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Michael Phair School
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Dates of existence
2017-
History
Named after Michael Phair, who started as a kindergarten teacher before earning two graduate degrees in special education and early childhood education. Phair moved to Alberta in the 1970s - first to Calgary and then to Edmonton where he joined Edmonton’s city council and became Alberta’s first openly gay elected official, one of the first in the country in 1992. The popular five-term councilor represented neighbourhoods in central Edmonton until 2007. Phair served as a strong advocate for social-justice issues, promoting efforts to reduce homelessness, build affordable housing and advance LGBTQIA2S+ rights. Phair founded HIV Edmonton and served as a board member with Edmonton Homeward Trust, the Edmonton Community Legal Centre, the Edmonton Pride Society and the North Saskatchewan River Valley Conservation Society. In February 2016, the provincial government appointed Phair as chair of the University of Alberta’s board of governors.
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9407 211 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5T 4R1
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Record created August 29, 2022.
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- English
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Michael Phair School website https://michaelphair.epsb.ca/aboutourschool/schoolprofile/
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Record created by KM.