Sarah Anala
{{Short description|Canadian social worker}}
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| birth_date = 26 December 1946
| birth_place = Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
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| nationality = Canadian, First Nations: Maliseet
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| occupation = Social work
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| awards = Order of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
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Sarah Anala C.M., is a Canadian social worker, particularly with the indigenous peoples of her country (Maliseet, Inuit, Mi'kmaq).{{cite web |last1=General |first1=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |title=Mrs. Sarah Anala |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-4193 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}
Biography
Sarah Anala was born December 26, 1946, in Nain, Labrador.{{cite book |title=Herstory 2011 |publisher=Coteau Books |isbn=978-1-55050-427-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwjgergxUB8C&dq=%22Sarah+Anala%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA102 |language=en}}
A nurse by training, she devotes her professional life to helping and supporting inmates at Dorchester Penitentiary.{{sfn|Antle|2018}} She gave numerous workshops in the Maritime provinces and her innovative methods succeeded in reducing the rate of recidivism among offenders. Herself of indigenous origin (Nunatsiavut Inuk) she cares about the social condition of her people as well as that of the Mi'kmaq and the Inuit. She initiates efforts for the preservation of indigenous heritage, promoting understanding and respect between whites and indigenous peoples.
Awards
The importance of her work was recognized by her appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada in 1997.
She also received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland on May 8, 2015.{{cite web |title=Spring convocation will honour 10 distinguished individuals |url=http://www.today.mun.ca/news.php?id=9444 |website=www.today.mun.ca}}
In 2017, she was one of the nominees for the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Award.{{cite web |last1=Bradbury |first1=Tara |title=Mark Gruchy, Gemma Hickey named Human Rights Award winners {{!}} Saltwire |url=http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/mark-gruchy-gemma-hickey-named-human-rights-award-winners-24392/ |website=www.saltwire.com |language=en}}
A former student of an Indigenous Residential School in Canada,{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Bailey |title=Lingering legacy: Even after they closed, residential schools weighed heavy on Indigenous Labradorians |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-residential-school-legacy-1.4419872 |website=cbc.ca}} she was the one who greeted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he came to Happy Valley-Goose Bay in November 2017, to apologize from Canada to the survivors of these institutions in Labrador.{{cite web |last1=Kestler-D'Amours |first1=Jillian |title=Canada's Trudeau apologises for residential schools |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/canada-trudeau-apologises-residential-schools-171124132236659.html |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}
She also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.{{cite web |last1=General |first1=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |title=Sarah Anala |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-102012 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}
References
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Sources
- {{Cite web|format=audio|language=en-US|first1=Angela|last1=Antle|title=Atlantic Voice {{!}} Atlantic Voice: Inuit elder Sarah Anala|website=CBC Listen|url=https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/atlantic-voice/episode/15543912|year=2018}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian women
Category:21st-century Canadian women civil servants
Category:Canadian social workers
Category:20th-century First Nations women
Category:20th-century First Nations people
Category:Members of the Order of Canada
Category:People from Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador