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=Draft:Beryl Bain=

Beryl Bain is a Canadian actress and playwright.

Early life and education
Bain studied theatre at York University.

Career
Bain has participated in three seasons of the Shaw Festival. In 2023, Bain will debut the work "The Flight" which explores the life of aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman, the first African American and first Native American to hold an international pilot's license.

Education
Kirkwood completed a joint-honours degree in Environment and Resource Studies & Biology at the University of Waterloo in 1994, completed her Master's degree in Aquatic Ecology at McMaster University in 1996 and a doctoral degree in Environmental Microbiology at the University of Toronto in 2003. She also conducted postdoctoral work at Oklahoma State University and the University of Calgary.

Research
Kirkwood specializes in the study of invasive species and their impact on Canadian water systems.

While at the University of Calgary, Kirkwood studied one-celled diatom that causes blooms of what is known as rock-snot in mountain streams in western Canada.

From 2016 through 2019, Kirkwood was involved in the study of Lake Scugog and the impact of a macroalgae known as starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) on the area. During this period she was also appointed to the International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Science Advisory Board.

Kirkwood's work focuses on community-based environmental stewardship initiatives.

=Draft Jean Feron=
Jean Féron (1881-1946 (or 1955?) was the pseudonymn of Joseph Marc Octave Lebel, a French-Canadian novelist and playwright born in Brunswick, Maine in 1881. Féron was educated in Quebec and is considered one of the first published French-speaking writers in Western Canada.

Early Life
At the age of one, Lebel arrived in Saint-Louis-de-Kamouraska, Quebec where he was raised by his grandfather who financed his education in the field of business, pharmacy, medicine, law, science and his training as a notary. He was employed as a government secretary, but the civil service did not suit so he left in 1908 for Saskatchewan where he married and settled in 1910 on a farm in Arborfield.

Writing Career
After taking up residence in Zenon Park in Saskatchewan, Feron wrote over thirty novels. His work was published by Editions Edouard Garand in Montreal, as pulpy popular serialized novels.

Feron's first work, La revanche d'une race (1918)was a work of francophone nationalist price. Between 1919 and 1944, Feron published at least forty historical narratives that dealt with the contemporary issues of language rights, mixed marriage, industrialization, the emigration of Quebecois to the US, and populist treatments of historical events in Canadian history.

La Metisse
La Metisse, a novel following the a plucky heroine Heraldine Lecours a Metis woman who defies the local school board in Bremner Manitoba to teach her students French and is plunged into poverty, taking up work as a housekeeper to a thrice-widowed Scotman Malcolm McSon leading to tragedy. Published in 1923, the novel led to modest success for Feron. A second edition followed in 1926. The work was republished in 1983 by the Editions des Plaines in Manitoba and was included in the Saskatchewan curriculum.

Many of Feron's short novels focused on French-Canadian historical settings and themes were published by Editions Edouard Garand with illustrations by Albert Fournier. Published as the "unpublished Canadian novel" "grand récit canadien inédit" by Editions Edouard Garand,

Selected Publications
PS 9511 E76 M4 1926



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Wandering Spirit Survival School

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=Barbara Willis Sweete= Barbara Willis-Sweete is a film director and producer.

Trained as a professional pianist, xxxx

She started a new production company in 2015 with Trinni Franke and Susanne Ritzau. (http://playbackonline.ca/2015/10/28/after-36-years-barbara-willis-sweete-begins-again-with-new-prodco/)

Willis-Sweet is a key directors of the Metropolitan Opera's high-definition broadcasts. (https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2012/11/03/torontos-barbara-willis-sweete-the-master-of-1100-camera-angles-for-metropolitan-opera-otello-in-hd/).

Documentary Songs of Freedom (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/measha-brueggergosman-guest-hosts-q-1.2969877/ex-pianist-barbara-willis-sweete-makes-film-her-instrument-1.2969911) TedTalk - Overcoming Your Fears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL2mDfr_WI0&feature=youtu.be = Resources for improving representation of archivists (generally) and women/POC/FNIM archivists = Shepherd, E. (2016). Hidden Voices in the Archives: Pioneering Women Archivists in Early 20th Century England. In F. Foscarini, H. Macneil, B. Mak & G. Oliver, Engaging with Records and Archives: Histories and Theories (pp.83-105). London: Facet Publishing. Poole, Alex H. “‘Be Damned Pushy at Times’: The Committee on the Status of Women and Feminism in the Archival Profession, 1972–1998.” The American Archivist, vol. 81, no. 2, Sept. 2018, pp. 394–437. Crossref, doi:10.17723/0360-9081-81.2.394.

search Obituary articles in Archivaria, AA, A&M etc. https://windspeaker.com/index.php/news/womens-history-month