Foreword Chronology Introduction 1 Ewanchuk Family Heritage and Childhood 2 Lineage: Of Elephants, Literary Salons, the Military, and Mozart 3 Early Years: Quebec City and Rimouski 4 Growing Up in Rimouski Early Education 5 Life as a Pensionnaire with the Ursulines, 1937-43 6 Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue: Classical Studies for a Baccalauréat, 1943-46 A Legal Education 7 The Decision to Go to Law School, 1946-48 8 Laval Law School Student Body, 1948-52 9 Laval Law School Faculty and Curriculum, 1948-52 10 Life Outside of Law School, 1949-52 Law Practice 11 Entry: A Law Firm Job, 1952 12 Sam Bard: The Man behind the Employment Offer 13 Business Law Practice 14 Marriage and Children 15 Family Law: The Later Years of Practice 16 Practising as a Woman Quebec Superior Court 17 New Career Directions: "No" to Electoral Politics, "Yes" to the Bench, 1972-73 18 First Months on the Bench, February to October 1973 19 Immigration Commission of Inquiry, October 1973 to January 1976 20 Quebec Superior Court, 1976-79 21 Family Tragedy: Arthur's Death, 11 July 1978 Quebec Court of Appeal 22 Appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, 1979 23 Appellate Judging, 1979-87 24 More Family Traumas Supreme Court of Canada 25 Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1987 26 Early Days on the Supreme Court of Canada 27 Continuing Isolation on the Supreme Court 28 Fifteen Years of Jurisprudence, 1987-2002: "The Great Dissenter" Selected Cases 29 Sexual Assault: Seaboyer, 1991 30 Family Law and Spousal Support: Moge, 1992 31 Human Rights for Same-Sex Couples: Mossop, 1993 32 Tax Law and Sex Discrimination: Symes, 1993 33 More Deaths, 1987-94 34 The Quebec Secession Reference: "The Most Important Case," 1998 35 Fairness in Immigration Law: Baker, 1999 36 Epilogue on Ewanchuk A Wider Stage 37 Judicial Education and International Influence 38 Retirement: A Much Heralded Exit Conclusion Notes Index.