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The Rev. Canon Alice Medcof is one of 52 women profiled in the 2015 edition of Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar.

The community of Hay River, N.W.T., is mourning the loss of the Rev. Georgina Bassett, who was ordained in 2012, becoming the first Anglican priest of Slavey descent in the Anglican Church of Canada. She died on July 8 of breast cancer at the age of 58.

From his driving, hard-rhotic accent to his fishing-and-hunting boyhood-not to mention summers working fish plants and oil tankers-Todd Russell is a Labradorian, through and through.

Archdeacon Richard Berryman, a priest, journalist and author, died onJan. 27 after a prolonged battle with kidney disease at the age of 82.

My mother, Catherine Hall, knit this for me the year her father, Canon Shirley Wood, died. That fall, I had broken my leg and my parents came to help me a few times, so I saw them more than usual.

At age 92 and in her 35th year and 12th consecutive term as mayor ofMississauga, Ont., Canada's sixth-largest city, Hazel McCallion isshowing no signs of slowing down. In fact, she's devoting her last twoyears in office to solving the seemingly insoluble problem of gridlockin the Greater Toronto Area.

Gary Woolsey, retired bishop of the diocese of Athabasca, who took hisministry to remote communities by plane, and later by motorcycle, diedon Oct. 18, 2013 at the age of 71 in Calgary.

Monica Pattencame by her lifelong passion for philan-thropy honestly. "My parentswere my role models," says Patten, who in June was named a member of theOrder of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours.

The Rev. Dr. Cyril Powles, an Anglican priest, missionary and universityprofessor who devoted much of his life to working for justice,particularly for Japanese-Canadians, died on July 26 in Vancouver at theage of 94.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters, Sasha and Malia,were shown the birth registry of U.S. President Barack Obama's Irishancestors during a visit to Dublin on Monday, June 17. The Obamas werein Ireland for the G8 meetings.

On Saturday, Feb. 2, theAnglican Church of Canada's first National Indigenous Bishop, MarkMacDonald, will receive the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at Queen'sPark, Toronto.

Canon Gordon Baker, a great intellectual and larger-than-life figure in the Anglican Church of Canada, died on November 8. He was 84. Ordained in 1954...

Anita Bundy, who passed away on Oct. 23 at the age of 93, was a "natural revolutionary," says the Rev. Clarke Raymond. Raymond was the...

Archdeacon Ian Grant, a retired priest who has been described by friends in the Anglican diocese of Huron as a "true pastor," died on...

Margaret O'Gara, a distinguished professor of theology at the University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, died Aug. 16 at age 65, after...