Don Whiteside

Don Whiteside (1931 - 1993 ) was a sociologist, native author, Canadian civil servant, and founder and president of the Civil Liberties Association, National Capital Region. He was also an instrumental member of the Canadian Federation of Civil Liberties and Human Rights Associations, which existed from 1972-1990.

Background

Don Whiteside (Sin-a-paw) was born in New York in 1931, to Thereon Harvey and Dorothy (Reid) Whiteside. In 1956, he married Alvina Helen Adams, and the couple had five children. Whiteside served in the United States military in Korea. In 1967 he completed a Ph.D. at Stanford University.

Whiteside was employed by the Canadian government, first in the Department of Regional Economic Expansion, and later in the Department of Secretary of State At the time, Whiteside was employed by the Canadian Department of the Secretary of State and involved in the development of the federal government's human rights program. of the Federation, which dissolved in 1990-1991 as Whiteside succumbed to cancer.