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Joan Fraser (born October 12, 1944) is a Canadian Senator and former journalist. Joan Fraser joined the ''Montreal Gazette'' in 1965 after graduating from McGill University. After two years as a cub reporter on the women's page, she joined the ''Financial Times of Canada'' where she worked for eleven years and served as news editor, editorial page editor and Montreal bureau chief. She returned to ''The Gazette'' in 1978 becoming its editor-in-chief in 1993. In 1996 she left that post and from 1997 to 1998 she was director-general of the Centre for Research and Information on Canada. She has won two National Newspaper Awards (1982 and 1991) and four National Newspaper Award Citations of Merit (1986, 1987, 1990, 1994) for editorial writing. She has also won other awards for journalism, communications and her work on women's issues. In 1998, Fraser was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. In the 39th Parliament, she was appointed Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, working under Leader of the Opposition, Senator Dan Hays. She has served as President of the Women’s Coordinating Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2004–2006), as well as an ''ex officio'' member of the International Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (2002–2006). Fraser sits as a Liberal. She is currently the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament. == External links == * *(Liberal Senate Forum ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan Fraser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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