| 词条 | Thelma Chalifoux |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Thelma Chalifoux | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | office = Senator for Alberta, Canada | appointed = Jean Chrétien | predecessor = | successor = | term_start = November 26, 1997 | term_end = February 8, 2004 | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|2|8}} | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|22|1929|2|8}} | death_place = St. Albert, Alberta, Canada | nationality = Canadian| spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = | residence = St. Albert, Alberta | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession =teacher | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}Thelma J. Chalifoux (February 8, 1929 – September 22, 2017) was a Canadian teacher and senator.[1] BiographyChalifoux was born in Calgary, Alberta on February 8, 1929.[2][1] One of five children, her mother, Helené, helped support the family by trading garden grown vegetables. Her father, Paul Villeneuve, was a residential school survivor and served in the First World War working as a carpenter and farm hand.[1] She studied sociology at Lethbridge Community College and later took courses in construction estimation at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.[1][2] Chalifoux was a former teacher and politician, and an active figure in the Métis community. As an employee of the government agency Company of Young Canadians, she worked to advance community development initiatives in northern communities and advocated for improved housing conditions.[7][2] Chalifoux co-founded the Slave Lake Friendship Centre, assisting women struggling with alcoholism and abuse. She additionally championed for the teaching of Cree in northern schools.[1] Along with her community work, Chalifoux produced programming focused on Métis culture and history. She was the first woman to host a weekly show on Peace River's CKYL Radio and was the co-producer of the Allarcom series Our Native Heritage. In 1994 she founded and became senior partner of Chalifoux and Associates Educational and Economic Consulting. She also owned Secret Garden Originals, a craft and floral design business.[3] Chalifoux was made a senator on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on November 26, 1997, making her the first Indigenous woman and first Metis person to serve in the Canadian Senate.[4][5] She held the position until 2004 when, at the age of 75, she retired and returned to Alberta.[6] The following year Alberta Venture magazine ranked her number 8 on their list of 50 Greatest Albertans.[7] As a retiree Chalifoux founded the Michif Cultural and Resource Institute, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing Métis history in the northern region of Alberta.[6][2] Chalifoux was the first woman to receive the National Aboriginal Achievement Award – known today as the Indspire Award - in 1994. Chalifoux died at the age of 88 surrounded by her family on September 22, 2017, after a period of failing health.[8][9] Métis AssociationChalifoux, joined the Métis Association in the late 1960s during early growth of local level activism within Métis communities.[10] Upon joining, Chalifoux strove to fix major issues affecting the Metis by advocating within governmental bodies. She argued that there was inadequate levels of social welfare programs despite clear indication that Métis communities were among a large majority of those in Canada not meeting their basic needs.[11] Chalifoux, advocated for the increase of affordable shelter, food, and higher welfare grants and subsidies for Métis families. She later focused her efforts on the formation of the Welfare Unit, a group of investigators that looked into complaints concerning the Alberta Government Welfare Department dealings with Métis communities and families. Her efforts exposed welfare injustices like those that occurred at Fort Chippewa concerning the lack of funds given to various families in desperate need of assistance. Her investigations revealed accounts like that of a widow parenting "five children [and was given] $60 a month to live on."[10] She took special interest in helping disadvantaged Métis women who had fallen through the cracks of government bureaucracy and otherwise would have remained voiceless. Awards and honours
References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Chalifoux|first1=Jenna|title=Metis Matriarch – Thelma Chalifoux|url=https://citymuseumedmonton.ca/2016/03/22/metis-matriarch-thelma-chalifoux/|publisher=Edmonton City As Museum Project ECAMP|accessdate=18 October 2017|date=2016}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Senator Thelma Chalifoux|url=https://indspire.ca/laureate/senator-thelma-chalifoux-2/|publisher=Inspire|accessdate=18 October 2017}} 3. ^Barkwell, Lawrence. http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/11985.Senator%20Thelma%20Villeneuve%20Chalifou1.pdf 4. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Lusty|first1=Terry|title=Thelma Chalifoux|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/albertans/profile/thelma_chalifoux.html|website=Alberta Online Encyclopedia|publisher=Heritage Community Foundation|accessdate=18 October 2017|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208165411/http://www.abheritage.ca/albertans/profile/thelma_chalifoux.html|archivedate=8 December 2010|df=}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Sutherland|first1=Shannon|title=Speak Loudly, Influence People|url=https://albertaventure.com/2005/10/the-big-picture-5/|website=albertaventure.com|publisher=Alberta Venture|accessdate=18 October 2017}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Thelma Chalifoux, former senator and Métis activist, dies in Alberta at 88|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/thelma-chalifoux-senator-m%C3%A9tis-dies-1.4305620|accessdate=18 October 2017|work=CBC News|date=25 September 2017|language=en}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=The 50 Greatest Albertans|url=https://albertaventure.com/2005/12/the-50-greatest-albertans/|publisher=Alberta Venture|accessdate=18 October 2017}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=Heidenreich|first1=Phil|title=Thelma Chalifoux, Canada’s first Indigenous woman to be appointed to Senate, dies at 88|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3766267/thelma-chalifoux-canadas-first-indigenous-woman-to-be-appointed-to-senate-dies-at-88/|accessdate=18 October 2017|work=Global News|date=24 September 2017|language=en}} 9. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Susan|title=Chalifoux remembered as Métis advocate|url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/2709-obit-chailifoux-sj-20170927|accessdate=18 October 2017|work=St. Albert Gazette|date=27 September 2017}} 10. ^1 {{Cite journal|last=Iseke J|last2=Desmoulins L|date=2011|title=Spiritual beginnings of indigenous women's activism: The life and work of the Honourable Thelma Chalifoux, white standing Buffalo|url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5540497073|journal=Canadian Woman Studies|language=English|volume=29|issue=1-2|pages=24–34|issn=0713-3235}} 11. ^Adams, Howard and Xwi7xwa Collection. Tortured People: The Politics of Colonization. Rev. ed. Penticton, B.C: Theytus Books, 1999. 12. ^{{cite web|title=Four Métis Women Receive Order of the Métis Nation|url=http://www.metisnation.ca/index.php/news/four-metis-women-receive-order-of-the-metis-nation|publisher=Métis Nation Council|accessdate=18 October 2017}} External links
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