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Jean B. Forest Appointed to Senate
May 16, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced today that His Excellency
the Governor General has agreed to summon Jean B. Forest of Alberta
to the Senate of Canada.
The appointment is effective immediately.
A biography is attached.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
Jean B. Forest
Currently the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Alberta,
Jean B. Forest has an outstanding record of community service.
She was named to the Order of Canada in 1987.
Born in Manitoba on July 24, 1926, she has lived in Alberta for
almost 50 years. She served for 13 years as President and Managing
Director of Jas-Day Investments Ltd., a private hotel company
operating under the trade name Mountain Park Lodges.
As a former teacher and the mother of a large family, her interest
in education led her to seek election to the Edmonton Catholic
School Board on which she served for nine years as a Trustee (1968
to 1977), and for three of those years as Chairperson. In 1972
she was elected to the Senate of the University of Alberta and
shortly thereafter was elected Senate representative on the Board
of Governors. After six years in these positions, she was elected
Chancellor of the University and served a four-year term from
1978 to 1982.
She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in
1974 and to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the Constitution
in 1978. She served as President of the Edmonton Community Foundation
from 1992 to 1994, and was then named Honourary Chairperson. She
has been actively involved in the life of her church, as a former
President of the Edmonton Archdiocesan Council for Women, and
as the current Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of Newman
Theological College.
Mrs. Forest has received many awards in recognition of her community
service, including the Alberta Achievement Award for Outstanding
Service in the Community in 1979. She received an honourary degree
from the University of Alberta in 1983, and will receive another
honourary degree later this month from the University of Waterloo.
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