Arlette Lefebvre

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Arlette Marie-Laure Lefebvre, CM OOnt , known by her patients as "Dr. Froggie" (born 26 July 1947) is a child psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from the Université de Caen and a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1970 from the University of Toronto. Lefebvre is also an associate professor at the University of Toronto.

She is a member of both the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. In 1991, she founded Ability Online. In 1996, she was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame.

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