Julie Dzerowicz
Juliana Roma "Julie" Dzerowicz is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, she has represented the Toronto riding of Davenport in the House of Commons of Canada since her initial election in 2015, and was subsequently reelected in 2019.Education
Dzerowicz graduated from McGill University with a bachelor of commerce. She completed her final term at Institut Commercial de Nancy in France. She was heavily involved in leadership roles at McGill, and served as the vice-president internal of the Students' Society of McGill University. She received the Scarlet Key Award, which is awarded to "students who have demonstrated indubitable qualities of leadership, unselfishness and perseverance by their outstanding contributions to the McGill community." After completing a master of business adminisration at the University of British Columbia, where she served on the UBC Senate, Dzerowicz finished her degree at the London Business School.Career
Prior to her election, Dzerowicz worked as the director of strategic planning and communication at the Bank of Montreal, as a senior political staffer to former provincial cabinet minister Gerry Phillips, and as the vice-chair of the Platform Committee for the Ontario Liberal Party.
In 2007, Dzerowicz co-founded an environment charity called Project Neutral. She was also a founding board member of JUMP Math, a non-profit numeracy program.Personal life
Dzerowicz's father was Ukrainian. Her mother was born in Mexico in a family originating from the Basque region in northern Spain.
