Six Outstanding Women Receive Governor General’s Persons Award (2011)

Madeline Boscoe
North Vancouver, BC

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Madeline Boscoe, R.N., D.U., brings some 30 years of wide-ranging expertise to the field of women's health. An inspired leader, she helped establish HealthSharing magazine and served on the Health Canada advisory panel on breast implants. She was a member and ultimately co-chaired the advisory committee on assisted human reproduction, which led to the successful passage of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. Ms. Boscoe helped establish the Canadian Women's Health Network, serving as its Executive Director for 11 years. She has led advancements in women's health research and services, and strengthened women's participation in health policy decision-making. A founder of the Institute of Gender and Health Advisory Board, she helped advance gender-based analysis in health research. A long-time fighter for women's reproductive rights, Ms. Boscoe helped legalize midwifery in Manitoba and establish a birthing centre in Winnipeg. She also coordinated the Women's Health Coalition, which was an intervener in the Supreme Court on the “Ms G” case, and initiated a provincial awareness campaign on the links between gender, poverty and health. In 2005, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa. She has been inspired by the many visionary women whose lives have touched hers, including her mother Kathryn (née Davis) and mother-in-law Ruth (née Caplan) Schwartzman. She is very grateful to her husband of 35 years, Victor, and children Kay and Cary, for their support and patience. Ms. Boscoe lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Six Outstanding Women Receive Governor General’s Persons Award (2011)

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2011-10-03