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Joanna (Joey) Nash 1966Attended Trafalgar: 1958-1962Education: BFA, Concordia University; Certificate in Art Education, MA: McGill UniversityArtist/EducatorA r t sJoanna gets much of herinspiration for her work fromliving high on a hill overlookingthe Rivière Rouge in Arundel, Quebec,where she currently resides. Not onlyis Joanna a landscape artist, she alsopaints abstract-reality and coachesstudents and semi-professionals alike.She founded Les Ateliers Beauxartsin Charlevoix, Quebec, in 1984 andremained its director until 1996.Students from a wide variety of fieldshave learned to paint and draw fromKatherine Cash 1970Attended Trafalgar: 1966-1970Education: BA, MA: Julliard School of Music; Executive MBA, Antai College of Economics and Management,Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Executive MBA, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaViolinist/BusinesswomanKatherine Cash has had anextremely varied career. She isfounder and current presidentof NeuRobotics, a Japanese companythat specializes in production andmanagement services for performingartists. She is also a consultantto AXA Life Insurance CompanyLimited in Japan. A professionalviolinist, Katherine currently livesin California, where she is MusicDirector for St. George’s EpiscopalAcademy, Artist-in-Residence at St.George’s Church; and part of theviolin-vibraphone duo “N2K,” formedin 2011 with fellow Julliard graduateNorm Freeman. Her musical careerbegan at the Montreal Conservatory,Joanna. She has been an AdjunctProfessor of Painting and Drawingin the schools of Architecture andMechanical Engineering at McGillUniversity and has coached theartistically inclined at the HaliburtonSchool of Arts in Ontario. One of hermost fulfilling assignments was toteach drawing workshops for medical“One of her most fulfilling assignments was to teach drawingworkshops for medical students at Harvard University.”students at Harvard University. Herworks can be seen in the privatecollections of Petro-Canada (Alberta),Imperial Oil (Toronto), L’Industriellewhere she won the string categoryin the Quebec National MusicCompetition. A scholarship student atJulliard, she performed with the CitySymphonic Ensemble, the Pro ArteChamber Orchestra, and in a string ofBroadway musicals. Upon completionof her MA, she became Artist inResidence at the University of WesternCarolina. She has toured widely as asoloist and chamber musician. At age30, Katherine qualified as a generalsecurities registered representative.She went to work for FUJI Bank andTrust Company, setting the stageAlliance (Montreal), Health andWelfare Canada (Ottawa) and Loto-Québec (Montreal). Joanna roundsout her life as a town councillorin Arundel, Quebec. She advisesyoung graduates to “smile, nod yourhead, then do what you want. Lookpeople in the eye. Develop yoursense of humour. Don’t be afraidto feel passionate about somethingimportant to you. Be stubborn.”For Joanna’s contribution to the artsin Canada and for her exceptionalteaching skills in painting anddrawing, she has been named one ofour 125 Women of Trafalgar.“she performed with the City Symphonic Ensemble, the Pro ArteChamber Orchestra, and in a string of Broadway musicals”for her move to Japan in 1990.There she continued to balance herbusiness and music careers, workingfor a variety of companies, includingUnion Bank of Switzerland (TokyoBranch), Merrill-Lynch Securities,Japan, and Shinsei Bank, andfounding her own business. As amusician in Japan, Katherine focusedon popular Western and Asian music.For her ability to blend and excel attwo careers in a challenging world,Katherine Cash is one of our 125Women of Trafalgar.Susan Charest 1973Attended Trafalgar: 1968-1973Education: BFA (Theatre Performance), Concordia UniversityStuntwoman/ActorSusan Charest followedher dream to become anactor. She also became anaccomplished stunt performer witha long list of credits in television,film, theatre and commercials. Hercareer in a physically demandingand male dominated professionspans three decades. The stuntwork began when “an Americanstunt coordinator noticed me onthe cover of a magazine and calledme for an interview…[for] a moviein Montreal called Tulips.” Seeing aresemblance to Bernadette Peters,the star of Tulips, he suggested Susancould be a “stunt double.” Much ofher early work was done in Canada,where she broke ground as the firststuntwoman, a career dominatedby men, who covered both maleand female roles. Persistent andconfident, she proved herself inVancouver. Then came more calls: toAlberta for Superman III, to Manitobafor the National Film Board, andeventually to Hollywood. Amongher stunts: car crashing (with andwithout explosions), transferringfrom one moving car to another,360s, reverse spinouts and thrillingfalls. In Terror Train she doubled forJamie Lee Curtis. She has workedin TV too. Susan appeared in themovie Dreamcatcher and on The NewAddams Family. Stage roles includeNora in A Doll’s House, Puck in AMidsummer Night’s Dream and Ruth“the first stuntwoman in Canada”in Man-in-the-Moon-Marigolds. SaysSusan, “Trafalgar helped me to builda strong foundation for the rest ofmy life. The school helped build ourcharacter and determination and wewere encouraged to think outside thebox.” Her advice to young women:“Believe in yourself and recognizeyour strengths. Dare to dream bigand don’t give up!” For having theconfidence, courage and persistence,despite broken bones, bruised egoand real fear, and for setting anexample in “keeping up with theboys” that other Canadian womenhave since followed, Susan Charest isone of our 125 Women of Trafalgar.8 | 125 Women of Trafalgar
A r t sAnn Lambert 1974Attended Trafalgar: 1970-1974Education: BA (English/Education), Bishops University; MA (English/Creative Writing), Concordia UniversityPlaywright/Educator/VolunteerAnn Lambert is anaccomplished Canadianplaywright, a teacher and avolunteer. Her first play, The Wall,won first prize in Ottawa LittleTheatre’s National PlaywritingCompetition in 1986. Later worksinclude the award-winning SelfOffense, the CBC radio drama Force ofCircumstance, Parallel Lines (featuredat the 4th International WomenPlaywrights Conference in 1997), VeryHeaven, The Mary Project, and, morerecently, The Assumption of Empire.She has garnered several CanadaCouncil Grants, and in 2003 wasPlaywright-in-Residence at Montreal’sCentaur Theatre, where Very Heavenpremiered in 1999. On the facultyof Dawson College since 1991, Annis recognized as an inspirationalteacher, and serves as writer, directorand producer for the DawsonTheatre Collective project. In 2011,Not Julius Caesar, written by three“accomplished Canadian playwright”of her Dawson students (includingher daughter) and performed by theDawson Collective, raised funds fordigging a well in Malawi. She hasalso nurtured the Roslyn Players, anelementary-school Shakespeareantroupe, adapting, directing andproducing Shakespearean plays forchildren. She is president of theTheresa Foundation, founded by hermother to support AIDS - orphanedchildren in Malawi. While Ann citesseveral proud moments – learningto braid her hair, winning a nationalplaywriting award, savouring thelife she and her husband havebuilt – it is her conclusion thatdefines character: “I have manyembarrassing, humiliating, failing,shameful moments as well. Thoseare very important. They all makethe proud ones that much richer.”For meeting the challenge of beinga female Anglophone playwright inQuebec and for sharing her passionswith students and community, Annhas been chosen as one of the 125Women of Trafalgar.Photo courtesy: The Senior TimesTraf TodayNatalie (Nat) Dumoulin 1984Attended Trafalgar: 1981-1984Education: Communications Department - Radio and Television Certificate, Concordia UniversityTV Producer/WriterNatalie Dumoulin is a Gemininominatedtelevisionproducer with a prestigioustrack record in the developmentand production of high-qualitychildren’s television. She is currentlyresponsible for youth programmingfor the international market atPixcom, a Montreal-based companythat produces shows watched inover 150 countries. Over a 20-yearcareer, Natalie has been involvedwith both live action and animationprogramming for children. Sherecently produced season 14 of theEmmy Award-winning series Arthur.Natalie was Executive Produceron the internationally acclaimed,long-running PBS show Caillou. Shewas also Executive in Charge ofProduction on Cartoon Network’s Dr.“Gemini-nominated television producer”Seuss series, Gerald McBoingboing.Her experience includes Galakids,Teletoon, TVA International andCinar, where she oversaw editorialand creative content series suchas Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Nataliebegan her career in 1984 translatingstoryboards for a renowned Belgiancartoonist and went on to work inall aspects of television production,from floor manager to productiondirector, line producer and showrunner. A member of the Writers’Guild, Natalie has written seriesconcepts, bibles and scripts forseveral series, such as Caillou, MonaThe Vampire, Animal Crackers andThe Little Lulu Show. Her proudestmoment was when a mother of aseverely autistic child, Kevin, calledto thank her for producing Caillou. Atage five, Kevin had started speakingfor the first time, in full sentences, toCaillou. Natalie helped to developan animated Kevin character forCaillou with the assistance of a writerwhose son was also developmentallychallenged, and with pedagogicalconsultants in Montreal specializingin autism. She credits Trafalgar forteaching her “very early on thatwomen have a powerful voice andthat we can be whatever we chooseto be.” For her many contributionsto children’s television in Canada andaround the world, Natalie Dumoulinhas been chosen one of our 125Women of Trafalgar.A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Junior Play 2011 The Wizard of Oz – Senior Play 2012 Cagebirds – ArtsFest 2012125 Women of Trafalgar | 9
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