at Queen's University in 1999-2000 where she lectured in several faculties. She has also published several articles on various subjects. Dawson retired from the Department of Justice in 2005. After her retirement, Dawson acted as a consultant on a variety of projects, in both the public and private sectors. In June 2006, she was appointed to the Board of Governors of the Ottawa Hospital, and serves on a number of board committees. In 2014 Mary joined the Board of Help Lesotho. Dawson has also been involved in a number of international activities, as well as various outreach activities in Canada. She has held executive positions in the International Bar Association and was a Canadian member of the Joint Steering Committee of the Joint Canada-Russia project on Public Administration Reform in Russia. Dawson was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007. Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau's vacation visit to Bell Island in December 2016 and concomitant helicopter ride on a private aircraft controlled by the Aga Khan raised an investigation by Mary Dawson, insofar as Canadian government ethics rules prohibit a prime minister or cabinet minister from accepting travel on a private aircraft unless prior Ethics Commission clearance is secured. The Ethics commission determined that Trudeau's or his wife and children's vacations to Bell Island in December 2014, March 2016, and December 26, 2016 to January 4, 2017, "could reasonably be seen to have been given to influence Mr. Trudeau in his capacity as prime minister." Trudeau said he was "sorry" for these violations of federal laws. References External links Biography of Mary Dawson Parliament of Canada Hansard of the appointment of Mary Dawson as Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner 20th-century Canadian civil servants 21st-century Canadian civil servants Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the United Church of Canada Dalhousie University alumni University of Ottawa alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the Order of Canada Canadian King's Counsel McGill University Faculty of Law alumni