Friday, July 19, 2024
Dr. Dorothy MacKeracher was undoubtedly regarded as one of the leading ‘second generation’ adult educators in Canada even by the outstanding ‘first generation’ Canadian adult educators like Roby Kidd, Alan Thomas, Don Brundage, Diana Ironside and others. She did valuable research, she was well published, she developed adult education graduate programs, but most of all she taught. She was dedicated to advancing the talents of adult educators in service of the social benefit of all Canadians. I consider it a privilege to have been a student colleague and friend of Dorothy. I watched her make a significant contribution to the adult education program at OISE even while still a doctoral student, and I visited her in Fredericton where her contributions to the quality and value of UNB’s adult education programs and department will endure well into the future. As a colleague and friend, I regard Dorothy’s dedication, generosity and commitment to learners and learning were her most outstanding and hugely valuable gifts. They were life-changing benefits to countless people across several generations. You have earned your peace, dear Dorothy.
