Black Excellence with Dr. Chambers

About the Speaker: Mary Anne Chambers O.Ont., M.S.M., Hon LL.D. Dr.

Mary Anne Chambers was named the 10th Chancellor of the University of Guelph in April 2022. A former Scotiabank Senior Vice-President and former Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister of Children and Youth Services, Mary Anne has served as a member of the Board of Governors of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), as Chair of the Board of United Way of Canada, Vice-Chair of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, President of the Canadian Club of Toronto, Governor of the Air Cadet League of Canada, Vice-Chair of the Boards of Cuso International and Rouge Valley Health System, President of the Project for Advancement of Early Childhood Education (Canada), and member of the Boards of the United Way of Toronto, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and YMCA Toronto. She was also a Director of GraceKennedy Ltd. and the GraceKennedy Financial Group.

Mary Anne is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Ingenium, Canada’s Museums of Agriculture and Food, Aviation and Space, and Science and Technology. She is also Chair of the Board of Grace Foods Canada Inc., a subsidiary of GraceKennedy Ltd.

Mary Anne was named to the Order of Ontario in 2015 and is a recipient of the Governor General of Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal. She has been awarded the Degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by the University of Toronto, York University, Lakehead University and the University of Guelph.Among her other awards are the Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee Medals of Queen Elizabeth the Second and a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction award.Her memoir, From the Heart, was published by Dundurn Press in 2022.

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