Jacob Finkelman

Jacob Finkelman (January 17, 1907 – December 21, 2003) was a Canadian legal scholar and jurist. He was an authority on Canadian labour law. Early life and education Jacob Finkelman was born in Poltava on January 17, 1907. He came to Canada with his parents eight months after he was born and settled in Hamilton, Ontario. He received a BA in 1926, an MA in 1932, and an LLB in 1933, all from the University of Toronto. In 1967, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson named Finkelman the first chair of the Public Service Staff Relations Board (now the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board), a federal tribunal.

Finkelman was named a King's Counsel in 1946. He was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1976 and received an honorary LLD from York University in 1977. Death Finklelman died on December 21, 2003, in Ottawa.