President, Chief Operating Officer
Studied and works in Ottawa.
Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Eagle Professional Resources, an information technology (IT) staffing company with offices across Canada.
Studied Computer Science at Carleton University and has an MBA from the Queen’s Executive Program.
Has more than twenty years of industry experience starting as a computer programmer and working in various consulting and management roles.
Listed as number 4 on Canada’s Top 100 Women Business Owners list.
Has been on Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list.
Consumers Choice Business Woman of the Year for Ottawa-Gatineau in 2005.
Finalist in the 2002 Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year award.
www.eagleonline.com
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Charlotte Lemieux
Teacher, professor, administrator
1932-1988; born in Ottawa.
Obtained a BA (1969) and a Master’s degree (1972) at the University of Ottawa.
Involved at multiple levels of education from teaching to director of education and faculty professor.
Received the “Mérite franco-ontarien en éducation" in 1987, the highest honour bestowed by the Association des enseignants franco-ontariens.
Received the Order of Ontario in 1988 for her exceptional contribution to youth education, her career spanning 37 years.
First francophone to be director of education for a school board in Ontario.
Member of many boards including the University of Ottawa, Agonquin Collge, The Canadian Association for Education and many more.
In November 1988, the Public School Board of Eastern Ontario named a school in her honour in Ottawa West : l’École Charlotte-Lemieux.
www.charlotte-lemieux.cepeo.on.ca
1932-1988; born in Ottawa.
Obtained a BA (1969) and a Master’s degree (1972) at the University of Ottawa.
Involved at multiple levels of education from teaching to director of education and faculty professor.
Received the “Mérite franco-ontarien en éducation" in 1987, the highest honour bestowed by the Association des enseignants franco-ontariens.
Received the Order of Ontario in 1988 for her exceptional contribution to youth education, her career spanning 37 years.
First francophone to be director of education for a school board in Ontario.
Member of many boards including the University of Ottawa, Agonquin Collge, The Canadian Association for Education and many more.
In November 1988, the Public School Board of Eastern Ontario named a school in her honour in Ottawa West : l’École Charlotte-Lemieux.
www.charlotte-lemieux.cepeo.on.ca
Friday, November 21, 2008
Charlotte Gray
Author, professor, historian
Lives and works in Ottawa.
Most recent book is Nellie McClung, a biography of the leader of the first wave of Canadian feminism (2008).
Some of her previous books include:
Adjunct research professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.
Sits on the boards of the Dominion Institute and Canada’s National History Society, and is a member of the Historica Council.
Recipient of the Pierre Berton Award in 2003 for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.
Member of the Order of Canada.
www.canadascapital.gc.ca
www.charlottegray.ca
Lives and works in Ottawa.
Most recent book is Nellie McClung, a biography of the leader of the first wave of Canadian feminism (2008).
Some of her previous books include:
- Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, which was a 2006 bestseller, and won the Donald Creighton Award for Ontario History;
- A Museum Called Canada (2004);
- Sisters in the Wilderness, The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (1999).
Adjunct research professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.
Sits on the boards of the Dominion Institute and Canada’s National History Society, and is a member of the Historica Council.
Recipient of the Pierre Berton Award in 2003 for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.
Member of the Order of Canada.
www.canadascapital.gc.ca
www.charlottegray.ca
Diane Pacom
Professor, sociologist, University of Ottawa
“[…teaching is the core of [the] academic mission". – Diane Pacom
Arrived at the University of Ottawa in 1978.
Expert in cultural sociology and contemporary sociology theories, with a focus on youth.
Recipient of the first annual Rector's Award in 2003 for Service to the University of Ottawa through Media and Community Relations.
Recipient of a Capital Educators Award in 2002.
Recipient of the OCUFA Teaching and Academic LibrarianshipTeaching Award in 2003.
Her teaching style is often described as "unique" in its ability to stimulate her students’ interest in the subject matter and to create a pedagogical space where students are encouraged to "think, question, develop their critical senses and outdo themselves."
www.mcmaster.ca
www.ocufa.on.ca
www.media.uottawa.ca
“[…teaching is the core of [the] academic mission". – Diane Pacom
Arrived at the University of Ottawa in 1978.
Expert in cultural sociology and contemporary sociology theories, with a focus on youth.
Recipient of the first annual Rector's Award in 2003 for Service to the University of Ottawa through Media and Community Relations.
Recipient of a Capital Educators Award in 2002.
Recipient of the OCUFA Teaching and Academic LibrarianshipTeaching Award in 2003.
Her teaching style is often described as "unique" in its ability to stimulate her students’ interest in the subject matter and to create a pedagogical space where students are encouraged to "think, question, develop their critical senses and outdo themselves."
www.mcmaster.ca
www.ocufa.on.ca
www.media.uottawa.ca
Judith Maxwell
Expert on social and economic policy
Founding President of Canadian Policy Research Networks [CPRN], located in Ottawa.
Expert on how social and economic policy choices complement each other, and how they intersect within the Canadian experience.
One of Canada's top thinkers, highly regarded commentator on economic and social issues in Canada.
Writer and a member of the editorial board of the Financial Times of Canada, and past Director of Policy Studies at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Chair of the Economic Council of Canada from 1985 to 1992.
Received the Order of Canada in 1996; also a member of the Board of Directors of BCE Inc. and formerly Clarica, the Bank of Canada and Mobil Oil Canada; received honourary degrees from seven Canadian universities.
Appointed one of the first Trudeau Mentors by the Trudeau Foundation in 2004.
www.cprn.ca
www.trudeaufoundation.ca
Founding President of Canadian Policy Research Networks [CPRN], located in Ottawa.
Expert on how social and economic policy choices complement each other, and how they intersect within the Canadian experience.
One of Canada's top thinkers, highly regarded commentator on economic and social issues in Canada.
Writer and a member of the editorial board of the Financial Times of Canada, and past Director of Policy Studies at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Chair of the Economic Council of Canada from 1985 to 1992.
Received the Order of Canada in 1996; also a member of the Board of Directors of BCE Inc. and formerly Clarica, the Bank of Canada and Mobil Oil Canada; received honourary degrees from seven Canadian universities.
Appointed one of the first Trudeau Mentors by the Trudeau Foundation in 2004.
www.cprn.ca
www.trudeaufoundation.ca
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Celia Franca
Dancer
1921-2007; lived and worked in Ottawa.
Born in England; moved to Ottawa circa 1974.
First artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, she was an important influence on the development of ballet in Canada.
In 1951, the National Ballet of Canada gave its first public performance under her direction. She directed the company until 1974.
First dance artist inducted into the Order of Canada in 1967.
In 1978, co-artistic director (with Merrilee Hodgins) of the School of Dance in Ottawa.
www.artsalive.ca
1921-2007; lived and worked in Ottawa.
Born in England; moved to Ottawa circa 1974.
First artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, she was an important influence on the development of ballet in Canada.
In 1951, the National Ballet of Canada gave its first public performance under her direction. She directed the company until 1974.
First dance artist inducted into the Order of Canada in 1967.
In 1978, co-artistic director (with Merrilee Hodgins) of the School of Dance in Ottawa.
www.artsalive.ca
Jacquelin Holzman
Mayor of Ottawa from 1991 to 1997
Third woman to be mayor of Ottawa (Charlotte Whitton was the first, Marion Dewar, the second).
First elected to Ottawa city council in 1982.
Prominent volunteer in the Ottawa community, especially on causes relating to the disabled; over 25 years of community service.
Past chair of the board of directors for the Royal Ottawa Hospital; played a leadership role in the planning of the new Regional Rehabilitation Centre in 1981.
Involved in fundraising for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation and the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club.
Served as governor of Algonquin College, the Community Foundation of Ottawa and as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
Member of the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, honorary chair of Breast Cancer Action, and chair of the Ottawa Health Research Institute.
Co-author of Ottawa Then & Now, a 200-year retrospective of Canada’s capital city.
Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa and a YM-YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Lifetime Achievement.
www.canadascapital.gc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
Third woman to be mayor of Ottawa (Charlotte Whitton was the first, Marion Dewar, the second).
First elected to Ottawa city council in 1982.
Prominent volunteer in the Ottawa community, especially on causes relating to the disabled; over 25 years of community service.
Past chair of the board of directors for the Royal Ottawa Hospital; played a leadership role in the planning of the new Regional Rehabilitation Centre in 1981.
Involved in fundraising for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation and the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club.
Served as governor of Algonquin College, the Community Foundation of Ottawa and as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
Member of the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, honorary chair of Breast Cancer Action, and chair of the Ottawa Health Research Institute.
Co-author of Ottawa Then & Now, a 200-year retrospective of Canada’s capital city.
Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa and a YM-YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Lifetime Achievement.
www.canadascapital.gc.ca
en.wikipedia.org
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