Thelma chalifoux biography of barack obama

Canadian politician

Thelma J. Chalifoux (8 February 1929 – 22 September 2017) was a Canadian teacher and senator.^[1] She is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta.^[2]

One of five children, her mother, Helené, helped support the family by trading garden-grown vegetables.

Her father, Paul Villeneuve, was a residential school survivor and served in the First World War working as a carpenter and farm hand.^[3] She studied sociology at Lethbridge Community College and later took courses in construction estimation at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.^[1][4]

Chalifoux was a social justice activist, politician, and an active figure in the Métis community.

As an employee of the government agency Company of Young Canadians, she worked to advance community development initiatives in northern communities and advocated for improved housing conditions.^[5][4] Chalifoux co-founded the Slave Lak