[Candrama] Louise Forsyth

[Patrick Leroux]

Louise was a wonderful, generous, knowledgeable, kind colleague and mentor. She seemed to make everyone feel considered and heard.

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.

Thinking of you, Louise! Cheers!

Patrick
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Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux
On leave / En congé
Professor / Professeur titulaire
Department of English & Département d'études françaises
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Recteur de l’Université Saint Paul, Ottawa
Rector (President) of Saint Paul University, Ottawa
Patrick.leroux at ustpaul.ca

Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada



From: Candrama <candrama-bounces at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Graham, Catherine <grahamca at mcmaster.ca>
Date: Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Cc: candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: [Candrama] Louise Forsyth
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 place.

Catherine


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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.

Reid


On May 17, 2024, at 3:13 PM, Paula Sperdakos <sperdakos at sympatico.ca> wrote:
Oh, dear colleagues! What a great loss. She was a pistol, all right. The best.

Regards to you all,
Paula


On May 17, 2024, at 5:49 PM, Ric Knowles <rknowles at uoguelph.ca> wrote:


Thank you Moira,

This is very sad news indeed. Louise was a force to be reconned with, and we all benefited hugely from her committment.

Ric


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Dear colleagues,

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 May 16th, 2024. Her health began to fail after 2022, and while our last visit in February, 2024 went well, she was clearly very fragile even then.

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 Studies. She will be very much missed.

Best,
Moira

Dr. MOIRA DAY
Professor Emerita
Department of Drama
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 5E2

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