This week's history making woman is a recipient of the 2022 Top 25 Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award, began her career in the Nunavik education system, and is one of the world's most well-known human rights and environmental advocates. Siila Watt-Cloutier advocates for human and environmental rights, is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and the recipient of many prestigious awards for her work.
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About Jennifer May-AndersonJennifer May-Anderson is a non-profit executive with a passion for women's issues. She is president of Business and Professional Women Hastings & Prince Edward, an organization that works to develop the business, professional, and leadership potential of women locally, nationally, and around the world. Her career started as a radio news anchor and has been an adventure through logistics, communications and marketing, and finally, non-profit management. She graduated from Loyalist College's Broadcast Journalism program and was first heard on the air at the college radio station, 91x, which airs episodes of "Women Making History". Jennifer lives in Belleville, ON Canada with her husband, various grown children who sometimes return to the nest, and their crew of lovable dogs and cats.