Mary Elizabeth Bayer (February 10, 1925 – September 7, 2005) was a Canadian civil servant, educator and community activist. Bayer was Manitoba's first woman Assistant Deputy Minister. [1]
Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.
The daughter of Anne Farquharson Patteson and Granville Lovejoy Bayer, she was born in Alberta and grew up in Manitoba. Bayer was the great-granddaughter of Edward Hay. She pioneered adult daytime television programming at the CBC. Bayer served as executive director of the Volunteer Bureau, the Manitoba Centennial Corporation and the Manitoba Arts Council. She was first president of Heritage Winnipeg and also served as president of Heritage Canada. She was a member of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown and the Canadian commission for UNESCO. She also served on the national executive for the Girl Guides of Canada. She was Assistant Deputy Minister in Manitoba for Culture & Heritage. [2] [1]
Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier has been Rachel Notley since 2015.
Edward Henry George Gunter Hay was a businessman and political figure in Manitoba. He represented St. Andrews South from 1871 to 1874 as an independent member and St. Clements from 1879 to 1883 as an Independent-Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television. The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada respectively, and both short-form names are also commonly used in the applicable language to refer to the corporation as a whole.
Bayer retired to Victoria in 1980. She was chair of the Greater Victoria Library Board and of the British Columbia Heritage Society. She also served on the executive of the Provincial Capital Commission. In 1994, she was named a member of the Order of Canada. She was recognized for Lifetime Achievement by the YWCA Women of Distinction program. [2]
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 85,792, while the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria has a population of 367,770, making it the 15th most populous Canadian metropolitan area. Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 people per square kilometre, which is a greater population density than Toronto.
The BC Provincial Capital Commission was a government-owned Crown Agency of the province of British Columbia, Canada. Its primary mandate was to "connect and celebrate the Capital with all British Columbians." The PCC owned several important heritage buildings and sensitive properties in the Capital Regional District. Revenues from these holdings funded numerous initiatives including festival and event support, province-wide educational programs and Capital for Kids, a travel funding program that brings school and youth groups to Victoria to learn about the democratic process and the rich history of the BC Capital City. The Commission was dissolved in 2014.
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order and the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. It comes second only to membership in the Order of Merit, which is the personal gift of Canada's monarch.
Bayer also published a number of collections of poetry, including Faces of Love. [3] Her text was used in the opera Grant, Warden of the Plains by Murray Adaskin. [4]
Murray Adaskin, was a Toronto-born Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher. After playing violin with a band, he studied composition and became the director of the Music department of the University of Saskatchewan. Many of his compositions were written while in Victoria after his retirement.
