Daniel G. Hill was a human rights specialist, historian, and public servant.
With a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Toronto and a decade of experience with social causes, he became the first director of the Ontario Human Rights Commission in 1962, a position he held until 1971.
In 1971 he became the first full-time chairman of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and in 1973 established a consulting firm in human rights with an international clientele.
It became the first major public organization in Canada focused on the history of people of African descent in the country.
Hill worked to make that office reflect the “new Ontario” with a forceful outreach program towards traditionally excluded groups and in particular to Canada’s Aboriginal people.
