Mary Jane McCallum facts for kids
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Mary Jane McCallum
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Mary Jane McCallum in 2023
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| 8th Chancellor of Brandon University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2021 |
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| President | David Docherty |
| Preceded by | Michael Decter |
| Senator from Manitoba | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2017 |
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| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | Julie Payette |
| Preceded by | Janis Johnson |
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| Born | May 1, 1952 |
| Political party | Non-affiliated |
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Independent Senators Group (2018-2022) |
| Profession | Dentist |
Mary Jane McCallum (born 1952) is a Canadian Senator representing Manitoba.
Early life and education
McCallum was born on May 1, 1952. She attended a residential school from the age of five. She received a Dental Nursing Diploma from the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1977 and a dental therapy diploma at the School of Dental Therapy in 1979. She earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Manitoba in 1990.
Career
A dentist by profession, and a Cree woman, she has spent much of her career working to provide dental and medical services to northern and Indigenous communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 4, 2017.
On May 6, 2021 she was named Chancellor of Brandon University. She is the first Indigenous woman to hold the post.
