Background
She was born and raised in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, to immigrant parents. Goldbloom was born and raised as Ruth Miriam Schwartz, in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
She was born and raised in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, to immigrant parents. Goldbloom was born and raised as Ruth Miriam Schwartz, in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
She attended both Mount Allison University and McGill University.
Their immigrant experience influenced her throughout her life and was a major factor in her helping to found She became the first Jew to Chair Mount Saint Vincent University"s board, which was a Catholic women"s university at the time. She was the chancellor of the Technical University of Nova Scotia in the 1990s and fundraising chair for the Halifax area United Way. They moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Montreal in 1967 with their family.
She became a fundraiser for Mount Saint Vincent University, at the time a women only Catholic institution.
In the 1980s, she became the first Jew to chair the University"s board. In 1989, she became the first chairwoman of the Halifax United Way"s annual fundraising drive.
She served as the Chancellor for the Technical University of Nova Scotia before it merged with Dalhousie University. She became a fundraiser for the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in 2009.
Goldbloom co-founded the Society in 1990, which eventually established the Museum.
She spearheaded the fundraising efforts to raise $16 million to build a new museum at the pier, which opened in 1999. In 2009, the year that was designated a National Museum of Immigration, Goldbloom noted that she always wanted it "to become the second museum outside of Ottawa to be a national museum of immigration." operated as an ocean liner terminal and immigration entry point from 1928 to 1971. lieutenant was converted to the museum in 1999 and became Canada"s National Museum of Immigration in 2009, with Goldbloom present as the Prime Minister announced the museum"s new status.