Untinen, Leni

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Untinen, Leni

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Leni Untinen became involved in the women's movement in the late 1970s when she was hired to do needs study for Crisis Homes, Inc. She was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Leni was also a founder of Faye Peterson Transition House, a lobbyist for the Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council starting in 1981, and then later served as the Decade Council's coordinator, c.1990s. She was a founding chairperson and board member of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario, a member of the Provincial Cross Sectoral Violence Against Women Strategy Group, as well as a board member for Thunder Bay Ventures/Community Futures Development Corporation and chair of the Training Committee. She received the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada in 1992 for her work to eliminate violence against women and children, and was awarded an honourary doctorate from Lakehead University for her activism against violence against women and her community work.
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Leni Untinen s'est engagée dans le mouvement des femmes à la fin des années 1970 lorsqu'elle a été embauchée pour réaliser une étude des besoins pour Crisis Homes, Inc. Elle est née et a grandi à Thunder Bay, en Ontario. Leni a également été l'une des fondatrices de la Faye Peterson Transition House, lobbyiste pour le Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council à partir de 1981, puis coordinatrice du Decade Council dans les années 1990. Elle a été présidente fondatrice et membre du conseil d'administration de la Société Elizabeth Fry du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario, membre du Provincial Cross Sectoral Violence Against Women Strategy Group, membre du conseil d'administration de Thunder Bay Ventures/Community Futures Development Corporation et présidente du comité d'éducation. Elle a reçu la médaille commémorative du 125e anniversaire de la Confédération du Canada en 1992 pour son travail d'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes et des enfants, et a reçu un doctorat honorifique de l'université Lakehead pour son activisme contre la violence à l'égard des femmes et son travail au sein de la communauté.

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Thunder Bay, Ontario

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Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council (1976-[199?])

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[c.1990-1999]

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Coordinator of the Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council, c.1990s.

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