Mitch Frazer, Chancellor

Mitch is the Managing Partner of the Toronto office of Mintz LLP and the Chancellor of Ontario Tech University. Prior to joining Mintz, he served as Chair of the Pensions and Employment Practice at an international law firm based in Toronto. His legal practice encompasses all aspects of pension, benefits and employment law.

He is the co-founder of the National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University, a former Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a published author. A committed philanthropist, he supports numerous educational and health-related organizations and causes.

He currently serves as chair of the North York General Board of Governors, is a member and former chair of the Toronto French School (TFS) Board of Directors, and sits on the Forum Income and Impact Fund Board of Trustees. He is past Chair of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Board of Governors and a former member of the Ontario Science Centre Board of Trustees.

An avid runner, Mitch has completed all seven Abbott World Marathon Majors. He was named one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine and has received numerous awards and honours, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Ontario Bar Association’s Award of Excellence in Pension and Benefits Law, the CCAE Friend of Education Award and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Toronto Metropolitan University. He has also been admitted to the Order of Ontario.