Dr. Karen Mock was born and raised in Toronto.  She was educated at the University of Toronto, earning her Ph.D. in Applied Psychology in 1975.  Dr. Mock is a certified teacher and educational psychologist, specializing in human rights, hate crime and diversity issues, widely acknowledged as oneof the foremost Canadian authorities on multiculturalanti-racist education, and well known as a dynamic lecturer and workshop coordinator

In 2001 Karen Mock was appointed Executive Director and CEO of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, a federal crown corporation.  Prior to her 4 years with the CRRF, she served 12 years as National Director of the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada and also as Executive Director of the League's Human Rights Education and Training Centre.  Dr. Mock had also worked for over twenty years in psychology and teacher education at the University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical University and York University. Considered a pioneer in the field, she was responsible for the first course in multicultural teacher education in Canada.

Karen Mock assists organizations and agencies in the public and private sector with management and staff development programs, and the development of equitable recruitment and employment policies.  She spearheaded the development of the National Youth Antiracism Network, several youth leadership training programs, and Women in Leadership seminars.

Dr. Mock received the International Women's Day Award from the Women's Intercultural Network in 1999,.  She was named to the Who's Who of Canadian Women in 1995, and designated a Woman of Influence by the University of Saskatchewan in 2005. She received the Excellence in Race Relations Award from the Human Rights Council of the Ahmadiyya Movement of Islam in Canada, was a recipient of the Sikh Centennial Foundation Award for Civil Liberties Advocacy, and was named an Eminent Woman of Peace by the Department of Peace Initiative and Voices of Women in Ottawa. Dr. Mock is included as one of the 100 worldwide "Everyday Freedom Heroes" for her human rights and antiracism work, in a permanent display at the Freedom Center in Cincinnati, the U.S. National Museum to the Underground Railroad.

In 2009 Karen Mock was acclaimed as the Liberal Candidate in Thornhill for the next federal election