration
Mediation
Med/Arb

To book Mary M. Hetherington
800-856-5154
jwills@adrchambers.com