Journalist, public servant
Born in 1921.
After her studies at the University of Manitoba, spent the first twenty years of her career as a journalist for the Financial Post newspaper.
Joined the federal government public service in 1964.
Became the first woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1966.
Became chairperson of the Task Force on Barriers to Women in the Public Service in 1988, and published the ground breaking report called Beneath the Veneer.
Office Towers Named for Jean Edmonds in Ottawa
Built in 1971 and renovated in 1995, the office towers located at 300 Slater Street in Ottawa were originally called the Old Journal Towers. The towers have been renamed in her honour and currently house the offices of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
www.famouscanadianwomen.com
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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