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Education:
Ø Bachelor of Arts, Political
Science and History, Dalhousie University, 1962
Ø Masters of Arts in the Teaching
of History, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1963
Ø Georgetown University,
Foreign Service School, Washington, D.C, 1964
Ø University of Calgary,
Calgary, Alberta, 1968
Honors:
Ø The Commemorative Medal
for the 125th Anniversary of Confederation, 1992
Ø The Commemorative Medal for
the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2002
Ø Leadership Award 2003, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care
Association
Ø Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa), Brandon
University, May 2003
Ø Decoration, Member of Merit, The Military and Hospitaller
Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, 2003
Ø Muriel McQueen Ferguson Foundation Award, 2004
Ø 2005 Prairieaction Foundation Visionary Leadership
Award Recipient, November 2005
Ø Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa),
University of Manitoba, May 2007
Ø Honourary Member of the Golden Key International Honour
Society, University of Ottawa, November 2007
Senate Experience:
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Leader of the Government in the Senate, The Senate of
Canada, January 2001 – December 12, 2003 |
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Minister with Special Responsibility for Palliative Care,
March 2001 – December 12, 2003 |
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Senator, The Senate of Canada, September 1994 – present |
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Member, Committee on the Human Rights of
Parliamentarians, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2004 - |
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Vice-President, Committee on the Human Rights of
Parliamentarians, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2006 |
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President, Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, Inter-Parliamentary
Union, 2007 - 2009 |
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Led the Canadian Delegation to the United Nations’ Second
World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid, Spain,
May 2002 |
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Senate Representative, Parliamentary Buildings Advisory
Committee, 1997-2001 |
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Chair, Special Senate Committee on Aging, 2006 - 2009 |
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Chair, Sub-Committee of Senate Standing Committee on Social
Affairs Science and Technology on End of Life
Care the Right
of Every Canadian, 2000 |
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Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, September
1997 - October 1999 |
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Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional
Affairs, 1996- 1997 |
International Experience:
Ø Chair, Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2007 - 2009
Ø Speaker at the Congressional Meeting
on Violence Against Women and
Children sponsored by Congressional
Representatives and the IPU - 2007
Ø Speaker at the ILO/IPU Seminar on Women and Work. Geneva, Switzerland - 2007
Ø Elected Titular Member of the Committee of the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
of the IPU - 2006 to Present
Ø Elected Substitute Member of
the Committee of the Human Rights of Parliamentarians of the IPU - 2004-2006
Ø Led Canadian Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Aging in Madrid - 2002
Ø Led Seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam with women candidates in the federal election - 1996
Ø Led Seminar with Provincial Parliamentarians throughout South Africa under the
Interim Constitution - 1995
Other Experience:
Ø Sessional Lecturer, University of Manitoba, “Emerging Role
of Women in Politics”, 1994-1995
Ø Member, Manitoba Legislative Assembly for River Heights,
March 1986 – September 1994
Ø Leader, Liberal Party in Manitoba, March 1984 - June 1993
Ø Leader of the Official Opposition in Manitoba Legislative
Assembly, April 1988 - 1990
Ø Teacher, St. Norbert Collegiate, St. Norbert, Manitoba,
1982-1984
Ø Teacher, St. John's Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, 1978-1981
Ø Chairperson, Board of Referees, Unemployment and Insurance
Commission, 1973-1977
Ø Teacher, Calgary Separate School Board, Calgary, Alberta,
1965-1971
Ø Scriptwriter and narrator, Calgary and Region Educational
Television, 1967-1969
Ø Teacher, Dana Hall School for Girls, Wellesley,
Massachusetts, 1963-1965
Volunteer Activities:
Ø Member of the Canadian
Hospice Palliative Care Association Champion's council - 2010 -
Ø Member of the National Council of Canada's Royal
Winnipeg Ballet - 2006 -
Ø Honourary Director, Prairieaction
Foundation, 2005 -
Ø Advisory Board Member of the Victorian Order of
Nurses, 2005 -
Ø Member of the Advisors to the Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Ottawa, 1999 – 2001
Ø President of the Board, Prairieaction Foundation, 1999 –
2000
Ø Founding Member of Prairieaction Foundation, 1997
Ø Honourary Board Member, Laurel Centre, 1997 – 2001
Ø Member of the Advisory Council, Winnipeg Library
Foundation, 1996 – 2001
Ø Member of the National Council, Royal Winnipeg Ballet,
1995 – 1997
Ø Honourary Patron, Canadian Council for Refugees, 1995 -
2001
Ø Member of the Board of Directors, The Parliamentary
Centre, 1995 - 2001
Ø Honourary Advisory Board Member, Knowles Centre, 1994 –
2001
Ø Deficit Reduction Committee, West-end Cultural Centre,
1994 - 1996
Ø Honorary Board Member, Kids Swim, Friends of Sherbrooke
Pool, 1994 – 1996
Ø Honourary Chair, Kinsmen Heart of Gold Campaign, 1992
Ø Honourary Chair, UNICEF Manitoba, 1991
Ø Member, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce , 1984 - 1994
Ø Fund-raiser, Manitoba Heart Foundation, 1977 – 1980
Ø Volunteer, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1977 – 1978
Ø President, Liberal Party in Alberta & Member of National
Executive Liberal Party of Canada, 1976 - 1977
Ø Member, Parks and Recreation Board, City of Calgary, 1975
- 1977
Ø Canvasser, Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta and Manitoba,
1975, 1978 – 1980
Ø Canvasser, Alberta Society for the Mentally Handicapped,
1974
Ø Brownie Leader, Halifax and Winnipeg, 1960 – 1962, 1978 –
1979
Publications:
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Contributing Author, I Feel Great about My Hands, 2011 |
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Author, "Bring Buds to Blossom", Talk from Palliative Care Research Day in
Switzerland, September 2005 |
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Co-Author, Dancing Backwards: A Social History of
Women in Canadian Politics, October 2004 |
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Contributing Author, Dropped Threads, 2001 |
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Co-Author with Harvey Max Chochinov, M.D., “Politics,
Palliation, and Canadian Progress in End-of-Life Care”
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2001, Pages 396- 399 |
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Author, “Some Reflections on the Role of Caucus” Canadian
Parliamentary Review, Spring 1998, Volume 21, No. 1, Pages
2-3 |
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Author, Not One of the Boys, 1993 |
A Woman of Firsts
Ø First woman Chairperson, National Federation of
Canadian University Students, Dalhousie University, 1961
Ø First woman President, Liberal Party in Alberta, 1976
Ø First woman Leader of a Major Political Party, Liberal
Party, Manitoba, 1984
Ø First woman elected Leader of the Official Opposition in
both Manitoba and Canada, 1988
Ø First woman Deputy Leader of the Government, Senate of
Canada, 1997
Ø First woman Federal Cabinet Minister, Province of
Manitoba, 2001
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