Josée Forest-Niesing (December 18, 1964 – November 20, 2021) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was appointed to the
Senate of Canada
The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The Senate is modelled after the B ...
in October 2018.
Biography
A trial lawyer from
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
,
Ontario, she served on the boards of the
Art Gallery of Sudbury
The Art Gallery of Sudbury is an art gallery in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Established in 1967 by the city's chamber of commerce under the Canadian Centennial projects, the gallery is located in the historic turn of the century arts and c ...
, the Carrefour Francophone de Sudbury, the
University of Sudbury
The University of Sudbury (french: Université de Sudbury) is a bilingual and tri-cultural university in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It provides undergraduate programming in both French and English in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Indigenous Stud ...
and the
Ontario Arts Council.
Forest-Niesing was hospitalized due to
COVID-19 in October 2021; she had an autoimmune condition affecting her lungs, which increased her vulnerability to the virus. She was discharged on November 14, but died a few days later on November 20, 2021, at the age of 56. Forest-Niesing had two children with her husband, Robert.
Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing, 56, dies following struggle with COVID-19
CBC News, November 20, 2021
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1964 births
2021 deaths
Lawyers in Ontario
Canadian senators from Ontario
Independent Canadian senators
Women members of the Senate of Canada
Women in Ontario politics
Politicians from Greater Sudbury
Franco-Ontarian people
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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