Karen Kraft Sloan
Karen Kraft Sloan (born 3 April 1952) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. By career, she is a teacher and consultant.
Karen Kraft Sloan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for York—Simcoe | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | John Cole |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for York North | |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Maurizio Bevilacqua |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1952 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Committees | Chair, Subcommittee on Environmental Awareness for Sustainability of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (1994–1997) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment (1996–1998) |
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Sloan first won election to Parliament for the York—Simcoe electoral district during the 1993 federal election. The 1997 and 2000 general elections saw her return to Parliament in the York North riding, which was formed after a restructuring of electoral district boundaries. Sloan thus served in the 35th, 36th, and 37th Canadian Parliaments.
After retiring from politics in 2004, she was appointed as Canada's Ambassador for the Environment on 16 February 2005. The appointment was announced by Stéphane Dion and Pierre Pettigrew who were respectively the Canadian Ministers of Environment and Foreign Affairs at the time.
Education
- 1977: Bachelor of Arts (BA): University of Windsor
- 1982: Bachelor of Administrative Studies (BAdmin): Brock University
- 1990: Master of Environmental Studies (MES): York University