Pauline Jewett

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Pauline Jewett PC OC (11 December 1922 – 5 July 1992) was a Canadian Liberal and later New Democratic Party Member of Parliament.

Life and career

Jewett was born in

Jewett went on to lecture at Wellesley College, Queen's University and Carleton University. At Carleton University, she was the chairman of the department of political science from 1960 to 1961 and served as Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies from 1967 to 1972.

In 1961, Jewett became a resident of

In May 1974, Jewett moved to British Columbia as president of Simon Fraser University.^[1] She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university.^[1]

Honored with FAO CERES Medal in 1976.

In the 1979 election, she was elected in the riding of New Westminster—Coquitlam as the NDP candidate. She was also re-elected in the 1980 and 1984 elections.

In 1991, she was made an Officer of the

Jewett was Chancellor of Carleton University from 1990 until her death from cancer in 1992.

Academic awards

• Medal in politics at Queen's University
• Arts Resident Research Fellowship at Queen's University
• Henry Clay Jackson Fellowship at Radcliffe College, Harvard University
• Marty Memorial Scholarship
• Nuffield Foundation Travel Grants

Memberships

• Consumers' Association of Canada
• Canadian Political Science Association
• Canadian Institute of International Affairs
• Institute of Public Administration of Canada
• President of the Parliamentary Group of World Federalists

Projects in Allied Fields

• Part-author of Canadian Economic Policy (published in 1961)
• Wrote articles on governmental and political issues
• Participated on radio and T.V. broadcasts dealing with public affairs
• Author of the study for Canadian Nurses' Association dealing with the structure of the group

References

• Pauline Jewett – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Pauline Jewett Biography". Carleton University. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
• Judith McKenzie (1999). Pauline Jewett: A Passion for Canada. McGill-Queens University Press.
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• Order of Canada
• "Dr. Pauline Jewett Biography" [textual record]. Elizabeth Long, Series: Series 4: Biography of Women, File: Jewett, Pauline, ID: File 217. Waterloo, Ontario: Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo.
• University Affairs. "Pauline Jewett" (May 1974) [textual record]. Elizabeth Long, Series: Series 4: Biography of Women, File: Jewett, Pauline, ID: File 217. Waterloo, Ontario: Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo.