1. Lois Mitchell was born on June 22,1939 and raised in Vancouver.
10 Facts About Lois Mitchell
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Lois Mitchell attended the University of British Columbia and studied physical education, graduating around 1961.
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Lois Mitchell later worked as a teacher in British Columbia for two years before moving to Calgary.
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Lois Mitchell is the founder of and a senior partner at Rainmaker Global Business Development, a marketing and consulting firm based in Calgary, and the president of Amherst Consultants.
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Lois Mitchell has been a board member of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, International Institute for Olympic, Paralympic and Sport Pedagogy, Special Olympic Foundation, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hockey Canada Foundation.
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Lois Mitchell is the chair of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary and in 1997 was named an honorary consul of Colombia to Alberta by the Colombian ambassador to Canada.
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Lois Mitchell established the Hayley Wickenheiser Thunderbird Ice Hockey Endowment in 2007 to support the UBC Women's Ice Hockey team.
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On May 20,2015, Lois Mitchell was appointed by Governor General of Canada David Johnston on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to be lieutenant governor of Alberta, replacing Donald Ethell.
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Lois Mitchell was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2012 when she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Lois Mitchell was married to Douglas Mitchell, whom she met while at school in British Columbia, from 1961 until Doug's death in 2022.