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We have recently lost a dear and valued member of our Society. Ruth Parsons died earlier in the year after a short illness. Ruth became a psychoanalytic candidate in 2001 and graduated in 2005. In the intervening years, Ruth became a very committed member of our psychoanalytic community. She was a mentor in the CPS Quebec English Fellowship Program, where she always provided her “fellow” with a thorough grounding in psychoanalytic theory, and gave unstinting support and encouragement in that role. Ruth was also on the Scientific Program Committee. She contributed her ideas and suggestions to help enrich the scientific program. Four years ago, Ruth became chair of the QE Guest Committee. Under her leadership, she initiated open house events, which attracted many interested and interesting new individuals into our community. She helped make this program a valuable outreach vehicle for our Society.
Just before the onset of her illness, Ruth was elected to the Executive Council. She had also became an enthusiastic new member of our institute faculty. Unfortunately for us, she was not able to fulfil either of these new mandates. Ruth had many friends within the Society and she was universally respected. We will miss her, and our community is diminished by her premature death.
Erica Robertson