In memoriam
In Memoriam: Shirley Pettifer, 1947 - 2022
October 8, 2022
Shirley Pettifer passed away peacefully on September 27, 2022, at the St. Raphael Palliative Care Home from complications related to breast cancer.
She was politically active and passionate about social justice and feminist issues, helping to found the Montreal Health Press in the 1970s to disseminate (until then hard to obtain) information on sexual and reproductive health, improving the lives of many young women.
Her vocation was teaching and she leaned all the way into a nearly 40 year career at Vanier College, inspiring and motivating her students and colleagues alike, many of whom were at her bedside in her final days.