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Celebration tonight
A celebration hosted by the centre for women's health will be held
tonight at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at 7 p.m.
May will speak and entertainment will be provided.
Donations will be accepted at the door for the Sierra Club's efforts
to help people living on Frederick Street, near the Sydney tar ponds.
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Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Donations lead to new women's chair at Dalhousie
By SHAUNE MacKINLAY -- The Daily News
Environmental activist Elizabeth May has a wealthy secret admirer.
May, executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada, will be
Dalhousie University's first chairwoman in women's health, thanks to
two anonymous donations totalling $1.6 million.
Outside Canada
One donor from outside the country specified the money be used to
establish the Elizabeth May Chair for Women and the Environment.
"Ms. May has persevered against considerable odds in defence of the
environment for many years. Her breadth of knowledge, quick mind, and
eloquence are inspirational," said a statement from the anonymous
benefactor read at yesterday's announcement in Halifax.
The donation augments an earlier one intended to further the efforts
of The Maritime Centre for Excellence in Women's Health, which will be
closely involved with May's work.
May said she has no idea who donated the money.
"It is an honour which is beyond words," she said. "This is not what I
ever expected to happen."
As chairwoman, May will teach, research, and lecture throughout the
Maritimes.
Although her primary appointment will be in health professions, May
will also work with other faculties, community groups, and government
agencies.
May will only hold the post for a year, but the chair will continue to
bear her name.
Work as an activist has often put May at odds with some in the medical
field, who don't hold her beliefs about the dangers of pesticides, or
the health hazards of living near the Sydney tar ponds.
"Maybe there are ways from this position that we can find some
commonality, find some room for discussion about what needs to be done
and how we develop the research and how we have to protect people
whose health is in danger because of environmental threats," she said.
University president Tom Traves said Dalhousie welcomes the debate.
"Elizabeth has explored these issues and many of them are
controversial but that's the nature of the issue, not necessarily the
nature of the person," he said.
Celebration tonight
A celebration hosted by the centre for women's health will be held
tonight at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at 7 p.m.
May will speak and entertainment will be provided.
Donations will be accepted at the door for the Sierra Club's efforts
to help people living on Frederick Street, near the Sydney tar ponds.
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