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'''Mary Jane McCallum''' is a [[Canadian Senate|Canadian Senator]] representing [[Manitoba]].
'''Mary Jane McCallum''' (born 1952) is a [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]] representing [[Manitoba]].


==Early life and education==
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A dentist by profession, and a [[Cree]] woman, she was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] on December 4, 2017.<ref name="pmo">{{cite press release| url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/12/04/prime-minister-announces-appointment-two-new-senators| title=Prime Minister announces the appointment of two new Senators| date=December 4, 2017| publisher=[[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|PMO]]| website=pm.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="global">{{cite news| url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3895323/trudeau-appoints-mary-coyle-mary-jane-mccallum-to-senate/| title=Trudeau appoints Mary Coyle, Mary Jane McCallum to Senate| publisher=[[Global News]]| date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>
McCallum was born on May 1, 1952.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} She attended a [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential school]] from the age of five.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cousins |first1=Ben |title='Our hearts are broken': Sen. McCallum delivers gut-wrenching speech on residential schools |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/our-hearts-are-broken-sen-mccallum-delivers-gut-wrenching-speech-on-residential-schools-1.5451997 |publisher=CTV News |access-date=1 June 2021 |date=1 June 2021}}</ref> She received a Dental Nursing Diploma from the [[Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences]] in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], in 1977 and a dental therapy diploma at the School of Dental Therapy in 1979. She earned a [[Doctor of Dental Medicine]] degree from the [[University of Manitoba]] in 1990.<ref name=bio/>

==Career==
A dentist by profession, and a [[Cree]] woman, she has spent much of her career working to provide dental and medical services to northern and Indigenous communities in [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web| url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/12/04/mary-jane-mccallum| title=Mary Jane McCallum| date=December 4, 2017| website=pm.gc.ca| publisher=[[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|PMO]]}}</ref>

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She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] on December 4, 2017.<ref name="pmo">{{cite press release| url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/12/04/prime-minister-announces-appointment-two-new-senators| title=Prime Minister announces the appointment of two new Senators| date=December 4, 2017| publisher=[[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|PMO]]| website=pm.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name="global">{{cite news| url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3895323/trudeau-appoints-mary-coyle-mary-jane-mccallum-to-senate/| title=Trudeau appoints Mary Coyle, Mary Jane McCallum to Senate| publisher=[[Global News]]| date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>

On May 6, 2021 she was named Chancellor of Brandon University. She is the first Indigenous woman to hold the post.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sen. Mary Jane McCallum becomes 1st Indigenous woman chancellor of Brandon University |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/brandon-university-jane-mccallum-chancellor-1.6016368 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=1 June 2021 |date=6 May 2021}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:20, 24 September 2024

The Honourable
Mary Jane McCallum
Mary Jane McCallum in 2023
8th Chancellor of Brandon University
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
PresidentDavid Docherty
Preceded byMichael Decter
Senator from Manitoba
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 4, 2017
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byJulie Payette
Preceded byJanis Johnson
Personal details
Born (1952-05-01) May 1, 1952 (age 72)
Political partyNon-affiliated
Other political
affiliations		Independent Senators Group (2018-2022)
ProfessionDentist

Mary Jane McCallum (born 1952) is a Canadian Senator representing Manitoba.

Early life and education

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McCallum was born on May 1, 1952.[citation needed] She attended a residential school from the age of five.[1] She received a Dental Nursing Diploma from the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1977 and a dental therapy diploma at the School of Dental Therapy in 1979. She earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba in 1990.[2]

Career

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A dentist by profession, and a Cree woman, she has spent much of her career working to provide dental and medical services to northern and Indigenous communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.[2]

She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 4, 2017.[3][4]

On May 6, 2021 she was named Chancellor of Brandon University. She is the first Indigenous woman to hold the post.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Cousins, Ben (June 1, 2021). "'Our hearts are broken': Sen. McCallum delivers gut-wrenching speech on residential schools". CTV News. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Mary Jane McCallum". pm.gc.ca. PMO. December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Prime Minister announces the appointment of two new Senators". pm.gc.ca (Press release). PMO. December 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "Trudeau appoints Mary Coyle, Mary Jane McCallum to Senate". Global News. December 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "Sen. Mary Jane McCallum becomes 1st Indigenous woman chancellor of Brandon University". CBC News. May 6, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.


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