Opening Doors

The autobiography of New York-born Sheila Barshay Goldbloom (1925-2022), who immigrated to Montreal after her marriage to Dr. Victor Goldbloom (1923-2019) in 1948. A graduate of Massachusetts' Mount Holyoke College, Ms. Goldbloom returned to her studies in 1964, earning a Master’s in Social Work from McGill University and eventually serving on the faculty of McGill's School of Social Work for twenty-eight years, where she pioneered in the development of curricula related to community organizations. She also provided leadership for many organizations including Red Feather, Centraide du Grand Montréal, La Fondation du Grand Montréal, the Positive Action Committee, Selwyn House School, Trafalgar School for Girls, Vanier College, the McGill Middle East Program in Civil Society and Peace Building, Friends of the McGill Library, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, the Baron de Hirsch Institute/Jewish Family Services, Weredale House (now part of Batshaw Youth and Family Services), Meals on Wheels, l’Abri en Ville and the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex. At 82, Mrs. Goldbloom co-chaired a commission for the provincial government on the needs of Quebec’s growing elderly population. The publisher's notes states that Ms. Goldbloom's life in Quebec was punctuated professionally by the increased engagement of the government in the delivery of education, health and social services, while her personal life, notably her husband’s role as an elected MNA (1966-1976) and Cabinet Minister, afforded her a vantage point on Quebec available to few Anglophones.

Montreal

John Aylen Books

2019

305p.

en

978-0-9953341-5-1