A former social worker, she has volunteered full time for more than four decades working to address issues of inequality while promoting social justice. Chair of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) Manitoba, her 20-year involvement has included service on its national board. She has contributed to the founding and chairing of an impressive number of societies including the Elizabeth Fry Society, served with the John Howard Society at the local and national levels and participated in the Solicitor General’s Task Force on Planning for Women Who Receive Federal Sentences. An executive member of the board of Community Living Manitoba, she has also lent her skills in the past to support a number of grassroots self-help groups such as Mothers’ Allowance (now Mothers on Social Assistance) and to lobby successfully for the security of lunch and after-school programs for children of working parents. She is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award.
