Jean Forest Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Jean Beatrice Forest
Office:Senator for Edmonton, Alberta
Appointed:Jean Chrétien
Term Start:1996
Term End:1998
Title2:Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Term Start2:1978
Term End2:1982
Predecessor2:Ronald Norman Dalby
Successor2:Peter Savaryn
Birth Name:Jean Beatrice Janz
Birth Date:24 July 1926
Birth Place:Minitonas, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Spouse:Rocky Forest
Occupation:educator, businesswoman

Jean Beatrice Forest (Janz; July 24, 1926 – January 10, 2024) was a Canadian politician who served as a Senator from 1996 to 1998.

Biography

Born Jean Beatrice Janz in Minitonas, Manitoba,[1] she moved to Alberta with her husband Rocky in 1947. She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in 1974 and to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the constitution in 1978. She was Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1978 to 1982.[2]

Forest was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1996 representing Edmonton. She resigned in 1998 because of concerns for her husband's health.[2]

In 1987, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for being "a highly respected educator, businesswoman and active participant in community affairs".[3]

An all-girls Catholic Junior High School started in 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, is named after Jean Forest, called the Jean Forest Leadership Academy or JFLA.[2]

Forest died in Victoria, British Columbia on January 10, 2024, at the age of 97.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium . 978-0-88864-770-2 . Corbett . Bryan . McLaren . Gertrude Bloor . 1992 . University of Alberta Press .
  2. Web site: Honorable Jean Forest . Jean Forest Leadership Academy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105016/http://www.jeanforest.ecsd.net/namesake.htm . 2012-03-15 .
  3. Web site: University of Alberta: Jean Beatrice Forest (1978-1982).
  4. Web site: Jean B. Forest . Legacy . 21 January 2024.