Mary Jane McCallum | |
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8th Chancellor of Brandon University | |
Assumed office July 1, 2021 | |
President | David Docherty |
Preceded by | Michael Decter |
Senator from Manitoba | |
Assumed office December 4,2017 | |
Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed by | Julie Payette |
Preceded by | Janis Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1,1952 |
Political party | Non-affiliated |
Other political affiliations | Independent Senators Group (2018-2022) |
Profession | Dentist |
Mary Jane McCallum (born 1952) is a Canadian Senator representing Manitoba.
McCallum was born on May 1,1952.[ citation needed ] She attended a residential school from the age of five. [1] She received a Dental Nursing Diploma from the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina,Saskatchewan,in 1977 and a dental therapy diploma at the School of Dental Therapy in 1979. She earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba in 1990. [2]
A dentist by profession,and a Cree woman,she has spent much of her career working to provide dental and medical services to northern and Indigenous communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. [2]
She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 4,2017. [3] [4]
On May 6,2021 she was named Chancellor of Brandon University. She is the first Indigenous woman to hold the post. [5]
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