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Sylvia Ostry
CC OM FRSC
Sylvia Ostry CC OM FRSC
6th Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
	In office; 1991–1997
Preceded by	J. Page Wadsworth
Succeeded by	Val O'Donovan
President/Vice Chancellor	Douglas T. Wright (1991-1993); James Downey (1993-1999)
Personal details
Born	Sylvia Knelman; June 3, 1927; Winnipeg, Manitoba
Died	May 7, 2020 (aged 92); Toronto, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Henry Isidore Wiseman, Bernard Ostry
Alma mater	University of Cambridge, Girton College, McGill University
Occupation	Economist and Civil Servant
Awards	Order of Canada; Order of Manitoba

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Sylvia Ostry CC OM FRSC (née Knelman; June 3, 1927 – May 7, 2020) was a Canadian economist and public servant.

Life

Born Sylvia Knelman in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1927, she received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from McGill University in 1948, a Master of Arts from McGill in 1950, and eventually earned her PhD from Girton College, Cambridge in 1954.

After studying at the University of Cambridge, she was a lecturer at McGill, becoming an assistant professor from 1952 to 1955, and becoming Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal from 1962 to 1964. ^[1]^[2] From 1972 to 1975, Ostry was Chief Statistician of Canada at Statistics Canada.^[3] From 1975 to 1978, Ostry was Deputy Minister, Consumer and Corporate Affairs. From 1978 to 1979, she was Chairman, Economic Council of Canada. From 1979 to 1983, she was Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. From 1984 to 1985 she was Deputy Minister, International Trade, and Coordinator, International Economic Relations. Later, in 1986 Ostry became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty. During the 1988 G7 Summit in Toronto, Ostry served as Canada's sherpa.^[4]

From 1991 to 1996, she was Chancellor, University of Waterloo. In 1997 she was appointed Chancellor Emerita, University of Waterloo.

From 1990 to 1997, she was Chair of the University of Toronto's Centre for International Studies. Since then she has been a Distinguished Research Fellow there.^[5]

She was married to the late Bernard Ostry, with whom she had two children, Adam Ostry (a senior federal civil servant himself) and Jonathan D. Ostry (Deputy Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund). She died in Toronto on Thursday May 7, 2020.^[6]

Awards

In 1972 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association^[7]
In 1978 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
In 1987 she received the Government of Canada Outstanding Achievement Award
In 1990 she was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada.^[8]
In 1991 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
In 2009 she was made a Member of the Order of Manitoba.^[9]
In 2010 she was awarded The Couchiching Award for Public Policy Leadership

Honours

Ostry was awarded 18 honorary Doctorate of Laws degrees from:
- University of New Brunswick in 1971
- York University in 1971
- McGill University in 1972
- University of Western Ontario in 1973
- McMaster University in 1973
- University of British Columbia in 1973
- Queen's University in 1975
- Brock University in 1975
- Mount Allison University in 1975
- Acadia University in 1981
- American College of Switzerland in 1983
- University of Winnipeg in 1984
- University of Manitoba in 1986
- Concordia University (Montreal) in 1986
- University of Windsor in 1987
- University of Waterloo in 1997
- a Doctorate of Management Sciences from University of Ottawa in 1976
- a Doctorate of Letters from Laurentian University in 1977

In 1997, a lecture series was begun in her honour by Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.^[10] Some of the lectures in the series were published in a book in 2003.^[11]

Select publications

Summitry: The Medium and the Message. Bissell Paper No. 3. Toronto: University of Toronto, Centre for International Studies, 1988
Canada, Europe and the Economic Summits. Paper presented at the All-European Canadian Studies Conference, The Hague, October 24–27, 1990. Unpublished in print
Globalization and the G8: could Kananaskis set a new direction?. O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture, Queen's University, March 2002. Unpublished in print

References

^ She was divorced from Henry Isidore Wiseman in 1955
^ "Journals of the House of Commons of Canada, 1955, Volume XCIX, Page 188 | Document Viewer". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
^ "Lauded economist slams census decision". The Globe and Mail. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
^ "1988 Toronto Summit Delegations".
^ "Sylvia Ostry". 2008-07-07.
^ Lafontaine, Miriam (2020-05-08). "Former public servant and economist Sylvia Ostry dies at 92". The Toronto Star.
^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2016-08-20.
^ Brown, Michael. "Sylvia Ostry, b. 1927". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ Sanders, Carol (2009-05-13). "Sylvias up for Order of Manitoba". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
^ "Sylvia Ostry | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development".
^ Lectures, The Sylvia Ostry Foundation (2003). At the Global Crossroads. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773526372. JSTOR j.ctt805fk. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

Sylvia Ostry archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
"Canadian Who's Who 1997". Retrieved May 25, 2006.

Academic offices
Preceded by J. Page Wadsworth	Chancellor of the University of Waterloo 1991–1997	Succeeded by Val O'Donovan

[1] She was divorced from Henry Isidore Wiseman in 1955

[2] "Journals of the House of Commons of Canada, 1955, Volume XCIX, Page 188 | Document Viewer". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.

[3] "Lauded economist slams census decision". The Globe and Mail. 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2017-11-09.

[4] "1988 Toronto Summit Delegations".

[5] "Sylvia Ostry". 2008-07-07.

[6] Lafontaine, Miriam (2020-05-08). "Former public servant and economist Sylvia Ostry dies at 92". The Toronto Star.

[7] View/Search Fellows of the ASA Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2016-08-20.

[8] Brown, Michael. "Sylvia Ostry, b. 1927". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

[9] Sanders, Carol (2009-05-13). "Sylvias up for Order of Manitoba". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2017-11-09.

[10] "Sylvia Ostry | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development".

[11] Lectures, The Sylvia Ostry Foundation (2003). At the Global Crossroads. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773526372. JSTOR j.ctt805fk. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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-'''Sylvia Ostry''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OM|FRSC}} (born June 3, 1927) is a high-ranking [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[economist]] and former public servant. She was educated at [[McGill University]] and the [[University of Cambridge]].
+'''Sylvia Ostry''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|OM|FRSC}} ({{nee|Knelman}}; June 3, 1927 – May 7, 2020) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[economist]] and public servant.
 ==Life==
-Born '''Sylvia Knelman''' in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] on June 3, 1927, she received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in economics from [[McGill University]] in 1948, a [[Master of Arts]] from McGill in 1950, and eventually earned her [[Ph.D.]] from [[Girton College, Cambridge]] in 1954.
+Born Sylvia Knelman in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] on June 3, 1927, she received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in economics from [[McGill University]] in 1948, a [[Master of Arts]] from McGill in 1950, and eventually earned her [[PhD]] from [[Girton College, Cambridge]] in 1954.
 [[File:Cambridge Girton.jpg|thumb|Girton College, University of Cambridge]]
 After studying at the [[University of Cambridge]], she was a lecturer at McGill, becoming an assistant professor from 1952 to 1955, and becoming Associate Professor at the [[Université de Montréal]] from 1962 to 1964.
-.<ref>She was divorced from Henry Isidore Wiseman in 1955</ref><ref>http://www.mocavo.ca/Journals-of-the-House-of-Commons-of-Canada-1955-Volume-Xcix/371070/188#188</ref>
+<ref>She was divorced from Henry Isidore Wiseman in 1955</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mocavo.ca/Journals-of-the-House-of-Commons-of-Canada-1955-Volume-Xcix/371070/188#188 |title=Journals of the House of Commons of Canada, 1955, Volume XCIX, Page 188 &#124; Document Viewer |access-date=2015-11-15 |archive-date=2015-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022717/http://www.mocavo.ca/Journals-of-the-House-of-Commons-of-Canada-1955-Volume-Xcix/371070/188#188 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-From 1972 to 1975, Ostry was [[Chief Statistician of Canada]] at [[Statistics Canada]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lauded-economist-slams-census-decision/article1368785/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=Lauded economist slams census decision|date=2010-08-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> From 1975 to 1978, Ostry was Deputy Minister, Consumer and Corporate Affairs. From 1978 to 1979, she was Chairman, [[Economic Council of Canada]]. From 1979 to 1983, she was Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], [[Paris]]. From 1984 to 1985 she was Deputy Minister, International Trade, and Coordinator, International Economic Relations.  Later, in 1986 Ostry became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the [[Group of Thirty]].
+From 1972 to 1975, Ostry was [[Chief Statistician of Canada]] at [[Statistics Canada]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/lauded-economist-slams-census-decision/article1368785/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com&|title=Lauded economist slams census decision|date=2010-08-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> From 1975 to 1978, Ostry was Deputy Minister, Consumer and Corporate Affairs. From 1978 to 1979, she was Chairman, [[Economic Council of Canada]]. From 1979 to 1983, she was Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], [[Paris]]. From 1984 to 1985 she was Deputy Minister, International Trade, and Coordinator, International Economic Relations.  Later, in 1986 Ostry became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the [[Group of Thirty]]. During the 1988 G7 Summit in Toronto, Ostry served as Canada's sherpa.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/summit/1988toronto/delegation.html | title=1988 Toronto Summit Delegations}}</ref>
 From 1991 to 1996, she was Chancellor, [[University of Waterloo]]. In 1997 she was appointed Chancellor Emerita, University of Waterloo.
-From 1990 to 1997, she was Chair of the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Munk School of Global Affairs|Centre for International Studies]]. Since then he has been a Distinguished Research Fellow there.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/ostry_bio.aspx | title=Sylvia Ostry| date=2008-07-07}}</ref>
+From 1990 to 1997, she was Chair of the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Munk School of Global Affairs|Centre for International Studies]]. Since then she has been a Distinguished Research Fellow there.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/ostry_bio.aspx | title=Sylvia Ostry| date=2008-07-07}}</ref>
-She was married to the late [[Bernard Ostry]], by whom she has two children, Adam Ostry (a senior federal civil servant himself) and [[Jonathan D. Ostry]] (Deputy Director, Research Department, [[International Monetary Fund]]).
+She was married to the late [[Bernard Ostry]], with whom she had two children, Adam Ostry (a senior federal civil servant himself) and [[Jonathan D. Ostry]] (Deputy Director, Research Department, [[International Monetary Fund]]). She died in Toronto on Thursday May 7, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/05/07/former-public-servant-and-economist-sylvia-ostry-dies-at-92.html| title=Former public servant and economist Sylvia Ostry dies at 92| newspaper=The Toronto Star| date=2020-05-08| last1=Lafontaine| first1=Miriam}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
-* In 1972 she was elected as a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]]<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm View/Search Fellows of the ASA], accessed 2016-08-20.</ref>
+* In 1972 she was elected as a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]]<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm View/Search Fellows of the ASA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616161612/http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm |date=2016-06-16 }}, accessed 2016-08-20.</ref>
 * In 1978 she was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]]
 * In 1987 she received the Government of Canada Outstanding Achievement Award
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 ** a Doctorate of Letters from [[Laurentian University]] in 1977
-In 1997, a lecture series was begun in her honour by [[Sadako Ogata]], UN High Commissioner for Refugees.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/sylvia-ostry | title=Sylvia Ostry &#124; International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development}}</ref> Some of the lectures in the series were published in a book in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |title=At the Global Crossroads: The Sylvia Ostry Foundation Lectures |date=2003 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |location=Montreal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt805fk |accessdate=2018-10-31|last1=Lectures |first1=The Sylvia Ostry Foundation }}</ref>
+In 1997, a lecture series was begun in her honour by [[Sadako Ogata]], UN High Commissioner for Refugees.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ictsd.org/about-us/sylvia-ostry | title=Sylvia Ostry &#124; International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development}}</ref> Some of the lectures in the series were published in a book in 2003.<ref>{{cite book |title=At the Global Crossroads|work= The Sylvia Ostry Foundation Lectures |date=2003 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |location=Montreal |jstor=j.ctt805fk|last1= Lectures |first1= The Sylvia Ostry Foundation |isbn= 9780773526372 }}</ref>
 == Select publications ==
 * [https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/4881''Summitry: The Medium and the Message'']. Bissell Paper No. 3. Toronto: University of Toronto, Centre for International Studies, 1988
-*[https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/4807''Canada, Europe and the Economic Summits'']. Paper presented at the All-European Canadian Studies Conference, The Hague, October 24–27, 1990. Unpublished in print
+* [https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/4807''Canada, Europe and the Economic Summits'']. Paper presented at the All-European Canadian Studies Conference, The Hague, October 24–27, 1990. Unpublished in print
 * [https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/568 ''Globalization and the G8: could Kananaskis set a new direction?'']. O.D. Skelton Memorial Lecture, Queen's University, March 2002. Unpublished in print
 ==Further reading==
 * [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/ostry-sylvia Ostry] at [[Jewish Women's Archive|Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia]] JWA, by Michael Brown, 2009
+==See also==
+* [[List of University of Waterloo people]]
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
+== External links ==
+* [https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/sylvia-ostry-fonds Sylvia Ostry archival papers] held at the [https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services]
 * {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=osler&t=16762&d=4162|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997|accessdate=May 25, 2006 }}
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