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Dorette began painting during her studies in Political Science at Sciences Po., Paris in 1991. Captivated by the form and style of the Parisian rooftops outside her window, she was moved to paint what she saw on canvas. Using black and white oils to depict a world marked by its own colour blindness, Dorette has gone on to explore other subjects on canvas, including the human body, a series of portraits on the missing women of Vancouver, as well as landscapes.
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Listed in the Who's Who of Black Canada, HUGGINS, Dorette was born in Nevis, West Indies in 1958. She moved to Canada in 1974, where she completed high school at Harbord Collegiate Institute, Toronto and undergraduate studies at Glendon College, York University.
Married and based in Toronto, Dorette Pollard was the first Director of Communications, Department of Justice Canada, Ontario Regional Office (2001-2003) and began law studies at Osgoode Hall Law School in September 2003.
Prior to joining Justice Canada, Dorette was a Communications Advisor, Human Resources Development Canada, 2000-2001, where she wrote speeches for the Associate Deputy Minister. Fluently bilingual, she was a Human Rights Officer, 1996-2000, in the Ontario Regional Office, Canadian Human Rights Commission where she founded the Human Rights Through Art Exhibit in 1997, to promote art by Ontario's Black artists during Black History Month.
While studying in France, she completed journalism internships with Le Monde and Agence France Presse in 1990 and was a freelance journalist with The Financial Post. From 1984-1986, Dorette was a writer in the PMO and Office of the Leader of the Opposition, The Right Honourable John N. Turner.
She is a past president of the Black Film and Video Network, 1996-1998 and the founder of EDSIS, a quarterly international journal on the "Environment and Development of Small Island States."
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Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, LL.B., First Year, Section D
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| 2002 |
University of Toronto, Studied Realistic Drawing, Celia Godkin |
| 1995 |
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Diplôme, Sciences politiques |
| 1980 |
Glendon College, York University, Honours B.A., Political Science |
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| 2003 |
Group Exhibition, In Celebration of Ontario Artists, a juried competition to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Ontario Archives, The John B. Aird Gallery |
| 1999 |
Group Exhibition at the Law Society of Upper Canada |
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Summer 2004
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Department of Justice Canada, Ontario Regional Office, Toronto
Student-at-Law: Tax Law Services Section. Duties included research and writing on recent cases dealing with Directors' Liability; and analysing the references and facts of the Appellant's factum in Rezek v. H.M.Q. |
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| 2001-2003 |
Department of Justice Canada, Ontario Regional Office, Toronto
Director of Communications: Established and managed the Communications Section in the Ontario Regional Office; provided strategic advice to Senior Regional Director, lawyers and other staff on both internal and external communications, including relations with the media and speech writing. |
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| 2000-2001 |
Human Resources Development Canada, Ontario Regional Office, Toronto
Communications Advisor: Provided communications advice and support to internal clients, including Francophone affairs and speech writing for the Associate Deputy Minister. |
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| 1996-2000 |
Canadian Human Rights Commission, Ontario Regional Office, Toronto
Bilingual Human Rights Officer: Conducted the intake and investigation of complaints; prepared case reports and recommendations to the Canadian Human Rights Commission; and promoted public awareness of human rights issues through presentations to client departments and community groups. Founded the "Human Rights Through Art Exhibit," in 1997. |
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| 1984-1986 |
Offices of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Canada, The Right Honourable John N. Turner.
Writer: Member of the Prime Minister's Office Policy Group: Provided research and drafted technical notes for the Prime Minister's Briefing Books.
Writer: Communications Section, Office of the Leader of the Opposition. Drafted the Leader of the Opposition’s responses to letters from the public. |
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| Book Reviews, Canadian Woman Studies/Les cahiers de la femme,York University, 2000. |
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| "John Adams et ses réflexions sur Condorcet: in Condorcet: Homme des Lumières et de la Révolution, ENS Editions Fontenay Saint-Cloud, France. pp. 207-223, 1994. |
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| Numerous journalism pieces published during internships at Le Monde, Paris, France and Agence France Presse, Ottawa, 1990 and freelance work with The Financial Post, 1986. |
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Member of the portrait society of Canada
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Copyright © 2004 Dorette all rights reserved
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