BOGAARDS, DR. WINNIFRED MARY - Winnifred Mary Bogaards, esteemed professor of English and promoter of Canadian literature, died suddenly at her home in Rothesay N.B. on 28 June 2011. The only child of John (Jack) and Mary (Minnie) McCallum Fergusson, she was predeceased by her former husband, Jan J. W. Bogaards of Ottawa.
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 29 July 1938, Dr. Bogaards grew up in Sutherland. Her concern for community was evident early on in her involvement with Girl Guides and participation in a Pilgrimage for Youth at the UN in New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University (1960) and immediately began work on her Master of Arts (1963) while teaching at Queen Elizabeth Collegiate in Kingston. She completed her Ph. D. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1969 and taught there, and at the University of Alberta, before joining the faculty of the newly established Saint John Campus of the University of New Brunswick in 1971; she remained at UNB Saint John, serving as chair of the Division of Humanities and Languages (1978-1981), Campus Orator (1981-1983) and chair or member of numerous university committees, until her retirement in 1998 as Professor of English.
Dr. Bogaards was also an avid gardener, a gourmet cook, an accomplished hostess, and an insatiable traveller. She enjoyed athletics, especially tennis and swimming, and was a great fan of football. And she had a strong concern for society: her charitable causes included the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Lung Association, Doctors without Borders, the Salvation Army and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
From an obituary in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
BOGAARDS, DR. WINNIFRED MARY - Winnifred Mary Bogaards, esteemed professor of English and promoter of Canadian literature, died suddenly at her home in Rothesay N.B. on 28 June 2011. The only child of John (Jack) and Mary (Minnie) McCallum Fergusson, she was predeceased by her former husband, Jan J. W. Bogaards of Ottawa.
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 29 July 1938, Dr. Bogaards grew up in Sutherland. Her concern for community was evident early on in her involvement with Girl Guides and participation in a Pilgrimage for Youth at the UN in New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University (1960) and immediately began work on her Master of Arts (1963) while teaching at Queen Elizabeth Collegiate in Kingston. She completed her Ph. D. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1969 and taught there, and at the University of Alberta, before joining the faculty of the newly established Saint John Campus of the University of New Brunswick in 1971; she remained at UNB Saint John, serving as chair of the Division of Humanities and Languages (1978-1981), Campus Orator (1981-1983) and chair or member of numerous university committees, until her retirement in 1998 as Professor of English.
Dr. Bogaards was also an avid gardener, a gourmet cook, an accomplished hostess, and an insatiable traveller. She enjoyed athletics, especially tennis and swimming, and was a great fan of football. And she had a strong concern for society: her charitable causes included the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Lung Association, Doctors without Borders, the Salvation Army and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
From an obituary in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
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