Marie Sanderson

Marie Elizabeth Sanderson (1921-2010; Lustig) was a Canadian geographer and climatologist.

Early life and education Marie Lustig was born on 16 November 1921 in Chesley, Ontario, Canada.

She was awarded honorary degrees by the universities of Lethbridge, Toronto, Waterloo, and Windsor. That from Toronto, a Doctorate of Laws in the category "Scholarship - Geography", was given in 2010 when she was too ill with breast cancer to attend a ceremony, but the university chancellor and president and the chair of the geography department visited her at her home in their full academic robes to confer the degree.

Although she had travelled widely, Sanderson declared her "favourite place in the world" was Inverhuron on Lake Huron where she had a cottage.

Legacy

An archive of Sanderson's papers is held at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Selected publications