Shirley G. E. Carr

Background

Carr, Shirley G. E. was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of John James Boutilier and Mary Geraldine (Wilson) Little.

Education

Student, Stamford Collegiate Vocational Institute, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada student, Niagara College Applied Arts and Technology, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brock U., St. Catharines, Ontario, 1981; D of Civil Laws (honorary), Acadia U., Wolfville, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1984; Doctor of Laws (honorary), McMaster U., 1988; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Western Ontario, Canada, 1988.

Career

Various positions at local, provincial and national levels, Canada Union Public Employees, 1960-1974; executive vice president, Canada Labour Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, 1974-1984; secretary-treasurer, Canada Labour Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, 1984-1986; president, Canada Labour Congress, Ottawa, Ontario, since 1986.

Achievements

• Shirley G. E. Carr has been listed as a noteworthy Trade union president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board Governors Labour College Canada, Ottawa, since 1986. Co-chairperson Canada Labour Market and Productivity Center, Ottawa. County member Amnesty International;candidate New Democratic Party, Niagara Falls, 1971.

Member International confederation Free Trade Unions (vice president), Commonwealth Trade Union Council (vice president, chairperson since 1986), International Labour Organisation (governing body 1991, chair worker's group of governing body, vice chair governing body since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, embroidery, painting.

Connections

Married W. Bruce Carr, May 29, 1948.

Father:

John James Boutilier Little

Mother:

Mary Geraldine (Wilson) Little

Spouse:

W. Bruce Carr