In Memoriam

Remembering those who inspired us, guided us, and touched our lives has long been an honoured tradition at Equity. Among the many ways the pandemic has impacted our Association over the past couple of years, has been our struggle to recognize and celebrate the lives of members we have lost – profoundly more imperative at a time when we have lost so many.

Here, we present the names of Equity members who have passed away since January 2019. We fondly remember them as artists, friends, and family. 

We invite you to submit a memorial statement honouring an Equity member who has passed away. In keeping with Equity's long-standing tradition, a $50 donation has been made to The AFC in the name of each member who has passed.

* Denotes Equity Life Member

Remembering Equity Members

Ernest Abugov
Yvonne Adalian
Julian Arnold
Janet Badger
Graham Batchelor
Michael Bawtree
Peter Brockington
Norman Browning
Michael Cavanagh
Jillian Cook
Sheila Crampton
James DeFelice
Courtenay Dobbie
Elizabeth Elliott
Joseph Flaherty
Bobby Garcia
Jeff Jones

Simon Joynes
John Kriter
Jamie Maczko
Stephen Eric McIntyre
Ian C. Nelson
Patrick Parson
Gilles Provost
Gary Reineke
Chita Rivera
Gail Roberts
William Samples
Alan Scarfe
Carol Sinclair
Dame Maggie Smith
Wesley Tritter
Keith Turnbull

Norman Armour
Sheldon Bergstrom
Daniel Brooks
Barbara Bryne
Grace Bumbry
Alexa Carroll
Graham Clark
Ross Douglas
Katie Drysdale-Wright
Constance Fisher
Jerry Getty
Danny Grossman
Patricia Hamilton
Lorne Hiro
Douglas Arden Innis
Gerald Isaac
Michael Lamport

Colleen Lanki
Jason Logan
Dan MacDonald*
Marti Maraden*
Charles Officer
Celine Papizewska
Gordon Pinsent*
Patrick Rose
Kevin Rothery
Eric Schneider
John Snowdon
Bud Stilling
Andrey Tarasiuk
Eduardo Villa
Irene Watts
Paxton Whitehead
Mary-Lu Zahalan

Benoit Boutet
Doreen Brownstone*
Barbara Chilcott
Dick Clements
G. Miles Cohen
Richard Di Renzi
Neville Edwards
Miguel Fernandes
Eric Fink
Harry Freedman
Dafydd James
Michael Kopsa
John Krich
Roland Laroche

Wally Michaels
Louis Negin
Rose-Ellen Nichols
Frank Parks
Patrick Patterson
Thomas Peacocke*
Melanie Piatocha
Richard Rutherford
Renee Schouten
Jeffrey Skinner
Jeffrey Trudeau
Kenneth Welsh*
Peter Wylde

Marilyn Bower
Paula J. Caplan
Raymond P Chiarella
John Michael Chiasson
Devin Dalton
Gloria Day
Sherrill Demarco
Keith Dinicol
Murray Ellis
Diane Fabian
David Fox
John Gilbert
Richard Gishler
Dennis Hayes
Charles Hayter
Jeff Henry
Martha Henry*
Howard Jerome
Michael Lambert
William Lane
Dorothy Lees-Blakey

Patricia Ludwick
David Macniven
Lee Maracle
Colin Mason
Jean McIntyre
Marguerite McNeil
Joel Miller
Jenny Munday
Christopher Newton*
Christopher Plummer
Sharon Pollock
Ricky Resijan
Alfie Scopp
Sandra Shuman
Judy Sinclair
Isobel Smith
Paul Soles
French Tickner
Maria West
Henry Woolf*

Lori Anderson
Karen Anthony
Salome Bey
Zoe Caldwell
Brent Carver
Guilietta Chu
Nick Cordero
Brian Dennehy
Joyce Doolittle*
Shirley Douglas
Nancy Drake
Darcy Evans
Leo Evason
Stephen George
Paul Haddad
Mary Haney
Karen Kenedy
Tom Kerr
Taran Kootenhayoo
Gary Krawford
Walter Learning
Edward Ledson

Rebecca Luker
Peter Manierka
Dorothy Marshall
Gordon Masten
Bill McFadden
Lanni McInnes
Brian McKay
Don L McManus
Sophie Merasty
Monique Mercure
Karen Minish
Ann Warn Pegg
Wilma Pelly
Josette Prevost
Barbara Reese
David Schurmann
Robert Smith
Sibel Thrasher
Billy Vitelli
Erin Wall
Robert Welch
Victor A. Young

Paul Aikins
Evelyne Anderson*
Stephen A. Arsenych
Karen Beaumont
B. Pat Burns
Anne Butler
Tom Byrne
John F. Evans
Joseph Gallagher
Mallory Gilbert
Nonnie Griffin
Valerie Hawkins
Rita Howell
Ellen Irmisch
Joanne Ivey
William S. Jamieson
Victor Knight
Giulio Kukurugya
Matthew Lagacé
Burton Lancaster
Frank MacKay
Margo MacKinnon

John Mann
Barbara March
Philip May
Laura McAlpine
Sean McCann
Vernis McCuaig
Dick Murphy
John Murrell
Robert Nasmith
Jacqueline Ogg
Sheila Paterson
Betty Phillips
Jennifer Phipps*
Joan Rhead
Hamish Robertson*
Joseph A. Rouleau
Desmond Scott
Barry Stilwell
Mari Trainor
Ian Watson
Ker Wells