| 词条 | Lorna Marsden |
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| honorific-prefix = The Hon. | name = Lorna Marsden | honorific-suffix = CM, O.Ont | image = | office1 = Senator from Ontario | term_start1 = 1984 | term_end1 = 1992 | appointed1 = Pierre Trudeau | office2 = President of Wilfrid Laurier University | predecessor2 = John Angus Weir | successor2 = Robert Rosehart | term_start2 = 1992 | term_end2 = 1997 | office3 = President of York University | predecessor3 = Susan Mann | successor3 = Mamdouh Shoukri | term_start3 = 1997 | term_end3 = 2007 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|03|06}} | birth_place = Sidney, British Columbia | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Canadian | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = Avis Rasmussen: sister, painter John Bosher: brother, historian. | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Lorna Marsden, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt}} (born March 6, 1942) is a Canadian sociologist, academic, and former politician. She is the former President and Vice-Chancellor of both Wilfrid Laurier University and York University, and a former senator. CareerBorn in Sidney, British Columbia, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1968 and a Ph.D from Princeton University in 1972. In 1972, she joined the University of Toronto where she was a Professor of Sociology. She was the Associate Dean of the Graduate School and the Vice-Provost (Arts and Sciences) at the University of Toronto. She joined the Liberal Party of Canada, becoming national policy chair in 1975 and vice-president in 1980. In 1984, she was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Toronto-Taddle Creek, Ontario. While serving on the senate, she chaired the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology from 1989-1991 as well as being a member of committees ranging from National Finance to a special committee on Youth.[1] She resigned in 1992 to become President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University. In 1997, she was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of York University. She was succeeded as President by Mamdouh Shoukri in 2007. She attended the founding meeting of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women in April, 1972 and served as President of NAC from 1975-77.She was active in the Ontario Committee on the Status of Women from 1971 and is co-author of the book about that feminist group, White Gloves Off (2018). Marsden was named one of "Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100", She became a Member of the [[Order of Canada]2006] and a member of the Order of Ontario in 2009. She received the Order of Merit (First Class) of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007. She holds honorary doctorates from the University of New Brunswick, University of Winnipeg, Queen's University, the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Victoria. She has received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, the Canada 125th Anniversary Medal, and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. She was named a YWCA Women of Distinction in 2003 and was made an Honorary Alumnae of the University of Victoria in 2003. She received the Senate Medal for Canada 150 in 2017. As President of York University, Marsden founded the university's Culture and Communications program (joint with Ryerson University) and she led a major building campaign. One outcome of the building campaign was the construction of the university's first green building: for computer engineering. Her presidency saw a CUPE 3903 in 2001, and she underwent a dispute with a student, Dan Freeman-Maloy, in 2004 about his right to make Palestinian solidarity speeches during class times. . BibliographyBooks and reports
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