Appointments in Canadian Heritage Portfolio Announced
OTTAWA, January 15, 1997 The Minister of Canadian Heritage announced the following recent appointments to boards and agencies within the Canadian Heritage portfolio:Jeanine Beaubien (Montréal, Qué.) as a Member of the Canadian Film Development Corporation (Telefilm). Ms. Beaubien is Vice-President of the Commission de reconnaissance des associations d'artistes. She is a former adjudicator with the Quebec Film Board and worked to establish Montréal's first international theatre, `La Poudrière'. Ms. Beaubien has addressed many cultural and medical events, and visited theatre and ballet schools across the British Isles on the invitation of the British government. Founder of the first bureau of the Alzheimer Society in Montréal, she was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1974.
David Colville (Halifax, NS) re-appointed as a Member and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (C.R.T.C.). First appointed to the C.R.T.C. in 1990 and elevated to the position of Vice-Chair in 1995, Mr. Colville served as Senior Policy Advisor on Communications with the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Communications during his twelve years with the Government of Nova Scotia. Mr. Colville holds university degrees in Physics and in Industrial Engineering, and attained expertise in the telecommunications field during his private sector career with Bell Canada and Maritime Telephone & Telegraph.
Michelle Courchesne (Laval, Qué.) as a Member of the National Film Board. Ms. Courchesne is currently Director General of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, and from 1991 to 1995 was Deputy Minister of the Department of Culture and Communications with the Government of Québec. A Masters graduate in Urban Studies, she has an extensive background in urban planning and public service. Ms. Courchesne is a member of the Professional Corporation of Urban Planners and Governor of the Montréal Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Laetitia Thériault Cyr (Moncton, NB) as a Member of the Canadian Film Development Corporation (Telefilm). Ms. Thériault Cyr worked for thirty years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in both radio and television. She was the first woman appointed to a Program Management position at the CBC in 1976, and was the Atlantic Director of French Radio from 1978 to 1994. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science, and taught at Grand Sault High School and Notre Dame of Acadia College in New Brunswick. In 1995, Ms. Thériault Cyr received an Honorary Doctorate in the Arts from the University of Moncton.
Faye Dawson-Flynn (Mississauga, Ont.) as a Member of the Board of the National Museum of Science and Technology. Mrs. Dawson-Flynn pursued studies at McMaster University and the University of Windsor, and held various positions at Rockwell International of Canada Ltd. during her professional career. She is active in her community, coaching a number of amateur sports and supporting cultural organizations including the National Ballet of Canada, the Mississauga Visual Arts Society and the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Terrence Foster (Yellowknife, NWT) as a Member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Mr. Foster is the Senior Policy Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development for the Government of the Northwest Territories. Prior to assuming this post, he was the Executive Assistant to the Government Leader of the N.W.T. and a Special Projects Officer with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology, History and Geography) and a Bachelor of Education, Mr. Foster is the author of a number of published articles and is currently a member of the City of Yellowknife Heritage Committee.
Geneviève Sainte-Marie (Ottawa, Ont.) re-appointed as Director of the National Museum of Science and Technology. Dr. Sainte-Marie was first appointed Director of the Museum in 1990, after serving as Deputy Minister of Environment Canada from 1985 to 1989. During her distinguished career of public service, she held senior positions with the federal Departments of Transport; Supply and Services; Industry, Trade and Commerce; Treasury Board and the Privy Council Office. Dr. Sainte-Marie is a graduate of the University of Ottawa, where she completed her PhD and post-doctoral studies in Plant Physiology.
Shirley Thomson (Ottawa, Ont.) re-appointed as Director of the National Gallery of Canada. First appointed to the National Gallery in 1987, Dr. Thomson was Secretary-General to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO from 1985 to 1987, an organization with which she was involved since 1964. She received her Doctorate in Art History from McGill University in 1981 and a Masters Degree in Art History from the University of Maryland in 1974, and held senior management positions with the McCord Museum and the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. The Government of France named Dr. Thomson a Chevalier des arts et des lettres, and in 1994 she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Information:
Janet Bax
Canadian Heritage
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