Nancy Hartling
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Nancy Hartling
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| office = Senator for New Brunswick
| appointed = David Johnston
| term_start = November 10, 2016
| term_end = February 1, 2025
| nominator = Justin Trudeau
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| party = Independent Senators Group
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|1}}
| birth_place = Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| residence = Moncton, New Brunswick
| alma_mater = St. Francis Xavier University
| occupation = Executive director
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Nancy J. Hartling {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB}} (born February 1, 1950) is a Canadian Senator from Moncton, New Brunswick. She was Executive Director of Support to Single Parents Inc., as well as a founding member of St. James Court Inc., a non-profit housing complex which provides single parents with affordable housing. On October 27, 2016, Hartling was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent and assumed office on November 10, 2016. She retired on February 1, 2025 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Early life and education
Hartling was born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, to a Royal Canadian Navy family. She moved frequently with her family across Eastern Canada, attending school in Ottawa. Hartling settled in Moncton, New Brunswick. She obtained a bachelor's degree from Norwich University, and a master's degree in adult education from St. Francis Xavier University.{{Cite web |url=http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_education_graduate_studies/|title=Graduate Studies in Adult Education and Community Development |access-date=2017-04-25}}
Career
Hartling founded Support to Single Parents Inc. in 1982, and remained the director until its dissolution in 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/support-single-parents-closing-1.3526609|title=Resource for single parents in Moncton will close its doors in June|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en}} She spent most of her career advocating for women's issues and was a lecturer on family violence issues at the University of New Brunswick.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unb.ca/academics/calendar/undergraduate/current/frederictoncourses/familyviolenceissues/fvi-2001.html|title=Introduction to Family Violence Issues {{!}} UNB|website=www.unb.ca|access-date=2017-04-25}} She also helped to create St. James Court Inc., an apartment complex for single parents.{{cite news |title=Trudeau Names 9 New Senators, Helping Independents Inch Closer To Control |first=Joan |last=Bryden |publisher=Huffington Post |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/10/27/independents-control-over-senate-imminent-with-pm-poised-to-fill-21-vacancies_n_12670292.html |date=October 27, 2016}} St. James Court received funding in part from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and operates as a nonprofit organization.{{Cite web|url=http://suburbanmonctonanglicans.com/stjames|title=St. James, Moncton|website=suburbanmonctonanglicans.com|access-date=2017-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044842/http://suburbanmonctonanglicans.com/stjames|archive-date=2017-10-17|url-status=dead}} She co-chaired a New Brunswick working group on violence against women convened by the provincial government.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/eco-bce/Violence/PDF/en/Report.pdf|title=Minister's Working Group on Violence Against Women|access-date=2017-04-21}}
Senate of Canada
Hartling was appointed to the Senate of Canada upon retirement in 2016, after applying through the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/independent-advisory-board-for-senate-appointments.html|title=Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments - Canada.ca|last=Canada|first=Service|website=www.canada.ca|date=7 July 2016 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-24}}{{Cite news|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3028500/justin-trudeau-set-to-name-nine-new-senate-appointments/|title=Justin Trudeau set to name nine new senate appointments|last=Bryden|first=Joan|date=October 27, 2016|work=Global News|agency=The Canadian Press|access-date=October 27, 2016}} She retired on February 1, 2025 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Awards
- Order of New Brunswick inducted in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2016_recipients.html|title=Order of New Brunswick Recipients, 2016|date=18 August 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2017}}
- Governor General's Award, 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/gg/recip-laure/2011-en.html|title=Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case|access-date=April 24, 2017}}
References
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External links
- [https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/hartling-nancy/ Senate Biography]
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18706}}
{{Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:Canadian senators from New Brunswick
Category:Women members of the Senate of Canada
Category:Independent Senators Group
Category:People from Colchester County
Category:Politicians from Moncton
Category:Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case winners