Who Is Rev. Frances Leigh Deverell?

Education

• Master of Divinity, Vancouver School of Theology (1999)
• Bachelor of Education (1972) plus a professional A teaching certificate, University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon.
  Major: Teaching of French; Communications
• Bachelor of Arts, (1969) University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, French, German, Drama
• Accredited facilitator for Diversity Training, Human Dynamics, and the Effective Management Program

Careers

• Teacher of French, Junior High and Elementary (3 years)
• Federal Employee (Ministry of Transport, Public Service Commission, Solicitor General) (5 years)
• Human resources, management training, principal of a prison school)
• Management and Organizational Development Consultant in my own business (25 years) in Saskatoon, Regina, and Vancouver with periods of employment in higher institutions such as Fanshawe College and UWO (London, ON) and Langara College (Vancouver, BC)
• Unitarian Minister: Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, Toronto and Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon

Religious Background

• Raised United Church, then unchurched till my thirties
• Unitarian member and involved lay-leader in Regina, London, Coquitlam
• Student minister or intern at Capital (Victoria) and North Shore (Vancouver)

Other Tidbits

• 2006 to present – Secretary, Unitarian Universalist Ministers of Canada
• Author of Finding Common Voice (Congregational Manual for Social Responsibility) and a Training Needs Assessment Toolkit
• Committed to making our Unitarian faith available to all those who need us
• Passion for all kinds of growth as the purpose of our living and the spiritual journey in its many forms
• Passions for multi-faith work, improving our relations with First Nations, social justice, peace, voluntary simplicity and living in harmony with the environment; Feminist
• Member of Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice, the International Association For Religious Freedom, Unitarian Historical Society, Fair Vote Canada
• Singer of the Sacred Web (Carolyn McDade junkie)
• Enjoys a good game of bridge (non-competitive)
• Regular swimmer
• Married to Ron Wilson (cherished partner); daughter, Karen Abramson, living in Vancouver; one brother in Lillooet, BC and one brother in Toronto