two sons. Director Barry Avrich is currently in post-production on a feature documentary on Abella's life. See also Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Abella References External links Biography at the Supreme Court of Canada 1946 births 21st-century Canadian judges 21st-century women judges Canadian Jews Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Canadian women judges Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Constitutional court women judges Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Living people Members of the American Philosophical Society The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni University of Toronto alumni University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni