Linda Frum - Biography

Linda Frum (born January 13, 1963) is a Canadian author and journalist, and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate since 2009.

Frum was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Barbara Frum, a journalist and Murray Frum, a real estate developer. Her brother is the political author and journalist David Frum. Frum attended Havergal College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University, Montreal in 1984. In June 2010, she received an Honorary Doctorate from Yeshiva University.

She has authored two books, Linda Frum's Guide to Canadian Universities (1987, with an updated edition published in 1990) and Barbara Frum: A Daughter's Memoir (1996). Frum is a former contributing editor to Maclean's, and was a columnist with the National Post from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2007. In 1996 she won a Gemini Award for Best Social-Political Documentary Program for the film Ms. Conceptions.

She has served as a volunteer for many community organizations. She is vice-chair of the board of governors of Upper Canada College and a member of the board of the Bishop Strachan School in Toronto and the Canadian Club of Toronto. She is honorary patron of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. In 2006, she was chair of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal. She is a past board member of the Canada Israel Committee, the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation, Soulpepper Theatre, and the Ontario Arts Council.

Frum lives in Toronto with her second husband Howard Sokolowski, a real estate developer and former co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, and her three children. In 2006, she and her husband received the Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.

On August 27, 2009 she was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She has a Conservative affliliation and represents Ontario. She currently serves on the Legal and Constitutional Affairs and the Selection Committee.

External links

• Senator Linda Frum's website
• Senator Linda Frum's Maiden Speech – December 1, 2009. Canadian Jewish Congress