Our Founding Mothers


The women who participated at the founding congress of CCLOW in Banff, 1979, and their province or territory of residence at that time.

Bette Pie and Barbara Waisberg at Banff
Bette Pié & Barbara Waisberg at Banff

Colleen Ashworth Ontario
Leiba Aronoff Quebec
Lisa Avedon Ontario
Eve Beck Newfoundland
Carol Blyth Alberta
Carol Brooks Ontario
Lyse Blanchard Ontario
Joan Brown-Hicks Nova Scotia
Peggy Buckley Saskatchewan
Pierrette Carrière Ontario
Kathy Conroy British Columbia
Mary Corkery Ontario
Elyse Eliot Alberta
Kyra Emo Quebec
Betty Garbutt Alberta
Leha Gordon British Columbia
Sharon Greenberg Yukon
Florence Flynn Saskatchewan
Lynn Fogwill Alberta
Jo-Anne Grayson Ontario
Terry Anne Handcock Alberta
Ann Harley Ontario
Elayne Harris Newfoundland
Joan Brown Hicks Nova Scotia
Eileen Hendry British Columbia
Barbara Houston Ontario
Anne Ironside British Columbia
Diana Ironside Ontario
Olivia Jacobs Ontario
Joan Jacobi British Columbia
Adrianne Kemble British Columbia
Renate Krakauer Ontario
Marilyn Kuhn Saskatchewan
Nancy Lewand Ontario
Judy McAdam Alberta
Gillian McCreary Saskatchewan
Lillian McIlwain Manitoba
Therese Melanson New Brunswick
Margot Metcalfe Newfoundland
Greta Hofmann Nemiroff Quebec
Diane Osberg Alberta
Marie Patrick New Brunswick
Donnie Patterson British Columbia
Bette Pié Ontario
Margaret Platt Manitoba
Dorothy Richardson Alberta
Edna Rigby Ontario
Gwen Roe Ontario
Lenore Rogers Saskatchewan
Hortense Roy Ontario
Shelagh Rea Yukon
Mairi St. John Macdonald Nova Scotia
Peggy Simpson Ontario
Anne Smart Saskatchewan
Myrna Smeeth British Columbia
Lorraine Sutton Manitoba
Marsha Trew British Columbia
Barbara Waisberg Ontario
Catherine Warren Alberta
Janet Willis Ontario
Lizanne Winser Quebec
Susan Wismer Ontario


Editor's Note:
Finding documentation that could be trusted as complete was difficult. If we have missed any names, please write and let us know.



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