Judith Weisz Woodsworth (born 1948) is a Canadian academic and university administrator, having formerly served as President of

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Early life and education

Born in Paris, France, in 1948, she grew up in Winnipeg. She received a BA in

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and

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from McGill University, a '' licence ès lettres'' from the

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in France, and a Ph.D. in French Literature from McGill.

Career

She taught in the Département d'études françaises at Concordia University (1980–97), where she also served as vice-dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1997 she was appointed academic vice-president at Mount Saint Vincent University. Woodsworth has written about translation theory, translation history and literary translation, and was the founding president of the

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. She has written about French literature and translation, and is a certified translator and member of the Literary Translators' Association of Canada. In 1999, she was inducted as an officer in the Ordre de la Pléiade, Ordre de la Francophonie et du dialogue des cultures, for her work in promoting the French language and intercultural relations. She is a past chair of the World University Service of Canada. She edited (with Jean Delisle) ''Translators through History'', also published in French as ''Les traducteurs dans l'histoire'' and in Portuguese as ''Os Tradutores Na Historia''. In 1997, she published her first translation of a literary work, ''Still Lives''. Woodsworth became president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University on August 1, 2008. On December 22, 2010, Concordia University issued a statement announcing that Woodsworth had stepped down from her position for personal reasons. She received a

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of $703,500, worth twice her annual base salary. She was on the board of directors of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Montreal International, as well as vice-president of CREPUQ (The Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities). In 2022, she won the Governor General's Award for French to English translation for ''

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'', her translation of Pierre Anctil's ''Histoire des juifs du Québec'', at the

2022 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022,Adina Bresge"Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards" ''Toronto Star'', October 12, ...

.Deborah Dundas
"Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction"
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'', November 16, 2022.

Publications

* ''Les traducteurs dans l'histoire'', editors Jean Delisle and Judith Woodsworth, Renouf Pub Co. Ltd., * ''Translators Through History'', editors Jean Delisle, Judith Woodsworth, John Benjamins Publishers,

References

External links

WUSC website
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Early life and education

Career

Publications

See also

References

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