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Sara Sharpe

Sara Sharpe is currently completing her MA in Judaic Studies at Concordia University. She will begin her PhD in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto in the fall of 2021.

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Myra Ava Freeman

The first Jew to be appointed lieutenant governor of a Canadian province and the first woman to hold the office in Nova Scotia, Myra Freeman was born in St. John, New Brunswick. Serving as Lieutenant Governor from 2000 until 2006, Freeman made her mandate the redefinition and democratization of the largely ceremonial office. In 2003 she was named First Honorary Captain (Navy) of Maritime Forces Atlantic, Her Majesty’s Canadian Forces.

Sandra Brown

Sandra Brown

Sandra (Sandy) Brown, an outstanding leader of the Toronto Jewish community at the turn of the twenty-first century, is one of the most influential and effective leaders of Toronto Jewry, highly regarded as a person of extraordinarily broad experience, unfailing fairness and commitment, and unusually deep knowledge of education.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Sara Sharpe." (Viewed on September 22, 2023) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/sharpe-sara>.

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