Personal Background
Michele Landsberg was born on 12 July 1939, in Toronto, Ontario. She attended high school in North York. In 1957, following her high school graduation, she traveled to Israel, where she spent a year of study and work on a kibbutz. After returning to Ontario, she attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1962 with a Bachelors degree in English and literature. She has also received an honorary degree from McMaster University, and in 2008, the University of Toronto presented her with an honorary doctor of laws degree.
In 1963, Landsberg married Stephen Lewis, the former UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa. They have three children, including Ilana Naomi Landsberg-Lewis, who is married to musician and activist Lorraine Segato; Jenny Leah Lewis; and journalist Avi David Lewis, who is married to writer Naomi Klein.
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