Tamara Lorincz

Tamara Lorincz is a Canadian politician and peace activist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [citation|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/01/prexy_ed3_.php |title=Warm welcome signals thaw in relations |publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=December 1, 2004] [citation|url=http://alacarte.lexisnexis.com/partners/int/google/landingpage.asp?id=21654311&mtid=1&ws=9j0hDk1UboE=&ws_pub=The%20Record%20(Kitchener-Waterloo,%20Ontario)&ws_date=September%205,%202006&ws_len=103&ws_lni=4KTM-RKJ0-TX4T-H2SN-00000-00&ws_lastupdate=20060905&ws_title=Peace%20activists%20condemn%20air%20show&ws_refer=http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Tamara+Lorincz%22&sa=N&lnav=m&scoring=t |title=Peace activists condemn air show as promoting war|publisher= The Record (Ontario)|date=September 5, 2006] She is best known for being a co-recipient of 2005 International Peace in Space Award. [cite book|title=Missile Defence: Round One |author= Staples, Steven|year= 2006|publisher=James Lorimer & Company| pages=7|id=ISBN 1550289292|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=ry6PmMEPtoMC&pg=PA7&ots=w_JaMOI0WP&dq=%22Tamara+Lorincz%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=aBOkDjwahWjszLB1JlkTF1XxLVk] She is also the spokeswoman for the Halifax Peace Coalition. [citation|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20041125/bush_protest041125?s_name=%20&no_ads= |title=Protesters get ready for Bush visit|publisher=CTV.ca |date= November 25, 2004|quote=Tamara Lorincz, a spokeswoman for the Halifax Peace Coalition] She is the New Democratic Party candidate for Halifax West in the 40th Canadian federal election.

Biography

Tamara Lorincz (nee Modry) was born March 17, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta. She spent most of her childhood in Montreal, Quebec and Palo Alto, California before moving back to Edmonton in her early teens. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology at the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Victoria including a minor in French Studies. In 2003, she earned a Masters of Business Administration and a Law Degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax.

In addition to English, Lorincz can speak French and Japanese.

ee also

* 40th Canadian federal election (candidates)

References

External links

* [http://www.tamaralorincz.ca/about.aspx Official web site]