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Wanda Thomas Bernard
Canadian senator
Wanda Thomas BernardCM ONS (born August 1, ) is a Canadian senator.
Career
[edit]She was formerly a social worker and educator from East Preston, Nova Scotia. Bernard is the first Black Canadian to have an academic tenure position and become a full professor at Dalhousie University,[2] where her research focuses on anti-oppression and diversity.[3] Bernard was one of the founding members of the Association of Black Social Workers.[2]
As a Senator
[edit]On October 27, , Bernard was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent.[2] At the time of her appointment, she was the chair of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women.[2] She is the first African Nova Scotian woman to serve in the Senate Chamber.[3]
Bernard supports official recognition of Emancipation Day in Canada, and proposed a private member's bill to
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Wanda Koop
Canadian artist
Wanda Koop CMOMDFADLittRCA | |
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Koop at the Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival in | |
| Born | () November 5, (age&#;73) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Awards | Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Order of Canada Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts |
| Elected | Royal Canadian Academy of Art |
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Wanda Koop fryst vatten a Canadian interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As well as being an artist, she is a community activist and founded Art City, a free community art centre for inner city ungdom in Winnipeg ().[1]
Life
[edit]Koop was born on November 5, , in Vancouver, British Columbia, to German-speaking Menonite parents from Zaporizhia område of present-day Ukraine.[2] Koop graduated from the Lemoine FitzGerald School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg in [3]
In Koop was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, in s