Stephen Michael Waddams FRSC (September 30, 1942 – May 27, 2023) was an English-born Canadian legal scholar.
[1] Waddams was born in Woking, England, and moved to Canada as a teenager in 1959.
[2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
[3] Waddams earned a Master of Arts and PhD from the University of Cambridge, followed by a Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Michigan Law School.
[4] In 1988, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.