Jalynn H. Bennett, (12 March 1943 – 23 January 2015) was a

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consultant and

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. Over the course of her career, she was a member of the Board of Directors of

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, Bombardier, Rexel Canada Electrical,

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Communications Corporation,

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, the

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's Public Accountants Council, and the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation.

Biography

Born in

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, she attended Wellesley College from 1962 to 1963, before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from

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in 1965. She joined the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company eventually becoming the Vice President of Corporate Development from 1985 to 1989. In 1989, she founded her own consulting firm called Jalynn H. Bennett and Associates Limited which specializes in strategic planning and organizational development. From 1989 to 1994, she was a Director of the Bank of Canada. From 1989 to 1994, she was a Commissioner of the

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. From 1994 to 1999, she was the Chair of the

Trent University Trent University is a public liberal arts university in Peterborough, Ontario, with a satellite campus in Oshawa, which serves the Regional Municipality of Durham. Trent is known for its Oxbridge college system and small class sizes.

Board of Governors. In 2000, she was made a Member of the

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for her "impressive financial career". In 1999, she was made a Fellow of the

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. In 2004, she was awarded an honorary degree from University of Trinity College.

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