Identity area
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Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Thelma Chalifoux School
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Dates of existence
2020-
History
The school is named after Thelma Chalifoux, a retired Senator and Métis activist who worked tirelessly on a variety of issues that affected Indigenous Peoples and women. Chalifoux was one of the founders of the Canadian Native Friendship Centre in Slave Lake and she was the first woman to get a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, a Woman of Vision Award, the Monsignor Bill Irwin Award and was the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Canadian Senate.
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General context
2781 43a Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta T6T 1G7
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Authority record identifier
EPSAM-0392
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Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record created August 30, 2022.
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- English
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Sources
Thelma Chalifoux School website https://thelmachalifoux.epsb.ca/about/schoolprofile/
Maintenance notes
Record created by Kassandra Milette.