Sylvia Fedoruk
Sylvia Fedoruk | |
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17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan | |
In office September 7, 1988 – May 31, 1994 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governors General | Jeanne Sauvé Ray Hnatyshyn |
Premier | Grant Devine Roy Romanow |
Preceded by | Frederick Johnson |
Succeeded by | Jack Wiebe |
Personal details | |
Born | Canora, Saskatchewan, Canada | May 5, 1927
Died | September 26, 2012 (aged 85) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan |
Occupation | Medical physicist, Physicist, Curler |
Sylvia Olga Fedoruk ([Fe-doruk]; Ukrainian: Федорук) OC SOM (May 5, 1927 – September 26, 2012) was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.
Life
Born in
. Her father was her teacher.During World War II, her family relocated to Ontario where her parents took war factory work. In 1946, Fedoruk completed her studies at
She received a
Fedoruk was recruited by Dr.
In 1961, she played the third for Joyce McKee for the Saskatchewan curling team, the winners in the very first Diamond 'D' Championships.The next year team Saskatchewan was a runner-up in the 1962 Diamond D Championship with Fedoruk again playing as third. From 1971 to 1972 she was president of the Canadian Ladies Curling Association. In 1986, she was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame,[2] as a builder,[3] and was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.
From 1986 to 1989 she was chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan. She was the first woman to fill this position at the University of Saskatchewan
From 1988 to 1994, she was Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.
In the 1990s, the City of
On October 3, 2012 the name of the Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (CCNI) was changed to the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation in honor of the pioneering work she did in the treatment of cancer using cobalt-60 radiation therapy in the 1950s.[6]
In 2009, she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.[7]
Arms
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See also
References
- ^ "Building on a legacy of nuclear medicine excellence". Canada 150 @ usask. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ "The Honourable Sylvia Fedoruk". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Fedoruk, Hon. Sylvia — CCA Hall of Fame — ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle". Archived from the original on 2018-01-01.
- ^ "Deo et Patriae: Events in the History of the University of Saskatchewan: 1986". scaa.usask.ca.
- ^ Services, Government of Canada, Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, Information and Media. "Order of Canada". archive.gg.ca.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "U of S nuclear centre to be named for Fedoruk". The StarPhoenix. 2012.
- ^ "The Honourable Sylvia Fedoruk". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1991
Further reading
- Massie, Merle (2020). A radiant life : the honourable Sylvia Fedoruk, scientist, sports icon, and stateswoman. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: University of Regina Press. OCLC 1155149942.