Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, OC , OBC , M.Ed , D.Litt , FRSC (October 12, 1909 - December 29, 1996) was a Canadian poet. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... The Order of British Columbia insignia The Order of British Columbia is British Columbias highest award for outstanding achievement. ... The Master of Education (M.Ed or M.A.E.) is a degree conferred by American institutions for educators moving on in their field. ... A Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ...

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of J.F.B. Livesay and Florence Randal Livesay, she moved to Toronto with her family in 1920. She received a BA in 1931 from Trinity College in the University of Toronto and received a diploma from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work in 1934. She also studied at the Sorbonne and University of British Columbia. Her first collection of poetry, Green Pitcher, when she was only nineteen. She worked for UNESCO in Paris in 1959 and in Northern Rhodesia as a field worker from 1960 to 1963. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge),1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Trinity College main building The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (the Kajal Sen/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National motto: Sit Nomine Digna (Latin: May she be worthy of the name} Official language English Capital Salisbury Political system Parliamentary system Form of government Republic - Last President John Wrathall - Prime Minister Ian Smith Area  - Total  - % water 390 580 km² 1% Population  - 1978 est. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

From 1951 until 1984, she was an instructor and a writer-in-residence many Canadian universities, including the University of British Columbia (1951-53 and 1966-68), University of New Brunswick (1966-1968), University of Alberta (1968-1971), University of Victoria (1972-1974), University of Manitoba (1974-76), Simon Fraser University (1980-82), and University of Toronto (1983-84). KFP 15:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... The University of Victoria (usually known as UVic) is located in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (northeast of Victoria, and split between the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich) . It is a medium-sized university, with approximately 18,000 students, as of 2004. ... The University of Manitoba (established in 1877) is one of four universities in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was the first university ever established in Western Canada. ... Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

In 1937 she married Duncan Macnair, they had two children Peter and Marcia.

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Honours

• She won the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1947.
• In 1947 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
• In 1983 she was made a Doctor of Athabasca University.
• In 1986 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
• In 1992 she was awarded the Order of British Columbia.

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Selected works

• Green Pitcher (1928)
• Signpost (1932)
• Day and Night (1944), winner of the 1944 Governor General's Awards
• Poems for People (1947), winner of the 1947 Governor General's Awards
• Call My People Home (1950)
• New Poems (1955)
• Selected Poems of Dorothy Livesay (1957)
• The Colour of God's Face (1964)
• The Unquiet Bed (1967)
• The Documentaries (1968)
• Collected Poems: The Two Seasons (1968)
• Plainsongs (1969)
• A Winnipeg Childhood (1973)
• Nine Poems of Farewell (1973)
• Ice Age (1975)
• The Woman I Am (1977)
• Right Hand Left Hand (1977)
• The Raw Edges: Voices from Our Time (1981)
• The Phases of Love (1983)
• Feeling the Worlds (1984)
• Beyond War: The Poetry (1985)
• The Self-Completing Tree: Selected Poems: (1986)
• Journey With My Selves: A Memoir, 1909-1963 (1991)
• Archive for Our Times: Previously Uncollected and Unpublished Poems of Dorothy Livesay (1996)

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References

• Dorothy Livesay fonds, 1909-1996. University of Manitoba. URL accessed on April 8, 2005.

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External links

• Order of Canada Citation