Early Life
City where Chalifoux was born.
Calgary, Alberta
Senator's college major.
Sociology
Name one committee Chalifoux served on in the Senate.
accepted: agriculture, forestry, fisheries and oceans, illegal drugs, constitutional affairs
The three Alberta cities she lived in.
Calgary, Edmonton, Slave Lake
During WW2 Chalifoux joined the war effort specifically, the CWACS. What does this acronym stand for?
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Organization she joined during WW2.
Women's Reserve Forces (WACS also accepted)
City moved to during the early 1960s.
Edmonton, Alberta
Jean Chretien
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Date of birth.
February 28, 1929
Prime Minister advised by Chalifoux, who rewrote the constitution.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Thelma Chalifoux was chair of this committee.
Aboriginal Peoples
Number of children she had.
seven
Her husband Robert Koulter suffered PTSD from the Korean War. What years did the Korean War begin and end?
1950 to 1953
Name of Thelma Chalifoux's husband.
Robert Koulter
Subject of courses Thelma took alongside her bachelor's degree.
Construction
Name and issue that Senator Chalifoux combatted.
Accept: Metis rights/welfare, pharmaceutical companies connection to government, and environment.
University that honoured her with a degree.
University of Toronto
The permanent home of the Senate is called what?
Centre Block
The war that Thelma's husband fought in.
Korean War.
City in northern Alberta, where she worked for 7 years.
Slave Lake
Name of drug rehabilitation centre she founded.
Meadowview Women's Centre
City which has a middle school named after her.
Edmonton
Senator Chalifoux was the first Indigenous woman in the Senate. Who was the female senator?
Cairine Wilson