Myrna Wood, founding member of South Shore Joint Initiative passed on September 26. A trail-blazing second wave feminist, Myrna was one of the founders of Canada’s first Women’s Liberation movement in Toronto and in New York City she helped organize a city-wide Women’s Liberation group.

She worked in public libraries which she valued as public institutions. Upon retirement 1994, Myrna moved to Prince Edward County with a new passion for birds and birding and soon became an activist for nature. Myrna, with Terry Sprague, was a founding member of the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory and Prince Edward County Field Naturalists as well as involved in the formation of the South Shore Important Bird and Biodiversity Area. She spearheaded the fight against Industrial Wind Turbines in PEC’s South Shore - a major migratory bird pathway.

Myrna’s obituaries were published in The Times and Picton Gazette.

Donations to South Shore Joint Initiative or any other local environmental organization, Prince Edward Public Library and Hospice Prince Edward would be appreciated.

A Celebration of Life was held on Monday, November 3 at Waring Hall.

📸 Christine Renaud

📸 John Sanders

📸 Terry Sprague

📸 Terry Sprague

📸 Terry Sprague