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Rose-Marie Losier-Cool
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Liberal Party of Canada
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Rose-Marie Losier-Cool was born in Tracadie, New Brunswick. She was educated at the Académie Ste-Famille in Tracadie, the École normale in Fredericton (Teaching Certificate) and the University of Moncton (Bachelor of Education). For 33 years, she taught in New Brunswick schools, the last 20 of which at the École secondaire Népisiguit in Bathurst.
In 1983, she became the first woman president of the Association des enseignantes et enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick. She has sat on the board of directors of the Canadian Teachers Federation and has been a member of the Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française and the Commission de la langue française. She has sat on a number of committees working to promote the role of women in education. In 1991, she led workshops in Togo and Mali for African women teachers on leadership in their profession. In May 1992, the government of New Brunswick gave Mrs. Losier-Cool its Teacher of the Year Award for non-sexist teaching. In 1994-95, she was Vice-President of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She was a Member of the New Brunswick Museum from 1990 to 1998. Active in the local community, she has been on a number of hospital foundations and boards.
Rose-Marie Losier-Cool was appointed to the Senate on March 21, 1995. She was its Deputy Speaker from November 17, 1999, to October 7, 2002, and the very first woman to be its Government Whip from January 15, 2004 to January 23, 2006. On April 6, 2006, she was re-elected its Deputy Speaker. In the Senate, she has been or still is: co-chair of the Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages; chair or member of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages; chair of the Standing Senate Committee of Selection; member of the Standing Senate Committee on Rules, Procedure and Rights of Parliament; member of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs; member of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights; co-chair of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development; vice-chair of the Réseau des femmes (women’s network) and member of the Executive Committee of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (international association of French-speaking parliamentarians); member of the Canada-Africa, Canada-Europe, Canada-France and Canada-USA Parliamentary Associations; and member of the Interparliamentary Union. She became a Knight of the Ordre de la Pléiade on March 20, 2002.
Senator Losier-Cool has been married to Wilbrod Cool since 1958. They have two sons, Jacques and Denis, and three grandchildren, Vincent, Céline and Clara-Rose.
Parliamentary Address: The Senate of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., KIA OA4
E-mail Address: losier@sen.parl.gc.ca
