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Members of the Elmwood School family from past and present spent an evening with Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood at a gala dinner to celebrate the elite all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary, held Saturday in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History.
Atwood, considered one of our country’s finest writers, participated in a Q&A with Elmwood alumna Catherine Clark. She’s probably best known as the daughter of former PM Joe Clark but is also an experienced broadcaster, writer and public speaker and now head of her own communications company.
Atwood, who was born in Ottawa and whose latest novel The Heart Goes Last was published in September, spoke with Clark about the influence of her childhood on her writing, encouraging girls to take intellectual risks, and why failure is an important part of learning.
On hand was the school’s current and 11th headmistress, Cheryl Boughton, to welcome the 325 dinner guests and lead them in a toast to Elmwood, founded in 1915 by Theodora Philpot in an old farmhouse with only four students. “The building may have been humble and the pupils few but the education ambitions of our first headmistress were high,” said Boughton while speaking about a school that’s now 350 girls strong and located in upscale Rockcliffe Park.
Serving as MC was broadcaster, entrepreneur and Citizen columnist Mark Sutcliffe, whose step-daughter is a student of Elmwood. He opened his remarks by poking fun at a subject that’s been dominating news headlines for the past nine weeks. “So, 100 years. How about that? To put that in perspective, Elmwood opened just a couple of weeks before the current federal election campaign. Or, maybe it just feels that way.”
On a more serious note, Sutcliffe pointed out that women couldn’t yet vote at the time of Elmwood’s founding. “Certainly, a lot has changed over the last 100 years but one thing that has been constant has been the great education that girls at Elmwood have been receiving, by sending them out in the world to become leaders in their time and to make a difference in their communities.”
Spotted in the crowd was the school’s board chair, Mike Greenley, along with such recognizable Elmwood parents as political talk show host and Maclean’s columnist Evan Solomon. Among the special guests singled out was Norma Davies. She’s been on the school’s board for 50 years and is the daughter of Canada’s first female senator, Cairine Wilson, who attended Elmwood.
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From left, gala guests Louise Malhotra and Shawn Malhotra with Elmwood School parents Elizabeth Howe and Derek Howe, a partner with Windmill Development Group, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Tara-Leigh Cancino Brouillette and her partner, Jeff Mierins, owner of Star Motors, with Amanda Jackson at the centennial gala dinner for Elmwood School, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From left, Elmwood School parent and board chair Mike Greenley with fellow board member Peter Hudson, parent Dan Carruthers, and board vice chair Dan Goldberg at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parent Mark Sutcliffe served as MC at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary dinner, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, Ocotober 3, 2015.
From left, Dan Carruthers with Elmwood School board member Jacqueline Palumbo-Sugunasiri and her husband, Shalin Sugunasiri, and Denise Carruthers, also a member of the Elmwood School board, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Safa Siddiqui, Emily Wright and Elmwood School head girl Brooke Mierins were among the students who attended the private girls school’s centennial anniversary gala held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From left, Maureen McTeer with her daughter, Catherine Clark, and Mary Husted, visiting from Wales, and Clark’s husband, Chad Schella, at the Elmwood School’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Ottawa writer, broadcaster and entrepreneur Mark Sutcliffe and his wife, Ginny, were among the Elmwood School parents to attend the centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Elmwood School parents Catherine McLaughlin and her husband, Terry McLaughlin, president of Terlin Construction, were among the 325 attendees of the centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Some 325 attendees dined in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015, in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Elmwood School, an elite girls school located in Rockcliffe Park.
From left, Ottawa journalist Evan Solomon and his wife, Tammy Quinn, with Ottawa lawyer Michael Crystal at Elmwood School’s centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From the Elmwood School graduating class of 1995 were, from left, Catherine Clark, Susie Herbert, Dena Purvis, Sarah Mayes and Vanessa Brandt-Rousseau, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Elmwood School mom Whitney Fox with Reba Wilson and her mother, high-end real estate agent Marilyn Wilson, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parents Christine Murray and Scott Murray at the all-girls school’s centennial gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, community broadcaster Sarah Onyango (Elmwood School graduating class of 1984) catches up with former classmate Cynthia (Hughes) Berryman, who now lives in Birmingham, Alabama, during the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parents James Baxter, editor and publisher of iPolitics, and Sarah Baxter, were among the 325 attendees of the private girls school’s centennial anniversary gala, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
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Atwood, considered one of our country’s finest writers, participated in a Q&A with Elmwood alumna Catherine Clark. She’s probably best known as the daughter of former PM Joe Clark but is also an experienced broadcaster, writer and public speaker and now head of her own communications company.
Atwood, who was born in Ottawa and whose latest novel The Heart Goes Last was published in September, spoke with Clark about the influence of her childhood on her writing, encouraging girls to take intellectual risks, and why failure is an important part of learning.
On hand was the school’s current and 11th headmistress, Cheryl Boughton, to welcome the 325 dinner guests and lead them in a toast to Elmwood, founded in 1915 by Theodora Philpot in an old farmhouse with only four students. “The building may have been humble and the pupils few but the education ambitions of our first headmistress were high,” said Boughton while speaking about a school that’s now 350 girls strong and located in upscale Rockcliffe Park.
Serving as MC was broadcaster, entrepreneur and Citizen columnist Mark Sutcliffe, whose step-daughter is a student of Elmwood. He opened his remarks by poking fun at a subject that’s been dominating news headlines for the past nine weeks. “So, 100 years. How about that? To put that in perspective, Elmwood opened just a couple of weeks before the current federal election campaign. Or, maybe it just feels that way.”
On a more serious note, Sutcliffe pointed out that women couldn’t yet vote at the time of Elmwood’s founding. “Certainly, a lot has changed over the last 100 years but one thing that has been constant has been the great education that girls at Elmwood have been receiving, by sending them out in the world to become leaders in their time and to make a difference in their communities.”
Spotted in the crowd was the school’s board chair, Mike Greenley, along with such recognizable Elmwood parents as political talk show host and Maclean’s columnist Evan Solomon. Among the special guests singled out was Norma Davies. She’s been on the school’s board for 50 years and is the daughter of Canada’s first female senator, Cairine Wilson, who attended Elmwood.
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
From left, gala guests Louise Malhotra and Shawn Malhotra with Elmwood School parents Elizabeth Howe and Derek Howe, a partner with Windmill Development Group, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Tara-Leigh Cancino Brouillette and her partner, Jeff Mierins, owner of Star Motors, with Amanda Jackson at the centennial gala dinner for Elmwood School, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From left, Elmwood School parent and board chair Mike Greenley with fellow board member Peter Hudson, parent Dan Carruthers, and board vice chair Dan Goldberg at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parent Mark Sutcliffe served as MC at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary dinner, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, Ocotober 3, 2015.
From left, Dan Carruthers with Elmwood School board member Jacqueline Palumbo-Sugunasiri and her husband, Shalin Sugunasiri, and Denise Carruthers, also a member of the Elmwood School board, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Safa Siddiqui, Emily Wright and Elmwood School head girl Brooke Mierins were among the students who attended the private girls school’s centennial anniversary gala held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From left, Maureen McTeer with her daughter, Catherine Clark, and Mary Husted, visiting from Wales, and Clark’s husband, Chad Schella, at the Elmwood School’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Ottawa writer, broadcaster and entrepreneur Mark Sutcliffe and his wife, Ginny, were among the Elmwood School parents to attend the centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Elmwood School parents Catherine McLaughlin and her husband, Terry McLaughlin, president of Terlin Construction, were among the 325 attendees of the centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
Some 325 attendees dined in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015, in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Elmwood School, an elite girls school located in Rockcliffe Park.
From left, Ottawa journalist Evan Solomon and his wife, Tammy Quinn, with Ottawa lawyer Michael Crystal at Elmwood School’s centennial anniversary gala for the all-girls school, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
From the Elmwood School graduating class of 1995 were, from left, Catherine Clark, Susie Herbert, Dena Purvis, Sarah Mayes and Vanessa Brandt-Rousseau, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, Elmwood School mom Whitney Fox with Reba Wilson and her mother, high-end real estate agent Marilyn Wilson, at the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala, held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parents Christine Murray and Scott Murray at the all-girls school’s centennial gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
From left, community broadcaster Sarah Onyango (Elmwood School graduating class of 1984) catches up with former classmate Cynthia (Hughes) Berryman, who now lives in Birmingham, Alabama, during the all-girls private school’s centennial anniversary gala held at the Canadian Museum of History on Saturday, October 3, 2015.
Elmwood School parents James Baxter, editor and publisher of iPolitics, and Sarah Baxter, were among the 325 attendees of the private girls school’s centennial anniversary gala, held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at the Canadian Museum of History.
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