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Rosalie Namer Rosalie Goodman Namer (1925-May 10, 2006), born Roslyn Goodman was a Canadian artist and potter working in Montreal in the 60s and 70s. She was recognized throughout Canada for her extensive research with Canadian clays and her prolific production of everyday functional objects. From 1958 to 1978, she produced thousands of pots from her studio in the West Island of Montreal while also being head of the ceramic department at McGill University’s MacDonald College and mentoring hundreds of student potters. Namer was an expert in experimental glaze chemistry and reproduced many Japanese glaze colors using minerals sourced across Canada. She was instrumental in research into lead poisoning, contributing to “Earthenware Containers as a Source of Fatal Lead Poisoning,” a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1970. Through her influential work as a potter, teacher, and clay researcher, she advocated for the recognition of the professional status of potters and contributed to the establishment of the Canadian field of studio ceramics in the 1960s.