Judy Finlay

Judy Finlay is an associate professor in the Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University and has been a faculty member in the School of Child and Youth. She is currently the co-chair and principal investigator of the Cross-Over Youth Project, which is designed to learn ways to interrupt the trajectory of youth in the care of the state from entering the youth justice system. Finlay was the longest-standing child and youth advocate in Canada and was Ontario’s chief advocate from 1991 to 2007.