OYL Senators assist the OYL Executive Board by providing advice and assisting with fundraising efforts. The Executive Board may appoint up to 10 Senators each year. All past OYL Presidents are honourary Senators.
Presidents of the OYL
1973 — Kathy Robinson
1973 — Alexis Rothschild
1974 — Joe Thornley
1975 — Gerry Meloche
1976 — Howard Brown
1977 — Steve D’Agostino
1977 — Vasco De Sousa
1978 — Michael Nisker
1979 — Mary Jane McIntyre
1982 — Peter Donolo
1982 — Barry Appleton
1983 — Rob Deutschmann
1985 — Dave Gene
1985 — Sean May
1986 — Lynn Kok
1987 — Mike Komlen
1989 — Nick Masciantonio
1990 — Steve Chambers
1992 — Chris Phillips
1993 — Ferd Longo
1995 — Frank Carnevale
1996 — Zahra Shariff
1997 — Jesse Davidson
2000 — Sonya Catalano
2002 — Laura Miller
2004 — Andrew Teliszewsky
2007 — Jacob Mksyartinian
2009 — Jonathan Tsao
2011 — Samantha Smitiuch
2012 — Kevin Leung
2013 — Michelle Johnston
2014 — Najva Amin
2017 — Alana Kiteley
2018 — Ian Hall
2020 — Francesca Cesario
2021 — Huzaif Qaisar
OYL Honourary Senators (by year of induction)
2000
Jamie Besner
Michael Binetti
2001
Sheldon Bell
2002
Elie Azar
Byron Allin
Vince Gasparro
James Shields
Earl Provost
2003
Joe Hornec
2004
Charlie Angelakos
Deb Matthews
Terrie O’Leary
Greg Sorbara
Don Guy
Karl Littler
2005
Chris Bentley
Navdeep Bains
Stephen Chiang
Mike Crawley
Ruby Dhalla
Jim Goetz
Myra Leffler
James Scognack
Paddy Torsney
Marva Wisdom
2006
Eric Davis
Paul Lehmann
Laura Pacey
Wendy Wright
Dave Pretlove
2007
John Michael Poon
Ruby Latif
Mark Holland
Jordan Penic
Jason Cherniak
Tyler Banham
Meredith Caplan
Bardish Chagger
Jason Easton
Rob Jamieson
2008
Andrew Block
Ben Chin
Alexis Levine
Quito Maggi
Michelle Oliel
Robyn Cassidy
Delia Greco
Shawn Kerr
Eileen Shuchat
Judi Longfield
Anetta Jewell
Jacqueline Alderton
Charles Bird
Jeffrey Copenance
Monty Bertin
2010
Omar Yar Khan
Brian Clow
David Caplan
Kate Julien
John Lennard
Kevin Spafford
Chris Drew
Hon. Dwight D. Duncan
Mary Kancer
Mathieu Pierre Dagonas
2011
Hon. Sophia Aggelonitis
Rob Oliphant
Ashley De Souza
Zac Spicer
Tom Allison
Milton Chan
Kyle Mitchell
2012
Hon. John McCallum
Minister Charles Sousa
Damien O’Brien
Grahame Rivers
Leo Lehman
Denise Lam
Christina Cindric
Jonny Wypych
Brian Whitmore
Keith Torrie
2013
Minister Michael Coteau
Chad Walsh
Jay Telegdi
Keerthana Kamalavasan
Leah van Houten
Rachael Matheson
Sean Torrie
Theresa Lubowitz
Tiffany Gooch
Wesley Cohen
2014
Former Premier Dalton McGuinty
Premier Kathleen Wynne
Minister Yasir Naqvi
Minister Steven Del Duca
Patricia Sorbara
Harpreet Hansra
Eric Pegolo
Justin Tetreault
Nikki Holland
David Hehn
Yvan Baker
Tahiya Bakht
Sarah Magee
Elyse Banham
Mark Sholdice
Karim Bardeesy
Kaisha Thompson
Elizabeth Davidson
Vince Borg
Niloo Boroun
2018
John Fraser
Brian Johns
Frank Tersigni
Jonathan Scott
Asquith Allen Jr.
Han Dong
Mike McNeice
Cole Davidson
Li Koo
Abbas Baig