Donna Scott

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Donna Scott is a Canadian business person best known as the founder of the fashion magazine Flare Magazine.

Scott retired from Flare and went on to chair the Canada Council for the Arts from 1994 to 1998. She also worked as the executive director of the Ontario Arts Council. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000. [1]

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References

  1. Services, Government of Canada, Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, Information and Media. "Order of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)