Background
Stephen Brett was born on September 13, 1947, in Cobourg, Ontario. Cobourg is a town on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in the Northumberland region of southern Ontario, and his origins lie in that lakeshore community.
Stephen Brett was born on September 13, 1947, in Cobourg, Ontario. Cobourg is a town on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in the Northumberland region of southern Ontario, and his origins lie in that lakeshore community.
Stephen Brett's education is linked with Waterloo Lutheran University, an institution in Waterloo, Ontario, that originated as Waterloo College. Waterloo College became a university in its own right in 1960 under the name Waterloo Lutheran University, and as a church-affiliated institution it was ineligible for provincial capital funding.
On November 1, 1973, the university dropped its church affiliation and became the public Wilfrid Laurier University, a name honouring the former prime minister. Its theological seminary continued to offer courses as a federated institution.
Stephen Brett was admitted to the bar in Ontario in 1974, entering a profession regulated in the province by the Law Society of Ontario. The Law Society governs admission to practice and professional conduct for the province's lawyers.
He later worked as a partner at MEMBERS. This partnership is the principal documented role in his legal career.