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MARY JO HADDAD
BScN ’84, LLD ’05
M
ary Jo
Haddad
is president and
CEO of The
Hospital for
Sick Children
in Toronto,
Canada’s most
research-
intensive hospital
and the largest
centre dedicated
to improving children’s health in the country.
For Haddad, who earned her Bachelor
of Science degree in Nursing in 1984, the
development of her leadership potential
was a valuable outcome of her education at
UWindsor. Already a full-time nurse when
she enrolled, Haddad says that she wanted
to broaden her understanding of the health
care system, and learn more about the theory
behind the practice and leadership.
“The University of Windsor allowed
me to build on my strengths,” says Haddad.
“As a mature student, I was encouraged to
challenge my profs, which I did, because I
wanted that dialogue.”
Upon graduation, Haddad returned to
The Hospital for Sick Children where she
had worked prior to enrolling at UWindsor,
and her private practice as a nurse practitioner
focused on newborns at risk. She eventually
moved on to become the NICU manager and
to her current role, from which she is retiring
at the end of this year.
“The rewards of my education are hard to
put into words. I get to work with a calibre of
people in my field that you can’t find anywhere
else in Canada. I’ve had opportunities
for innovation and leadership. It’s been a
tremendous foundation for my success.”
PAULAH DAUNS
BA ’81, LLB ’82
P
aulah Dauns is a woman who lives out the Law
School’s theme of Access to Justice with every
decision she makes.
Dauns, called to the bar in both Ontario and British
Columbia, is an adjudicator for the Indian Residential
Schools Secretariat, an independent tribunal that provides
impartial claims adjudication for those who have suffered
sexual and physical abuse at federally administered Indian
residential schools.
She is the former assistant deputy chairperson of the
Immigration and Refugee Board, and a former Refugee law
judge. Dauns has also served two terms on the University of
Windsor’s Alumni board of directors, and is an engaged contributor to the Faculty of Law.
Dauns was a refugee law judge, hearing more than 100 cases. She also wrote
several leading decisions including international drug and people trafficking cases.The
judgment she wrote on medical marijuana regarding a US refugee claimant was upheld
by the Federal Court of Canada.
Dauns was also the Vancouver Regional Director of the Legal Services Society,
which provides free legal assistance to eligible, low income citizens for criminal, family,
immigration and civil matters through clinics and members of the Bar.
DR. QIAN TANG
MHK ’82, PhD ’87
D
r. Qian Tang is the assistant director-general
for education for UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Under
his tenure, Education for All is a key goal of UNESCO’s
Education Sector.
Born in Beijing, China, Tang earned his bachelor’s
degree in education from Shanxi University, China
in 1976, followed by a Master of Human Kinetics in
1982 and PhD in Biological Sciences in 1987 from the
University of Windsor.
Tang joined UNESCO as senior program specialist
in the section for Technical and Vocational Education in
1993. He became chief of the Section in 1996. In this position, he assumed the overall co-
ordination of UNESCO’s International Project of Technical and Vocational Education and
organization of the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education.
Tang served as director of the Executive Office for the Education Sector from 2001
to 2005. He then became deputy assistant director-general for education, responsible
for overall co-ordination of the Education Sector’s strategic planning, program
implementation, finance and budgeting as well as human resource management.
Tang was appointed assistant director-general for education in April 2010. Since
then, he has led the efforts to revitalize the sector to raise the visibility of education on
the international development agenda and provide concrete assistance to UNESCO’s
member states.
