Eva Kushner (born June 18, 1929) is a Canadian scholar of
Comparative literature and French,
Renaissance, and Canadian literature. She was the President of
Victoria University in 1987. In 1997, she was made an officer of the
Order of Canada. She was the first woman to be a university president in
Ontario, Canada.
Biography
Eva Dubska was born in
Prague,
Czechoslovakia on June 18, 1929.
She lived in France from 1939 to 1945, returned briefly to Czechoslovakia after
World War II, and then moved to Canada in 1946.
Kushner attended
McGill University and obtained a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology in 1948.
In 1950, she obtained an M.A. in
Philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
and in 1956, she obtained a Ph.D. in
French Literature.
Kushner became President of
Victoria University in 1987 and held that position until 1994.
She also served as Chair of the
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...
Committee on Freedom of Scholarship and Science from 1993 to 1998.
In 1997, the
Canadian government awarded her the
Order of Canada award.
Personal life
In 1949, Eva Dubska married scientist and writer
Donn Kushner
Donn Jean Kushner (March 29, 1927 – September 15, 2001) was an American-born Canadian scientist and writer. He taught biology at the University of Ottawa and Toronto from 1965 to 1992 and authored both adult and children's books, some of whic ...
.
The two were together until Donn Kusher's death in 2001.
They had three sons, Daniel, Roland and Paul.
Works
As author
As editor
References
External links
1929 births
Living people
McGill University alumni
Officers of the Order of Canada
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