Emőke J.E. Szathmáry,
CMThe Order of Canada is an honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the highest such order administered by the Governor General-in-Council, on behalf of the Queen of Canada. Created in 1967, to coincide with the centennial of Canadian...
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OMThe Order of Manitoba is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1996 by Lieutenant Governor Peter M. Liba, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Gary Filmon,
the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council,
and is...
, FRSC (born 1944 in
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) was the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The
University of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is also Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution.. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed in...
. She held this position 1996 to 2008. Dr.Szathmary was trained as a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr. Szathmáry’s first administrative post was as chairman of the department of anthropology at McMaster University, a position she left to become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario.
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Emőke J.E. Szathmáry,
CMThe Order of Canada is an honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the highest such order administered by the Governor General-in-Council, on behalf of the Queen of Canada. Created in 1967, to coincide with the centennial of Canadian...
,
OMThe Order of Manitoba is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1996 by Lieutenant Governor Peter M. Liba, on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Gary Filmon,
the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council,
and is...
, FRSC (born 1944 in
HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
) was the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The
University of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is also Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution.. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed in...
. She held this position 1996 to 2008. Dr.Szathmary was trained as a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr. Szathmáry’s first administrative post was as chairman of the department of anthropology at McMaster University, a position she left to become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario. She left this position to serve as Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario before going to her position at the University of Manitoba. Szathmáry was appointed a member of the
Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is an honour for merit that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the highest such order administered by the Governor General-in-Council, on behalf of the Queen of Canada. Created in 1967, to coincide with the centennial of Canadian...
in 2003. In 2004, she was named one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network and the
Richard Ivey School of BusinessThe Richard Ivey School of Business is a business school in Canada. It is under the umbrella of programs offered by the University of Western Ontario, but is managed separately with its own Dean and budget. It is located on the university's campus in London, Ontario, midway between Toronto and...
. In 2005, she was made a Fellow of the
Royal Society of CanadaThe Royal Society of Canada , now known as the RSC: Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
. She was named also as a Distinguished Lecturer by the American Anthropological Association, which is the highest recognition given by the anthropological discipline for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship.
Szathmáry sits on the board of directors of the Power Corporation. She is a graduate of the
University of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated north of the city's Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. The university was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in the...
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