Jean Forest

Jean Beatrice Forest ( Janz; July 24, 1926 – January 10, 2024) was a Canadian politician, educator, and businesswoman. She represented Alberta in the Senate of Canada from 1996 to 1998.

Biography Born Jean Beatrice Janz in Minitonas, Manitoba, she moved to Alberta with her husband Rocky in 1947. She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in 1974 and to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the constitution in 1978. She was Chancellor of the University of Alberta from 1978 to 1982.

Forest was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1996 representing Edmonton.

An all-girls Catholic Junior High School started in 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, is named after Jean Forest, called the Jean Forest Leadership Academy or JFLA.