List of Wilfrid Laurier University people
Alumni and faculty -- Faculty
Table:
Name

Relationship

Discipline

Known for

Notes

Kimberly Barber

Professor

Opera

Mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue

[56]

Marie Bountrogianni

Assistant professor

—

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

[57]

Phelim Boyle

Professor

Finance

Initiating the use of Monte Carlo methods in option pricing

[58]

Jim Breithaupt

Board of Governors member

—

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

[59]

Terry Copp

Professor emeritus

Military history

Professor

[60]

Craig Fleisher

Professor

Economics

Researcher

[61]

Walter Hachborn

Board of Governors member

—

Co-founder of Home Hardware

[62]

Brian Henderson

Director of Laurier Press

—

Poet

[63]

Shohini Ghose

Professor

Physics

[64]

Carroll H. Little

Professor

Theology

Acting president[65] of Evangelical Lutheran Seminary and Waterloo College, 1918-1920, 1929-1931, and 1942-1944

[66]

Morgan Holmes

Professor

Sociology

Intersex activist and scholar

[67]

Tuffy Knight

Coach

Sports

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks head coach

[68]

John Warwick Montgomery

Chairman

History

Chairman of the Department of History

[69]

Kim Ondaatje

Lecturer

Literature

Part-time lecturer

[70]

John Reimer

Board of Governors member

—

Member of Parliament

[71]

Adele Reinhartz

Dean

Literature

Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

[72]

Roger Sarty

Professor

Military history

Canadian Forces Maritime Command historian

[73]

Lindsay Shepherd

Teaching assistant

Communication studies

Free-speech activism

[74]

Linda Catlin Smith

Professor

Music theory

Professor of composition Wilfrid Laurier

[75]

Andrew Telegdi

Board of Governors member

—

Former Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada (1993-2008)

[76]

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Kimberly Barber ( born December 21 , 1959 ) is a Canadian mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue . She studied with Patricia Kern at the University of Toronto , graduating in 1983 . She received a diploma in operatic performance from the university in 1985 . She began her career as a member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble , also in 1985 . While maintaining a professional opera career , she has been teaching at Wilfrid Laurier University since July 2002 and is currently Coordinator of the Opera Program there . From 1989 to 1994 , Barber sang with Oper Frankfurt in Germany . Barber made her New York City Opera debut in 2002 as Nero in Handel 's Agrippina and her Paris Opera debut as Annio in Mozart 's La Clemenza di Tito . On November 18 , 2003 , Barber performed in recital with fellow mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and pianist Steven Blier at Wilfrid Laurier University 's Maureen Forrester Recital Hall . In the 2006-2007 season , Barber created the role of Jessica in John Estacios opera Frobisher for Calgary Opera . Her discography includes Ravels Lheure espagnole on Deutsche Grammophon under André Previn , Handels Rinaldo on Naxos Records and a solo disc of Handel and Hasse arias for CBC Records .
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo ( English : /ˈmɛtsoʊ/ , /ˈmɛzoʊ/ ; Italian pronunciation : [ ˈmɛddzo soˈpraːno ] meaning half soprano ) is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types . The mezzo-soprano 's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above ( i.e . A3-A5 in scientific pitch notation , where middle C = C4 ; 220-880 Hz ) . In the lower and upper extremes , some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C ( F3 , 175 Hz ) and as high as high C ( C6 , 1047 Hz ) . The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura , lyric , and dramatic mezzo-soprano .
Marie Bountrogianni ( born December 10 , 1956 ) is the former Dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University . She is also the former Chief psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education , the former President and Executive Director of ROM ( Royal Ontario Museum ) Governors , and former member of Provincial Parliament . She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario , and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty .
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario ( French : Assemblée législative de l'Ontario ) is the deliberative assembly of the Legislature of Ontario ( also known as the Parliament of Ontario ) . The Assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen 's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto . Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Queen of Canada , represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario . As at the federal level in Canada , Ontario uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government , in which members are elected to the Legislative Assembly through general elections , from which the Premier of Ontario and Executive Council of Ontario are appointed based on majority support . The premier is Ontario 's head of government , while the Lieutenant Governor , as representative of the Queen , acts as head of state . The largest party not forming the government is known as the Official Opposition , its leader being recognized as Leader of the Opposition by the Speaker . The Ontario Legislature is sometimes referred to as the Ontario Provincial Parliament . Members of the assembly refer to themselves as Members of the Provincial Parliament ( MPPs ) as opposed to Members of the Legislative Assembly ( MLAs ) as in many other provinces . Ontario is the only province to do so , in accordance with a resolution passed in the Assembly on April 7 , 1938 . However , the Legislative Assembly Act refers only to members of the Assembly . The Legislative Assembly is the second largest Canadian provincial deliberative assembly by number of members after the National Assembly of Quebec . The current assembly was elected on June 7 , 2018 , as part of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario .
Phelim P. Boyle ( born 1941 ) , is an Irish economist and distinguished professor and actuary , and a pioneer of quantitative finance . He is best known for initiating the use of Monte Carlo methods in option pricing .
Monte Carlo methods , or Monte Carlo experiments , are a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results . The underlying concept is to use randomness to solve problems that might be deterministic in principle . They are often used in physical and mathematical problems and are most useful when it is difficult or impossible to use other approaches . Monte Carlo methods are mainly used in three problem classes : optimization , numerical integration , and generating draws from a probability distribution . In physics-related problems , Monte Carlo methods are useful for simulating systems with many coupled degrees of freedom , such as fluids , disordered materials , strongly coupled solids , and cellular structures ( see cellular Potts model , interacting particle systems , McKean-Vlasov processes , kinetic models of gases ) . Other examples include modeling phenomena with significant uncertainty in inputs such as the calculation of risk in business and , in mathematics , evaluation of multidimensional definite integrals with complicated boundary conditions . In application to systems engineering problems ( space , oil exploration , aircraft design , etc . ) , Monte Carlo-based predictions of failure , cost overruns and schedule overruns are routinely better than human intuition or alternative soft methods . In principle , Monte Carlo methods can be used to solve any problem having a probabilistic interpretation . By the law of large numbers , integrals described by the expected value of some random variable can be approximated by taking the empirical mean ( a.k.a . the sample mean ) of independent samples of the variable . When the probability distribution of the variable is parametrized , mathematicians often use a Markov chain Monte Carlo ( MCMC ) sampler .
In finance , an option is a contract which gives the buyer ( the owner or holder of the option ) the right , but not the obligation , to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price prior to or on a specified date , depending on the form of the option . The strike price may be set by reference to the spot price ( market price ) of the underlying security or commodity on the day an option is taken out , or it may be fixed at a discount or at a premium . The seller has the corresponding obligation to fulfill the transaction - to sell or buy - if the buyer ( owner ) exercises the option . An option that conveys to the owner the right to buy at a specific price is referred to as a call ; an option that conveys the right of the owner to sell at a specific price is referred to as a put . Both are commonly traded , but the call option is more frequently discussed . The seller may grant an option to a buyer as part of another transaction , such as a share issue or as part of an employee incentive scheme , otherwise a buyer would pay a premium to the seller for the option . A call option would normally be exercised only when the strike price is below the market value of the underlying asset , while a put option would normally be exercised only when the strike price is above the market value . When an option is exercised , the cost to the buyer of the asset acquired is the strike price plus the premium , if any . When the option expiration date passes without the option being exercised , the option expires and the buyer would forfeit the premium to the seller . In any case , the premium is income to the seller , and normally a capital loss to the buyer . The owner of an option may on-sell the option to a third party in a secondary market , in either an over-the-counter transaction or on an options exchange , depending on the option . The market price of an American-style option normally closely follows that of the underlying stock being the difference between the market price of the stock and the strike price of the option .
James Roos Breithaupt ( popularly pronounced bright-up ) , KStJ , CD , OM ( Pol ) , QC , ( September 7 , 1934 - August 29 , 2018 ) was a Canadian politician . He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1984 as a member of the Liberal Party . He won a total of five elections , and is the longest serving former Member of Provincial Parliament ( MPP ) for Kitchener since Canadian Confederation in 1867 .
Terry Copp ( born 1938 ) is a Canadian military historian and Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University and is co-founder and Director of the Laurier Centre for Military and Strategic Disarmament Studies since the late 1980s . Copp was born and grew up in Montreal . Educated at Sir George Williams University ( BA ) and McGill University ( MA ) , Copp first published The Anatomy of Poverty : The Condition of the Working Class in Montreal , 1897-1929 . Toronto , McClelland & Stewart Limited , 1974 . He established a reputation as one of Canada 's foremost military historians . He founded the journal Canadian Military History . His books include Cinderella Army : The Canadians in Northwest Europe , Fields of Fire : The Canadians in Normandy , No Price Too High , The Brigade : The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade and The Canadian Battlefields in Italy : Sicily and Southern Italy . He is a two time recipient ( 1990 and 1992 ) of the C.P . Stacey Prize . He was involved in battlefield studies tours . He was also the military analyst for the acclaimed television series No Price Too High and a frequent contributor to Legion Magazine . In November 2011 , with Matt Symes and Nick Lachance , he co-authored Canadian Battlefields 1915-1918 : A Visitor 's Guide .
Craig S. Fleisher is a scholar , advisor and author who has written or edited several books on public affairs , business , and competitive intelligence and analysis . Before becoming Dean of the Business School at the College of Coastal Georgia , he was awarded two endowed research chair positions while a Professor of Business ( Strategy & Environment ) at the Odette School of Business , University of Windsor , Ontario , Canada . His research addresses the areas of business and competitive intelligence , corporate public affairs ( government relations and lobbying ) , and performance management and measurement . Since 2011 Dr. Fleisher has served as the Chief Learning Officer of Aurora WDC , a 20+ year old professional services firm ( PSF ) headquartered in Madison , Wisconsin , USA .
Walter Hachborn , CM ( July 24 , 1921 - December 16 , 2016 ) was a Canadian businessman and co-founder , with two others , of Home Hardware , a Canadian home improvement and construction retailer which supplies to contractors and individual retail consumers .
Home Hardware Stores Ltd. is a privately held Canadian home improvement , construction materials , and furniture retailer . Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St. Jacobs , Ontario , the chain is co-operatively owned by over 1100 independently owned member stores , including one of them located in the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon .
Brian Henderson ( born 1948 ) is a Canadian writer and poet whose book of poetry Nerve Language was shortlisted for the Governor General 's Award for Poetry in 2007 . Sharawadji was nominated for the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry in 2011 .
Shohini Ghose is a multi-award-winning quantum physicist and Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University . She is the President ( 2019-2020 ) of the Canadian Association of Physicists , the Co-Editor in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Physics , and the Director of the Laurier Centre for Women in Science . She was a 2014 TED Fellow and is a 2018 TED Senior Fellow . In 2019 she was featured on the Star TV show TED Talks India Nayi Baat hosted by Shah Rukh Khan . In 2017 she was elected to the Royal Society of Canada 's College of New Scholars , Artists and Scientists .
Morgan Holmes is a Canadian sociologist , author , and a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University , Ontario . She is also an intersex activist and writer , and former member of Intersex Society of North America . Holmes participated in the first public demonstration by intersex people , now marked by Intersex Awareness Day .
Intersex people are individuals born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes , gonads , sex hormones or genitals that , according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies . Such variations may involve genital ambiguity and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female . In the 19th and 20th centuries , some members of the medical literary community devised new nomenclature to attempt to classify the characteristics that they had observed . It was the first attempt at creating a taxonomic classification system of intersex conditions . Intersex people were categorized as either having true hermaphroditism , female pseudohermaphroditism , or male pseudohermaphroditism . These terms are no longer used : terms including the word hermaphrodite are considered to be misleading , stigmatizing , and scientifically specious in reference to humans . A hermaphrodite is now defined as an animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs . In 1917 , Richard Goldschmidt created the term intersexuality to refer to a variety of physical sex ambiguities . In clinical settings , the term disorders of sex development ( DSD ) has been used since 2006 . This shift has been controversial since the label was introduced . Intersex people face stigmatization and discrimination from birth , or from discovery of an intersex trait , such as from puberty . This may include infanticide , abandonment and the stigmatization of families .
David Tuffy Knight ( born May 17 , 1936 in Clarksburg , West Virginia , North View section ) is a former coach of Canadian university football and a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame . Knight was a high school football , track , and basketball coach in Southeastern Ohio who moved to Canada in 1965 to become head coach of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in Waterloo , Ontario . He coached the Hawks until 1983 . Knight then joined the Toronto Argonauts as director of player personnel , returning to Waterloo in 1988 to coach Laurier 's cross-town rivals at the University of Waterloo . At the time , the Waterloo Warriors had n't won a game since 1985 . He missed the entire 1988 season after suffering a mild heart attack , and the Warriors had an 0-7 season in his absence . Knight came back to be Canadian university football coach of the year in 1989 . He coached the Warriors to the Yates Cup provincial title in 1997 and then retired . Knight came out of retirement in 2000 to be an assistant coach for the Golden Hawks , working three seasons under head coach Rick Zmich . Knight won four Yates Cups over his career as head coach ( 1972 , 1973 , 1978 , 1997 ) . At the time of his retirement , he was the winningest coach in Canadian university football history with 153 career wins ( record surpassed in 2003 ) . He was a three-time winner of the Frank Tindall Trophy as the top university football coach in Canada .
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks , commonly shortened to Laurier Golden Hawks , is the name used by the varsity sports teams of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo , Ontario , Canada . The university 's varsity teams compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and , where applicable , in the west division . The football program has become one of the best in the conference , winning a Vanier Cup national championship in 2005 to go along with their previous title in 1991 . Since 2003 , the team has not finished lower than fourth in the ten-team OUA conference under the guidance of head coach Gary Jeffries . The WLU Competitive Cheerleading team has also risen to prominence in the last few years [ when ? ] having won 6 national championship titles at the University National Cheerleading Championships conducted by Power Cheerleading Athletics . The Golden Hawk Cheerleaders have been ranked in the top five squads in the nation at least 8 times in the past 10 years , [ when ? ] winning 6 national titles in 2007 , 2008 ( in the All-Female division ) , 2009 ( in the Small-Coed division ) , 2010 ( All-Female Division ) , and 2011 ( All-Female Division ) . Most recently the team brought home first place at the 2013 ( All-Female Division ) University Nationals Competition managing to outscore teams from all other divisions , securing the title of Grand Champions . In addition to the program 's primarily competitive focus , the team can also be found cheering sidelines at football games , and both men 's and women 's basketball games . The women 's varsity hockey team have become very successful , winning their first OUA championship in their 1998-1999 season , winning six consecutive years ( 2002-2008 ) . They also won Nationals in 2004-2005 .
John Warwick Montgomery ( born October 18 , 1931 ) is a noted lawyer , professor , Lutheran theologian , and prolific author living in France . He was born in Warsaw , New York , United States . Since 2014 he has been Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University , Wisconsin , and continues to work as a barrister specializing in religious freedom cases in international Human Rights law . He is chiefly noted for his major contributions as a writer , lecturer and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics . From 1995 to 2007 he was a Professor in Law and Humanities at the University of Bedfordshire , England ; and from 2007 to 2014 the Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College in Virginia , USA . He remains Emeritus Professor at the University of Bedfordshire . He is also the director of the International Academy of Apologetics , Evangelism & Human Rights , Strasbourg , France , and is the editor of the theological online journal Global Journal of Classical Theology .
Kim Ondaatje ( also known as Betty Jane Kimbark ; born October 2 , 1928 ) is a Canadian painter , photographer , and documentary filmmaker .
John Henry Reimer ( born July 16 , 1936 ) is a Canadian politician . He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1980 , and again from 1984 to 1993 , as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party . Reimer was born to a Mennonite family in Kitchener , Ontario . He was educated at the University of Toronto , the Ontario College of Education and the University of Waterloo , and holds Bachelor of Arts , Master of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees . He worked as an educator before entering political life , and served on the board of governors of Wilfrid Laurier University for four years . He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1979 election , defeating Liberal candidate David Cooke by over 6,000 votes in Kitchener . He served as a backbench supporter of Joe Clark 's minority government , and lost to Liberal Peter Lang by 1,512 votes in the 1980 election which was called after Clark 's government lost a motion of no confidence . Reimer was returned to the Commons in the 1984 election , defeating Lang by over 10,000 votes as the Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority government under Brian Mulroney . He was re-elected by a narrower margin in 1988 , and served for nine years as a backbench supporter of the Mulroney and Kim Campbell governments . In 1987 , his private motion to include property rights in the Canadian Bill of Rights was approved by the house . Reimer was defeated in 1993 , finishing third against historian and Liberal candidate John English . He sought a return to Parliament in the newly constituted riding of Kitchener Centre during the 1997 election , but finished a distant second against new Liberal candidate Karen Redman .
Adele Reinhartz FRSC , born 1953 , is a Canadian academic and a specialist in the history and literature of Christianity and Judaism in the Greco-Roman period , the Gospel of John , early Jewish-Christian relations , literary criticism including feminist literary criticism , feminist exegesis , and the impact of the Bible on popular cinema and television .
Roger Sarty ( born 27 September 1952 in Halifax , Nova Scotia ) is among Canada 's leading historians , specializing in the history of Canada 's Navy and coastal defence .
The Royal Canadian Navy ( RCN ; French : Marine royale canadienne ) is the naval force of Canada . The RCN is one of three environmental ( land - army , sea - navy , and air - air force ) commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces . As of 2017 [ update ] , The Royal Canadian Navy operates 12 frigates , 4 attack submarines , 12 coastal defence vessels and 8 patrol/training vessels , as well as several auxiliary vessels . The Royal Canadian Navy consists of 8,500 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors , supported by 5,300 civilians . [ a 1 ] Vice-Admiral Art McDonald is the current Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Chief of the Naval Staff . [ a 2 ] Founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal sanction on 29 August 1911 , the Royal Canadian Navy was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Armed Forces in 1968 , after which it was known as Maritime Command until 2011 . In 2011 , its historical title of Royal Canadian Navy was restored . Over the course of its history , the RCN has served in the First and Second World Wars , the Korean War , the Persian Gulf War , the War in Afghanistan and numerous United Nations peacekeeping missions and NATO operations .
Lindsay Shepherd is a Canadian columnist who became known for her involvement , as a graduate student and teaching assistant , in an academic freedom controversy at Wilfrid Laurier University ( WLU ) in Waterloo , Ontario in 2017 . In November 2017 , Shepherd played her communications class two clips of a debate with psychologist Jordan Peterson on Bill C-16 , which added gender identity or expression as a prohibited ground for discrimination to the Canadian Human Rights Act and as an identifiable group to the Criminal Code . Following the class , Shepherd was summoned to a meeting with her supervisor ; the head of her academic program ; and an acting manager from the university 's Diversity and Equity Office . Shepherd recorded the meeting , during which she was asked about the video clips and told 'at least one ' complaint about her class had been raised . Shepherd was accused of having created a toxic climate for some of the students by playing the clips [ A ] and told she would have to submit a lesson plan to Professor Rambukkana prior to each class . [ B ] After she released the recording , an independent fact-finder hired by the university reported that the meeting should not have taken place , that no formal complaint , nor informal concern relative to a Laurier policy had been registered , and that Shepherd had done nothing wrong by showing the clips . After the tape 's release , Shepherd became active online about issues of free speech and academic freedom . In 2018 , she founded the Laurier Society for Open Inquiry at WLU , and in May that year received the 2018 Harry Weldon Canadian Values Award from Canadians for Accountability . The following month she filed a lawsuit against the university , the two professors , the third staff member and a student , alleging harassment , intentional infliction of nervous shock , negligence , and constructive dismissal . Peterson also filed a lawsuit , for defamation , against the university and the staff members in the meeting .
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation , censorship , or legal sanction . The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously but includes any act of seeking , receiving , and imparting information or ideas , regardless of the medium used . Freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR ) and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) . Article 19 of the UDHR states that everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference and everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression ; this right shall include freedom to seek , receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds , regardless of frontiers , either orally , in writing or in print , in the form of art , or through any other media of his choice . The version of Article 19 in the ICCPR later amends this by stating that the exercise of these rights carries special duties and responsibilities and may therefore be subject to certain restrictions when necessary [ f ] or respect of the rights or reputation of others or [ f ] or the protection of national security or of public order ( order public ) , or of public health or morals . Freedom of speech and expression , therefore , may not be recognized as being absolute , and common limitations or boundaries to freedom of speech relate to libel , slander , obscenity , pornography , sedition , incitement , fighting words , classified information , copyright violation , trade secrets , food labeling , non-disclosure agreements , the right to privacy , dignity , the right to be forgotten , public security , and perjury . Justifications for such include the harm principle , proposed by John Stuart Mill in On Liberty , which suggests that : the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community , against his will , is to prevent harm to others . The idea of the offense principle is also used in the justification of speech limitations , describing the restriction on forms of expression deemed offensive to society , considering factors such as extent , duration , motives of the speaker , and ease with which it could be avoided . With the evolution of the digital age , application of freedom of speech becomes more controversial as new means of communication and restrictions arise , for example the Golden Shield Project , an initiative by Chinese government 's Ministry of Public Security that filters potentially unfavourable data from foreign countries .
Linda Catlin Smith ( born 1957 , in New York City ) is a Canadian composer based out of Toronto , Ontario , Canada . In 2005 she became the second woman to win the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music . Smith studied composition and theory with Allen Shawn in New York , and with composers Rudolf Komorous , Martin Bartlett , John Celona , Michael Longton , and Jo Kondo at the University of Victoria in British Columbia ; and attended lectures of Morton Feldman , by invitation , in Buffalo , New York . She studied piano with Nurit Tilles and Gilbert Kalish at the State University of New York at Stony Brook , and with Kathleen Solose in Victoria , British Columbia , where she also studied harpsichord with Erich Schwandt . She moved to Toronto in 1981 , where she produced a series of concerts at Mercer Union Gallery . She was Artistic Director of Arraymusic , one of Toronto 's major contemporary music ensembles , from 1988 - 1993 . She is a member of the performance collective , URGE . She has given lectures at many universities in Canada , and has taught composition privately and at Wilfrid Laurier University . Outside of teaching , her time is devoted to writing music . Drawn to an ambiguity of harmony and narrative , her work is informed by her appreciation of the work of writers and painters , including : Marguerite Duras , Cormac McCarthy , Cy Twombly , Giorgio Morandi , Mark Rothko , Agnes Martin , and Joseph Cornell , among many others .
Andrew Peter Telegdi , PC ( born András Telegdi ; May 28 , 1946 - January 23 , 2017 ) was a Canadian politician . He was a Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2008 , representing Waterloo and the successor riding of Kitchener - Waterloo .
The Liberal Party of Canada ( French : Parti libéral du Canada ) is the oldest and longest-serving political party in Canada . The party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada 's history , holding power for almost 70 years in the 20th century - more than any other party in a developed country - and as a result , it is sometimes referred to as Canada 's natural governing party . The party espouses the principles of liberalism , and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum , with the Conservative Party positioned to the centre-right and the New Democratic Party ( who at times aligned itself with the Liberals during minority governments ) , occupying the centre-left to left . Like their federal Conservative Party rivals , the party is often described as a big tent , attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters . In the late 1970s , Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau claimed that his Liberal Party adhered to the radical centre . The Liberals ' signature policies and legislative decisions include universal health care , the Canada Pension Plan , Canada Student Loans , peacekeeping , multilateralism , official bilingualism , official multiculturalism , patriating the Canadian constitution and the entrenchment of Canada 's Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Clarity Act , legalizing same-sex marriage , euthanasia , and cannabis , national carbon pricing , and reproductive choice . In the 2015 federal election , the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau had its best result since the 2000 election , winning 39.5 percent of the popular vote and 184 seats , gaining a majority of seats in the House of Commons . However , in the 2019 federal election , they lost their majority , winning 157 seats , but they still remained the largest party in the House .
A member of parliament ( MP ) is the representative of the voters to a parliament . In many countries with bicameral parliaments , this category includes specifically members of the lower house , as upper houses often have a different title . Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions . Members of parliament tend to form parliamentary groups ( also called parliamentary parties ) with members of the same political party .