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11 Facts About Lorraine Code

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Lorraine Code was born on October 19,1937 and is a Canadian philosopher.

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Lorraine Code is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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Lorraine Code earned her Bachelor of Arts at Queen's University and her PhD at the University of Guelph in 1978.

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Lorraine Code then spent the following years teaching in the United Kingdom before returning to Canada for graduate school.

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In 1987, Lorraine Code was appointed a Canada Research Fellow at York University, and was later promoted to the title of Professor in the Department of Philosophy.

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In 1997, Lorraine Code was awarded the Walter Gordon Fellowship for her research in feminist theory and was named a Distinguished Research Professor.

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Three years later, Code was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship, named after Dorothy J Killam, which allowed her to conduct full-time research.

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In 2005, Lorraine Code was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in epistemology.

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Lorraine Code was given an honorary doctorate from University of Guelph.

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In 2013, Lorraine Code was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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In 2016, Lorraine Code was awarded the Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies by the Royal Society of Canada.