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Shirley E. Greenberg, Patron

The Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre, opened in January 2005, is named in honor of a woman who has been a long time activist and generous supporter of women.

But Shirley Greenberg has never believed in promoting oneself, rather the causes in which one believes. Only after considerable pressure from her friends and family, did she yield to the Centre being named after her.

Mrs. Greenberg, a long term advocate for women's causes, was inspired in the fall of 2001 to make a major private donation towards the construction of the Centre.

A few months earlier, the Centre's medical founder, Dr. Elaine Jolly of The Ottawa Hospital, joined by fundraising co-chairs Gerda Hnatyshyn and Betty Hope-Gittens, met with Mrs. Greenberg to present the doctor's vision to create a centre for women's health for the city and region. Mrs. Greenberg was very impressed and saw this project as important for improvement in the conditions of life of women of this community. Her beneficent response was pivotal to the creation of the Centre.

Shirley Greenberg's commitment to further improvement in women's lives remains as strong as ever. She views the opportunity to contribute to the establishment and ongoing development of the Women's Health Centre in Ottawa as a vital step.