She attended St. Lawrence College where she received a degree in political science and obtained a masters in public administration at New York University.
[1][2] Schiller, using her then married name Susan Fish, was elected to Toronto City Council as a reform alderman in 1976, and served until 1980.
[3] Shortly after her election, she participated in a rally at Queen's Park to support the inclusion of sexual identity in the Ontario Human Rights Code.
She was defeated in the 1987 Ontario election by Liberal Attorney General Ian Scott, by a margin of 7,055 votes in the redistributed constituency of St. George—St.
[8] She returned to politics in the 1991 municipal election when she ran for Mayor of Toronto against Jack Layton, June Rowlands and Betty Disero.
[9][10] She also serves on the board of Harbourfront Corp., the Metro Action Committee on Public Violence Against Women and Children, and Casey House.