A Tribute to Jocelyne Catherine Demers (November 30, 1935 – March 16, 2025) 

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The Toronto free speech movement has lost one of its most dedicated and active members, Jocelyne Demers. She died in Toronto, March 18, after a short illness. Born in Montreal, she earned a Baccalaureat Classique from the University of Montreal. She studied for her Master degree in Sociology from 1959 to 1961, From 1961 to 1973, she worked as a reporter for La Presse and in her work met many of the leading Quebec politicians of her times. While still a lover of the classics and traditional Quebec, she became something of a leftist in her La Presse days. Still a yearning for freedom burned in her. In 1975, she moved to Ottawa and was employed by the federal Department of the Environment. In 1977, she moved to Toronto and worked as a translator for various insurance companies.

In Toronto, she was first attracted to the Libertarian Party. Through it, she met a friend who was active in Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform. She became a regular at the monthly meetings of the Alternative Forum. During the Zundel trial, she did outstanding work using her research skill and prodigious knowledge to help the Zundel team. She prized a handwritten note of gratitude from the German publisher and censorship victim. She became a regular helper at the monthly mailings of this newsletter and could always be relied on to attend a demonstration. Indeed, already ill, she came out on a rainy December day for a free speech protest last year outside the offices of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in Toronto.