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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Louise was a wonderful, generous, knowledgeable, kind colleague and mentor. She seemed to make everyone feel considered and heard.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">She was also very supportive and knowledgeable of Québec and French-Canadian theatre and their study in the context of Canadian theatre studies. She also was passionate about women in theatre and cared deeply about reconciliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thinking of you, Louise! Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Reid Gilbert <rgilbert5989@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Candrama] Louise Forsyth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for letting us know Moira. This is indeed sad news. Louise was such a huge inspiration to me, as I know she was to many others. Her intelligence, determination and profound kindness left the world a better
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Catherine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am saddened by this news. Louise was very supportive of my early work and we became friends; she was supportive of, and a friend to, so many in the academy. She will be missed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh, dear colleagues! What a great loss. She was a pistol, all right. The best.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards to you all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paula <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On May 17, 2024, at 5:49 PM, Ric Knowles <rknowles@uoguelph.ca> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">This is very sad news indeed. Louise was a force to be reconned with, and we all benefited hugely from her committment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 17, 2024 10:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Candrama] Louise Forsyth</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">I am writing this morning with sad news. Yesterday, I was informed by her family that long-time CATR member, Louise Forsyth, had passed away quietly in Calgary on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Louise was a force in our field as a prolific scholar, brilliant administrator, and gifted mentor and teacher, especially in the area of Québec theatre and Women's
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