Lois Ann Fairley
| Lois Ann Fairley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lois Ann Cowan July 6, 1931 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 19, 2007 (aged 76) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Occupation | Nurse, Patient care advocate, Ontario labour leader, Community Service activist |
| Years active | 1955–1993 |
| Employer | Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital |
| Organization | Ontario Nurses Association |
| Spouse(s) | Henry William Grant Fairley (m. 1955–2007) |
| Children |
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| Parent(s) | James Alexander Cowan and Grace Fenwick Williams |
| Relatives |
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Lois Ann Fairley (born July 6, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian nurse, a patient care advocate, an Ontario labour leader, and a community service activist.
Lois Ann Fairley was born on July 6, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to James Alexander Cowan, and Grace Fenwick Williams. She was the granddaughter of the Canadian Presbyterian minister and historian, Hugh Cowan.
She was also the granddaughter of Canadian journalist and historian, Fred Williams; the great-granddaughter of the Victorian era war correspondent, writer and newspaper editor Charles Williams; and the niece of Olympian athlete John Fitzpatrick.
She graduated as a registered nurse at the Grace Hospital and worked there from 1955 until her retirement in 1993. She married Henry William Grant Fairley on 1955.
Fairley worked as a registered nurse in her 38 years of nursing career at the Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ontario, Canada from 1955 to 1993. She was noted by her colleagues with her ongoing support for nurses. She served as a head nurse for various departments in the said hospital and acted as mentor to student nurses from St. Clair College and The University of Windsor nursing programmes, and was vocal about the workplace issues such as salary and benefits she knew nurses deserved.
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