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Donna Kennedy-Glans
Donna Kennedy-Glans, LLB. born May 5th 1960 has called Calgary home for over two decades. Raised on a family farm in south-western Ontario, Donna met her husband, Laurie Glans, a Calgarian, at a Conservative Party national convention in 1981. The couple married, and after Donna’s graduation from law school at the University of Western Ontario in 1984, they moved to Calgary. Donna and Laurie have raised three sons and have been actively involved in the life of this community through volunteer roles in local public schools and the university, faith communities, and a wide variety of sporting and leisure activities. Donna is the new Progressive Conservative party Candidate from Calgary-Varsity.

Early Life and Education
Donna Kennedy-Glans is the eldest daughter of Wallace and Eleanor Kennedy. On their family farm in western Ontario, Donna worked on the cattle feedlot from an early age until she graduated from Delhi District Secondary School in Delhi, Ontario. Donna attended Wilfrid Laurier University from 1979-1981 earning a bachelor’s degree in English and History. She graduated from law school at the University of Western Ontario.

Career
Donna Kennedy-Glans articled as a lawyer at the Calgary based law firm, Mackimmie Matthews. Immediately after being called to the Alberta Bar, she joined a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.—TCPL Resources Ltd. — as a corporate lawyer. In 1990, Donna Kennedy-Glans was invited to work as a corporate lawyer and negotiator with Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd, now Nexen Inc., where she was ultimately named the company’s first female vice president. As a lawyer and corporate executive in the Calgary-based energy sector, Donna has been responsible for managing complex ethical and operational issues for corporate investors–at head offices in Calgary, and on the ground in more than 30 international jurisdictions.

In 2001, Donna launched a consultancy to bridge relationships between corporate investors and host communities. As well, responding to the invitation of several communities in the Middle East and Africa—places where Donna worked as a businesswoman—she founded a Canadian volunteer organization that trains and mentors community leaders in healthcare, law, journalism, education and politics in these communities. Bridges Social Development was registered as a charity in 2003.

Publications
Donna Kennedy-Glans has authored many articles, including two books - Corporate Integrity: A Toolkit for Managing Beyond Compliance (John Wiley & Sons, 2005, with co-author Dr. Bob Schulz) and Unveiling the Breath: One woman’s journey into understanding Islam and gender equality (Pari, 2009).