Carol Wall ( – April 22, 2023) was a Canadian labour and social justice activist.

Political career

Wall became involved in labour politics during the seventeen years she spent working for the Toronto Star, holding various positions in its ranks, where she became involved as an activist in the Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild (SONG). Starting out as a shop steward, she became the union's representative on various labour bodies. In 1995, she became a representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.

In 1998, she co-chaired the Commonwealth Study Conference. She co-authored the book Education for Changing Unions.

Wall was hired in 2000 as the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada's first director of human rights,

Personal life

Wall and her partner Gerry have three grown children. Born and raised in Toronto, Carol later lived in Warkworth, east of Toronto. She was employed as the Regional Director for the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service, Ontario Region, working within the labour program.

She died in April 2023.

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