Sheila Goldbloom, a prominent figure within Quebec’s English-speaking community, passed away at age 96. QCGN Director General Sylvia Martin-Laforge comments: “Sheila embodied civility; she was a person of integrity and honour and a particularly effective advocate. She motivated us to care more, to do more, to make a real difference in the lives [of] all English-speaking Quebecers.”
The doctor, MNA, and former commissioner of Official Languages, Victor Goldbloom, has died of a heart attack.
Goldbloom was born in Montreal in 1923 and followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a pediatrician in the 1940s.
He worked in New York at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre before returning to Canada and joining politics in the 1960s. Read More
By Maurice Crossfield, The Suburban
Leaders of Quebec’s English community gathered to honour three exceptional Anglophones at the fifth annual Sheila & Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Awards gala on Thursday, Oct. 17.
“It is a privilege to be with the Quebec Community Groups Network in this effort,” said Sheila Goldbloom. “The winners give us their courage and their humour and their will to keep living here in Quebec.”
By Maurice Crossfield, The Suburban
Leaders of Quebec’s English community gathered to honour three exceptional Anglophones at the fifth annual Sheila & Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Awards gala on Thursday, Oct. 17.
“It is a privilege to be with the Quebec Community Groups Network in this effort,” said Sheila Goldbloom. “The winners give us their courage and their humour and their will to keep living here in Quebec.”
Journal 24 Heures, Étienne Laberge
Les aînés anglophones auront bientôt leur Réseau provincial pour les aînés d’expression anglaise (RPAEA), dont le principal mandat sera de travailler à « un meilleur accès à diverses ressources ».
L’annonce de ce premier pas vers la création de ce groupe a été faite lors d’une conférence de presse dans la ville de Westmount, vendredi.
Parce qu’une multitude de services offerts, en santé notamment, ou dans d’autres sphères publiques ne sont offerts qu’en français, le RPAEA « jouera un rôle de chien de garde pour veiller aux besoins des aînés de langue anglaise », peut-on lire dan un communiqué. Il sera en outre chargé de trouver des bailleurs de fonds qui assureront sa pérennité. Read more…
CTV Montreal
Anglophone seniors in Quebec often feel isolated, much more so than their francophone counterparts, according a study released Tuesday by the Quebec Community Groups Network.
The three-year study of anglophones of retirement age found that they are frequently cut off from the world because of two factors: adult children who have moved out of province, and a weak grasp of the French language. Full version…
The QCGN is funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage.
