- Eleni Bakopanos
Infobox_Politician
name = Eleni Bakopanos
| image_size = 200px
caption =
birth_date =May 10 ,1954
birth_place =
death_date =
residence =Montreal
office = Member of Parliament forAhuntsic
term_start = 1993
term_end = 2006
predecessor =Michel Daviault
successor =Maria Mourani
party =Liberal Party of Canada
religion = Greek Orthodox
spouse =
occupation = Politician and currently Caucus liaison toStéphane Dion Eleni Bakopanos, PC, MP, BA (born
May 10 ,1954 , Argos,Greece ) is a Canadian politician.Bakopanos was a member of the
Liberal Party of Canada in theCanadian House of Commons , representing the riding of Ahuntsic from 1997 to 2006, and Saint-Denis from 1993 to 1997 and is the first Greek-born woman to be elected to Parliament. Bakopanos has been an executive, and a policy adviser. Formerly Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and a formerParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1997-1999). Bakopanos was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Development with special emphasis on Social Economy on July 20, 2004. Ms. Bakopanos has served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. [http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/24002_LIB.html Election 2006 ] ]In the spring 2004, Bakopanos wrote a booklet titled "Political Recruiting and Women in the Political Process" [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/27/1/27n1_04e_bakopanos.pdf 034072-E.vp ] ] . She argues that women continue to face serious obstacles to full participation in public life. She suggests that women bring a different character to the policy making process and they should be encouraged to enter politics in greater numbers.
On November 12, 2004, the Honourable Eleni Bakopanos announced [ http://www.industrycanada.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/ffc979db07de58e6852564e400603639/85256a5d006b972085256f4a0063a3e2!OpenDocument ] in Quebec over $47 million in funding for 49 new Canada Research Chairs at seven Quebec universities. Funding for university researchers in Quebec from the Canada Research Chairs Program represents $40.7 million, while an additional $6.5 million has been invested by the Canada Foundation for Innovation to support research infrastructure.
Ms. Bakopanos holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours in political science and history from McGill University, where she also studied law. She is married and is the mother of two daughters.
External links
*
* Eleni Bakopanos Lectures at University of Missouri - St. Louis
* [http://www.umsl.edu/~cfh/newsletter/docs/bakopanos.doc Eleni Bakopanos Lectures at University of Missouri - St. Louis on March 6, 2000]
* [http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/536ENG.pdf Social Economy Champion in 2005]References
General
*cite book |title=Political Recruiting and Women in the Political Process |last=Bakopanos |first=Eleni |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Review |location=Ottawa | http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/27/1/27n1_04e_bakopanos.pdf
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
