Eva Milada Ruth KushnerOCFRSC (néeDubska; June 18, 1929 – January 28, 2023) was a Canadian scholar of Comparative literature and French, Renaissance, and Canadian literature. She was the President of Victoria University in 1987. In 1997, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She was the first woman to be a university president in Ontario, Canada.
Biography
Eva Dubska was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czechia and Slovakia) on June 18, 1929.[1][2] She lived in France from 1939 to 1945, returned briefly to Czechoslovakia after World War II, and then moved to Canada in 1946.[2]
Kushner became President of Victoria University in 1987 and held that position until 1994.[2] She also served as Chair of the Royal Society of Canada Committee on Freedom of Scholarship and Science from 1993 to 1998.[2]
^General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Mrs. Eva Kushner". The Governor General of Canada. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2020.