A former judge of the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec has died. Who was she?
Clarisse Codere died at the age of 92.
She devoted her professional life to improving the economic and social situation of women, before being appointed judge to the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec.
At the beginning of the 1970s, Clarisse Codère was the director of the Family Office. She then took charge of the Women’s Educational Center, before being appointed general director of the Center d’aiguillage de l’Estrie, an organization facilitating the integration of women into the job market.
Clarisse Codère then served as vice-president of the Eastern region of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. In the 1990s, she was an assessor at the Social Affairs Commission.
In 1998, Clarisse Codère became a judge at the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec (TAQ), social affairs division.
She has served on several committees and boards of directors, such as the Program Development Committee of the Social Work Department at the University of Sherbrooke, as well as the University’s Continuing Education Council. She has served on the board of directors of the Sherbrooke Chamber of Commerce.
It was Clarisse Codère who founded the Women’s Savings Clubs in 1980, as well as the Women’s Savings Clubs Development Company in 1982.
Named Woman of the Year in 1984 in the field of women’s issues at the Montreal Women’s Show, she was a member of several organizations, such as the Association of Business Women of Quebec, the Federation of Women of Quebec, the Women Grouped for Access to Political and Economic Power, the Canadian Club and the Corporation of the Sherbrooke University Hospital Center.
Clarisse Codère leaves to mourn her four daughters, her four grandchildren and her two great-grandchildren.
