User:Cathy MacLellan

Cathy MacLellan was born in Neustadt, Ontario. This lovely village in Grey County was also the birth place of John Diefenbaker. After completing high school at John Diefenbaker Secondary School in Hanover, Cathy completed an Honours Bachelor of Science in 1985 at the University of Waterloo. Her major was Health Studies and she participated in the Co-op program. Cathy interrupted her studies in 1981 and served for one year in India with the Mennonite Central Committee in their Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program.

Cathy is married to Ian MacLellan and they have 3 children. Early in their marriage Ian and Cathy, lived and worked in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Waterloo.

Ian and Cathy founded ARISE Technologies in their Waterloo home in 1996. They continue to invest their energy and resources into a sustainable future of clean technologies.

Cathy joined The Green Party of Canada in 2006 and became a candidate for the GPC in 2007. The Fall 2008 election saw the Liberal incumbent lose to the Conservative candidate by just 17 votes. Cathy achieved 12.1% of the vote.