Eva nassif biography

  • Eva Nassif (in Arabic إيفا ناصيف) is a Canadian politician and translator, who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vimy in the House of Commons of Canada from to as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
  • Eva Nassif is a Canadian politician and translator, who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vimy in the House of Commons of Canada from to as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
  • Nassif, a year Laval resident, put her husband and triplets at the top of her official biography.

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    Eva Nassif

    Canadian politician and translator

    Eva Nassif (in Arabic إيفا ناصيف) is a Canadian politician and translator, who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vimy in the House of Commons of Canada from [1] to as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

    Background and education

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    Born in Ain el Dilb, South Lebanon, Lebanon, Nassif got her diploma in nursing in Lebanon and worked as a registered nurse for five years in the American University Hospital (AUH) in Beirut before arriving in Canada.

    After immigrating to Canada in , she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in translation and a Master of Arts in translation studies from Concordia University. The subject of her master's dissertation was "the terminology of proteomics". She became a certified translator and terminologist. She also worked as a teacher for the Laval School Board.[2]

    Federal politics

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    Nassif ran as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Laval in the

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    List of visible minority politicians in Canada

    This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate. Note that the begrepp "visible minority" refers to Canadians who identify as neither vit nor indigenous.

    The first visible minority elected was Chinese-Canadian Douglas Jung, elected as a Conservative MP to the House of Commons in the federal election.

    There have been visible minorities who have served as Members of Parliament, as well as 32 who have been named senators. After the Canadian election, the highest number of visible minorities were elected to Parliament in history – with 53 MPs (% of the House of Commons). As of November , of the visible minority members of the 44th Canadian Parliament, 46 are Liberals (43 Liberal MPs, three Progressive Senators), ten are Conservatives (seven MPs, three Senators), three are

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    Lebanese Heritage Month Bill

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    Honourable senators, in the words of a famous senator, I will be brief this evening.

    I rise to participate in debate on Bill S, an act respecting Lebanese Heritage Month designating the month of November as Lebanese Heritage Month, a motion that has been sponsored by the Honourable Senator Cordy, and seconded by the Honourable Senator Dalphond. Of course, I am the critic of the bill, but a very friendly critic of this bill.

    I think each and every one of us should recognize that this is an important bill — important for the Canadian Lebanese community and for all of us. Even though I heard through the years some senators sometimes rise and say that we have too many designated dates and months, the reality of the matter is that Canada is essentially strong because of all the sums of all our parts. It is imperative that all our parts feel that Canadian family and recognition.

    Of course, the Lebanese community is one of those communities that ha