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Lillian Dyck
Lillian Eva Quan Dyck (born August 24 1945 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan. She was appointed to the senate by Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005.
Martin appointed her as a New Democratic Party of Canada senator, but the party revealed that as she was not in fact a member of the NDP, and as the party platform specifically favours abolition of the Senate, it would not recognize her as a member of the NDP caucus. The NDP has asked Dyck to designate herself as an "independent" senator instead.
Before being appointed to the Senate, Dyck was a neuroscientist with the University of Saskatchewan where she is also associate dean. On March 12, 1999, Dyck, who is of Cree and Chinese heritage, was one of the first aboriginal women in Canada to enter a career in the sciences, was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.
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