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Profile of Jean Forest
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Jean Forest |
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27th September 1912 |
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Paris, France |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia The Honourable Jean Beatrice Forest (born July 24, 1926) is a retired Canadian Senator.
Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, she moved to Alberta with her husband Rocky in 1947. She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in 1974 and to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the constitution in 1978. She was Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1978 to 1982.
She was appointed to the Senate in 1996 representing the Senatorial division of Edmonton, Alberta. She resigned in 1998 because of concerns for her husband's health.
In 1987, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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