Constance V. Pathy – 2024 Honouree
Community builder Award
Constance V. Pathy, C.M., C.Q., D.Mus.
Constance V. Pathy studied law at Leiden University in her native country of The Netherlands. Before coming to Canada in 1960, she spent a year in New York on a United Nations scholarship. In Montreal, Ms. Pathy became involved in the city’s cultural scene, serving on boards of numerous organizations. In 1975, Ms. Pathy became president of the Ladies’ Morning Musical Club, Canada’s oldest and most prestigious chamber music society, retiring in 2022. Here, in 2008, she established an endowment fund. Ms. Pathy joined the board of the Canadian Guild of Crafts in 1975 and was president from 1987 until 2022. In 1978, Ms. Pathy was elected to the board of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, becoming president in 1989.
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Under her aegis, the company acquired its own building, and was celebrated as a first-class ballet company on the international stage. Having established an endowment fund for the company in 2002, of which she is currently president, she retired in 2022. In 2010, Ms. Pathy, in collaboration with McGill University’s Faculty of Music, founded the McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA), a summer academy to further the study and interpretation of the string quartet repertoire. Ms. Pathy holds diplomas in performance from McGill University in cello (1971) and viola de gamba (1986). Her honours include: Governor General’s Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts (2004); The Netherlands’ Order of Oranje-Nassau, Officer (2015); Prix de la Danse de Montréal, Contribution exceptionnelle (2017); L’Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (2018).
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Banner Photo: Jean-François Lemire pour L’actualité
Feature Photo: Frédérique Ménard-Aubin
