Lorna R. Marsden Lorna Marsden is President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. She took up this position in August, 1992 after 20 years as Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto where she also held several senior administrative positions. From 1984 to August, 1992 she also served as Senator in the Parliament of Canada representing Ontario. In the Senate, she chaired the Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science Technology, and served on the National Finance Committee and, occasionally, on the Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee. Wilfrid Laurier University enrols nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the faculties of Arts and Science, Music, Social Work and the School of Business and Economics. It is known for its attention to students as individuals, its academic excellence, and its sports programs. In 1991, Laurier won the Vanier Cup among other championships. Founded in 1911 as a Lutheran Seminary it became secular and changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University in 1973. The Lutheran Seminary remains part of the University. Born in Sidney, BC, Lorna Marsden was educated in local schools. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1968, and her PhD in Sociology from Princeton University in 1972. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick in 1990. From 1982-92, she was a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. Her research has been in the area of social change in Canada, encompassing the areas of labour force and labour market analysis and population issues. She has a particular interest in the circumstances of women in economic life and in social movements. Her books include The Fragile Federation: Social Change in Canada (with E.B. Harvey), Lives of their Own: The Individualization of Women's Lives (with Charles Jones and Lorne Tepperman), and 80 other articles on the labour force, gender issues, and work and occupations. Lorna Marsden has served on the board of directors of Air Canada, the Else Gregory MacGill Memorial Foundation, the Policy Research Centre on Children, Youth and Families, as well as serving as president of the Liberal Party of Canada, national Policy Chair of the LPC, and Chair of the LPC Reform Commission. She was Program Chair of the 1987 Governor General's Canadian Study Conference and serves on other boards and organizations.