Founder of the first war brides club in Canada
Moved to Ottawa in 1944.
Originally from Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, came to Canada in December 1944 for love of her Canadian husband and his country.
Started Canada’s first war brides club in 1945, the ESWIC (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Canada) club for war brides. She continues to serve as its president to this day. There are nearly 50,000 war brides who, like her, left their homeland between 1944 and 1946 to come to Canada to be with their soldier-husbands.
Was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's new year's honours list for 2006.
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About Me
- Women In Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones
- I was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario and moved to Ottawa in 1978. I obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education from the University of Ottawa. My partial doctoral studies in adult learning deepened my research interest in women's learning styles. I published a book on women and learning with the University of Ottawa Press (in French, Les femmes en milieu universitaire) for which I was awarded the Laura Jamieson Prize in 2000, given by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. In 2004-05, I hosted a television program on Rogers Television in Ottawa (French station) called D'hier à aujourd'hui. The program chronicled 150 years of Bytown and Ottawa history through stories of people, events and buildings that left their mark on local and national history. In March 2012, I published a book on health in French. Please visit www.unebonnesante.ca for more information about this book. You can also visit my production company at www.triyana.ca.
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