maggie mcewan
Maggie McEwan was born close to London, England and spent many summers in Balloch sailing on Loch Lomond with her Scottish cousins. Maggie lived her teenage years in Southport, Lancashire and later worked and studied in Liverpool.
Maggie emigrated to Toronto, Canada as the first stop on her working journey around the world. Having recently received notice that she had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, she quickly found work in the computer lab at the University of Toronto, as a systems programmer on their new mainframe system. Her love of the four-season sports that Canada's climate offers persuaded Maggie to remain beyond the one year pledge that she had made when hired. She has a son and family in Toronto, a daughter and family in Chicago and now lives in the countryside around Toronto and Guelph.
Maggie's wish to nurture and preserve the Scottish heritage and culture in Canada led her to return to Scottish Country Dancing and to join the Boards of various non-profit Scottish Societies. She became a member of the Scottish Studies Foundation some years ago and was quickly invited to join the Board of Directors. Maggie is a past President of the Foundation, Canadian Convener for the Clan MacEwen Society and a volunteer for Fergus Highland Games.
THE SCOTTISH STUDIES FOUNDATION is a charitable organization dedicated to actively supporting the Scottish tradition in Canada at the academic level by raising the awareness of the Scottish heritage in Canada through various levels of education. As well as maintaining a Chair of Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph, the Foundation funds academic scholarships in Scotland, publishes the annual journal International Review of Scottish Studies and sponsors and organizes Canadian and Scottish conferences and cultural events,