Board of Directors

Linda Black Q.C.

Calgary

Linda Black was appointed to the Board of Directors of CBC/Radio-Canada on April 21, 2008, for a five-year term. Ms. Black is also a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Standing Committees on English- and French-Language Broadcasting.

Ms. Black sits on the Law Enforcement Review Board of Alberta and is a member of the Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness. She participated in the Government of Canada’s Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP. Ms. Black has been active on a number of boards throughout her career, including currently, the Law Enforcement Review Board of Alberta, the Board of Governors of Mount Royal College, the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation (Banff), and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Until recently, she was a public member of the Alberta Board of Certified Management Accountants. Ms. Black was also involved with the Board of Governors of Strathcona Tweedsmuir School in Okotoks, Alberta.

Ms. Black acted as Founding General Counsel for the University of Calgary. Prior to that, she held several senior positions within the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, including Assistant Deputy Minister for the Department of Employment and Labour Relations, and Solicitor for the Department of Justice.

Ms. Black attended Memorial University of Newfoundland, studying Economics (1970-1972). She later earned a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University (1975) and a Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa (1982).

Ms. Black is a member of the Law Societies of Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador. In January 2008, she was appointed Queen’s Counsel.