{"id":12044,"date":"2024-02-09T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?page_id=12044"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:27:53","slug":"ruth-m-corbin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations\/ruth-m-corbin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth M. Corbin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Ruth M. Corbin\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Ruth-M.-Corbin-160x201.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Ruth-M.-Corbin-160x201.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Ruth-M.-Corbin.png 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Corbin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2:00 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 11, \u201cin recognition of outstanding contributions to the law especially in the area of Intellectual Property Rights.&#8221;<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth M. Corbin is the chair of Corbin Partners Inc., the company that first launched forensic market research in Canada, a field of social science now widely relied on for expert evidence in court cases and for selecting juries for criminal trials. Dr. Corbin is also an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and<br>\nchair of the Intellectual Property Innovation Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has held top executive positions in corporate Canada, including vice-chair of L\u00e9ger Marketing, Chief Executive Officer of Decision Resources and Chief Operating Officer of the Angus Reid Group. She has also served on several boards of directors in several sectors, including business, education, research, government and the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recognized expert in the area of intellectual property policy and social science measurement, she has taught at Carleton, McGill, York, and the University of Toronto, in the psychology, mathematics, business, medicine and law departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a prolific author, with several books, business articles, and publications in learned journals to her credit. Her book, Survey Evidence and the Law Worldwide, is Canada\u2019s leading reference text on social science evidence in litigation and regulatory administration. Among her awards and honours, she has been named among Canada\u2019s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women\u2019s Executive Network and the Globe and Mail and among Canada\u2019s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs by Rogers Media. Her name has appeared in the Canadian Business \u201cWho\u2019s Who in Canada\u201d and in Chatelaine Magazine\u2019s \u201cWho\u2019s Who of Canadian Women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2gRQKm94jI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WATCH THE AWARD CEREMONY OF Ruth Corbin<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Corbin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2:00 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 11, \u201cin recognition of outstanding contributions to the law especially in the area of Intellectual Property Rights.&#8221; Ruth M. 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