Consultant, television host, community advocate
Born in Ottawa.
Expert in strategic communication, leadership and integration of francophone immigrants.
Current host of Ginette Gratton reçoit on Rogers TV (Channel 23, French); past host of Pour tout l'amour du monde, a daily talk show on Rogers TV (Channel 23, French).
Led and coordinated multiple projects in Canada, France, Africa and in the United States.
Teacher, past coordinator of learning resources at the Centre franco-ontarien de ressources pédagogiques.
Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education; professor in Communications and Marketing at the Cité collégiale.
Advocate for francophone culture and rights in Ontario.
http://www.resaff.ca
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Meredith Chivers
Professor, Sex Researcher
Born in Ottawa.
Assistant professor in the department of psychology at Queen's University; as of April 2009, also Queen's National Scholar.
International expert on female sexuality studies. Recently published a ground-breaking article in the January 25/09 edition of the New York Times, entitled “What Do Women Want?”.
Obtained her master's and doctoral degrees from Chicago's Northwestern University, research and clinical experience in Chicago and at Toronto's renowned Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sits on the editorial boards of three respected journals, including Archives of Sexual Behavior, the world's leading publication in the field.
Speaks and delivers papers on the topic of female sexuality across Canada and the United States, in Europe, and as far afield as Egypt. Received multiple academic honours and awards.
www.canada.com
Born in Ottawa.
Assistant professor in the department of psychology at Queen's University; as of April 2009, also Queen's National Scholar.
International expert on female sexuality studies. Recently published a ground-breaking article in the January 25/09 edition of the New York Times, entitled “What Do Women Want?”.
Obtained her master's and doctoral degrees from Chicago's Northwestern University, research and clinical experience in Chicago and at Toronto's renowned Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sits on the editorial boards of three respected journals, including Archives of Sexual Behavior, the world's leading publication in the field.
Speaks and delivers papers on the topic of female sexuality across Canada and the United States, in Europe, and as far afield as Egypt. Received multiple academic honours and awards.
www.canada.com
Monday, February 2, 2009
Linda Duxbury
Professor, researcher
Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University in Ottawa; teaches masters and PhD courses in Managing Change as well as the masters course in Organizational Behaviour.
Received an M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo.
Conducts research which evaluates the organizational and individual impacts of E-mail, portable offices, cellular telephones, Blackberry’s, telework, flexible work arrangements, shiftwork, and change management and studying what makes a "supportive" manager.
Has published widely in the area of work-family conflict, change management, supportive work environments, stress, telework, the use and impact of office technology, managing the new workforce and supportive management.
Trainer and speaker in the area of supportive work environments, work-life balance, managing the new workforce, recruitment and retention, change management, gender and communication and the communication process.
www.hatscan.com
Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University in Ottawa; teaches masters and PhD courses in Managing Change as well as the masters course in Organizational Behaviour.
Received an M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo.
Conducts research which evaluates the organizational and individual impacts of E-mail, portable offices, cellular telephones, Blackberry’s, telework, flexible work arrangements, shiftwork, and change management and studying what makes a "supportive" manager.
Has published widely in the area of work-family conflict, change management, supportive work environments, stress, telework, the use and impact of office technology, managing the new workforce and supportive management.
Trainer and speaker in the area of supportive work environments, work-life balance, managing the new workforce, recruitment and retention, change management, gender and communication and the communication process.
www.hatscan.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Denise Beauchamp
Teacher, volunteer
Obtained the Prix Grandmaître 2006, for her career in teaching and 35 years of service to Ottawa's francophone youth.
Past president of Club Optimiste Jeunesse of the school Vision-Jeunesse.
Past president of the Conseil de pastorale of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish.
Past regional president of the Fédération des aînés et retraités francophones de l’Ontario (FAFO).
www.expressottawa.ca
Obtained the Prix Grandmaître 2006, for her career in teaching and 35 years of service to Ottawa's francophone youth.
Past president of Club Optimiste Jeunesse of the school Vision-Jeunesse.
Past president of the Conseil de pastorale of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish.
Past regional president of the Fédération des aînés et retraités francophones de l’Ontario (FAFO).
www.expressottawa.ca
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Nathalie Des Rosiers
Dean, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa's Secretary of the University.
Incoming General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), set to begin her duties in July 2009.
Past president of the Law Commission of Canada (2000-2004).
Faculty member at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, from 1987 to 2000.
Past President of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO) and of the Canadian Law Teachers Association.
Past member of the Environmental Appeal Board (1988 to 2000) and a member of the Ontario Law Reform Commission (1993 to 1996).
Received the medal of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1999, the Order of Merit from the AJEFO in 2000, an honorary Degree from the Law Scoiety of Upper Canada (2004) and was “Personnalité de l’année (Education)” Le Droit –Radio-Canada in 2005.
Obtained an LL.B. from the Université de Montréal in 1981 and an LL.M. from Harvard University in 1984.
www.droitcivil.uottawa.ca
www.academicfreedom.ca
University of Ottawa's Secretary of the University.
Incoming General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), set to begin her duties in July 2009.
Past president of the Law Commission of Canada (2000-2004).
Faculty member at the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, from 1987 to 2000.
Past President of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO) and of the Canadian Law Teachers Association.
Past member of the Environmental Appeal Board (1988 to 2000) and a member of the Ontario Law Reform Commission (1993 to 1996).
Received the medal of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1999, the Order of Merit from the AJEFO in 2000, an honorary Degree from the Law Scoiety of Upper Canada (2004) and was “Personnalité de l’année (Education)” Le Droit –Radio-Canada in 2005.
Obtained an LL.B. from the Université de Montréal in 1981 and an LL.M. from Harvard University in 1984.
www.droitcivil.uottawa.ca
www.academicfreedom.ca
Diane Doré
Leader in education, politics and community development
Received the award, "Femmes chefs de file en développement communautaire" for her exceptional leadership work to improve the lives of women and young girls in Ottawa-Vanier.
50 years of community leadership as municipal councillor (City of Vanier), entrepreneur, school board trustee, volunteer.
Chair of the School Board, "Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est (CÉCLFCE)".
Past chair of the board of directors of Muséoparc de Vanier.
Chair of the Centre Pauline-Charron and of Action Vanier, a not for profit organization.
www.expressottawa.ca
http://ecolecatholique.ca
Received the award, "Femmes chefs de file en développement communautaire" for her exceptional leadership work to improve the lives of women and young girls in Ottawa-Vanier.
50 years of community leadership as municipal councillor (City of Vanier), entrepreneur, school board trustee, volunteer.
Chair of the School Board, "Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est (CÉCLFCE)".
Past chair of the board of directors of Muséoparc de Vanier.
Chair of the Centre Pauline-Charron and of Action Vanier, a not for profit organization.
www.expressottawa.ca
http://ecolecatholique.ca
Donna Brown
Soprano
Born in Ottawa in 1955.
Studied piano, voice and composition in Ottawa and at McGill University in Montreal before moving to Paris.
Made her debut in Paris as Micáela in Peter Brook's Tragedie De Carmen, a role she next sings for Opera Lyra in Ottawa.
Renowned for the floating, angelic quality of her voice, quickly became one of the leading sopranos in Europe, performing on many of the world's great opera and concert stages.
In the 2000-2001 season, appeared in an early music concert with Hervé Niquet at the Festival de Musique sacrée in Ottawa; collaborated with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra for a Haydn concert in the summer of 2001.
Has made over two dozen recordings.
www.bach-cantatas.com
www.scena.org
Born in Ottawa in 1955.
Studied piano, voice and composition in Ottawa and at McGill University in Montreal before moving to Paris.
Made her debut in Paris as Micáela in Peter Brook's Tragedie De Carmen, a role she next sings for Opera Lyra in Ottawa.
Renowned for the floating, angelic quality of her voice, quickly became one of the leading sopranos in Europe, performing on many of the world's great opera and concert stages.
In the 2000-2001 season, appeared in an early music concert with Hervé Niquet at the Festival de Musique sacrée in Ottawa; collaborated with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra for a Haydn concert in the summer of 2001.
Has made over two dozen recordings.
www.bach-cantatas.com
www.scena.org
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