Joan Fraser (born October 12, 1944) is a

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former

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and journalist.

Biography

Fraser went to

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and then joined the ''

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'' in 1965 after graduating from

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. After two years as a

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on the

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, she joined the ''

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'' where she worked for eleven years and served as news editor, editorial page editor and

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bureau chief. She returned to ''The Gazette'' in 1978 becoming its

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in 1993. In 1996 she left that post and from 1997 to 1998 she was director-general of the Centre for Research and Information on Canada. In 1998, Fraser was appointed to the Senate on the advice of

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. In the 39th Parliament, she was appointed Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, working under Leader of the Opposition, Senator Dan Hays, PC. Fraser has served as President of the Women's Coordinating Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2004–2006), as well as an ''ex officio'' member of the International Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2002–2006). Fraser sat as a member of the

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. She was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2006 to 2007 and was a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament. Fraser retired from the Senate on February 2, 2018, reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 the year before. In 2020, she was appointed as a member of the

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Awards

Fraser has won two National Newspaper Awards (1982 and 1991) and four National Newspaper Award Citations of Merit (1986, 1987, 1990, 1994) for editorial writing. She has also won other awards for journalism, communications and her work on women's issues.

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