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Ann Connor Brimer
(from the Mail-Star, July 23, 1988)
Ann Elizabeth Connor Brimer, 48, a noted Halifax educator and cultural activist, died Friday at the Victoria General Hospital.
Ms. Brimer, of St. Margaret's Bay and 6069 Coburg Road, Halifax, died after a courageous struggle with cancer.
Born in Halifax, she is survived by her parents, Harold P. and Elizabeth C. (Saunders) Connor; her husband K. Scott Wood; her son Gavin Brimer; two sisters, Susan (Mrs. David Ritcey); Sara (Mrs. Randall Smith), and her brother Denis, all of Halifax.
A graduate of Queen Elizabeth High School, she received a B.A. from McGill University, pursued post-graduate studies at the University of London, England, and the Atlantic Institute of Education, Halifax, and obtained an M.A. in education from Dalhousie University.
A widely-respected educator, she taught Grade 3 at Cauldle Park School in Lower Sackville for a number of years and later was a reading resource teacher for the Halifax County Municipal School Board, executive director of the Canadian Learning Materials Centre,
a research associate with the Atlantic Institute of Education, and a program
coordinator in continuing education at Dalhousie University.
A co-founder and vice-president of Woozles, Halifax's first children's bookstore, and the Atlantic officer of the Canadian Children's Centre, she campaigned nationally in support of Canadian children's literature. In 1987, she co-founded Armour, and Associates,
a consulting firm in education and community development, and was involved
in two major projects, Women in Management, and Network Atlantic (promoting
children's authors and literature).
Keenly active in promoting Canadian culture and distinctive Canadian identity, she was a founding member of the Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture. she worked toward
the success of its 1985 Arts and Culture Assembly and its later National
Conference on Canadian Cultural Policy. As a co-editor of the coalition's
publication, 'You've Got Ten Minutes to Get That Flag Down', she wrote
and lectured widely on its significance for maintaining a strong Canadian
culture.
An ardent angler and strong Atlantic salmon conservationist who fished major salmon rivers all over the world, she was a supporter and director of the Nova Scotia Salmon Association
and a long-time member of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. She also
served as active board member of the Ecology Action Centre, the Committee
on Labour Education in the Schools, the Canadian Congress on Learning Opportunities
for Women, the Association of Canadian Studies and the Canadian Association
on Adult Education.....
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