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{{Short description|Lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from 2000 to 2006}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Myra Freeman
| honorific-suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONS|MSM|CD|size=100%}}  
| image               = 
| imagesize           = 
| order               = 29th
| office              = Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
| term_start          = May 17, 2000
| term_end            = September 7, 2006
| governor_general    = [[Adrienne Clarkson]]<br />[[Michaëlle Jean]]
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]
| premier             = [[John Hamm]]<br />[[Rodney MacDonald]]
| predecessor         = [[James Kinley]]
| successor           = [[Mayann Francis]]
| birth_name          = Myra Ava Holtzman
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1949|05|17}}
| birth_place         = [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
| spouse              = Larry
| profession          = Teacher
}}

'''Myra Ava Freeman''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONS|MSM|CD}} (born May 17, 1949) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[philanthropist]], teacher, the [[List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia#Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, 1867-present|29th]] and first female [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]].

Freeman was born '''Myra Ava Holtzman''' in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], the daughter of Anne Golda (Freedman), a homemaker, and Harry Holtzman, a businessman.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/freeman-myra-ava | title=Myra Ava Freeman | date=21 February 2022 }}</ref> She graduated from [[Dalhousie University]] with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education. In 1971, she started teaching with the [[Halifax Regional School Board]] until her appointment.

She was appointed lieutenant governor in 2000 by [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]], on the advice of [[Jean Chrétien]]. She served as lieutenant governor until September 7, 2006.

Freeman and her husband, Larry, have three children: [[Daniel M. Freeman]], Jonathan Freeman and Debra Freeman.

In her childhood, Freeman was a member of the [[Girl Guides of Canada]], participating in Guiding youth programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/myra-a-freeman|title=Myra A. Freeman {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref>

==Honours==

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|- style="background:silver;" align="center"
|Ribbon || Description || Notes
|-
|[[File:CAN Order of Canada Member ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Order of Canada]] (CM) ||
* Member 
* 1 July 2008.
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|[[File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg|40px]] || [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order of St John]] (D.StJ) ||
* 2000.
* Dame of Justice and Vice Prior
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|[[File:Order Nova Scotia ribbon bar.svg|40px]] || [[Order of Nova Scotia]] (ONS) ||
* 2001.
* First Recipient and First Chancellor
|-
|[[File:MSM Ribbon-military.png|40px]] || [[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|Meritorious Service Medal]] (MSM) ||
* 12 September 2013.
* Military Division
* <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/139-856|title = Honorary Captain(N) the Honourable Myra Ava Freeman}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal]] ||
* 2002.
* Canadian version of this medal
|-
|[[File:CAN Canadian Forces Decoration ribbon.svg|40px]] || [[Canadian Forces' Decoration]] (CD)
||
* 12 years as an Honorary Captain in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].
* 2015. 
|-
|}

;Honorary degrees
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! style="width:20%;"| Location
! style="width:20%;"| Date
! style="width:40%;"| School
! style="width:20%;"| Degree
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''2004''' || [[Mount Saint Vincent University]] || [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] (DHL)  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/universityprofile/senate/honorarydegrees.aspx|title=Honorary Degrees}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''May 2005''' || [[Cape Breton University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbu.ca/alumni/honorary-degree-recipients/|title = Honorary Degree Recipients}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''2007''' || [[Acadia University]] || [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL)  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.acadiau.ca/alumni-friends/alumni/awards/honorary-degrees.html|title = Honorary Degrees - Acadia University}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''May 2007''' || [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] || [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL)  <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smu.ca/academics/archives/honorary-degrees.html|title = Honorary Degrees &#124; the Patrick Power Library &#124; Saint Mary's University}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''2008''' || [[St. Francis Xavier University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)
|-
| {{Flagu|Nova Scotia}} || '''May 2011''' || [[Dalhousie University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)  <ref>https://www.dal.ca/academics/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/hon_degree_2011/myra_freeman.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2020}}

===Honorary military appointments===
* {{flagicon|CAN|naval}} '''2003{{spaced ndash}}''': [[Captain (naval)|Honorary Captain]] of [[Royal Canadian Navy]] Commander of [[Maritime Forces Atlantic]].

==Arms==
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|notes = The arms of Myra Freeman consist of:<ref>{{citation|title=Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume IV)
|year=2002|publisher=Ottawa}}</ref>
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|crest = A demi lion Azure semé of ermine spots, wearing a coronet erablé, holding in its dexter paw a laurel wreath and in its sinister paw a balance, all Or.
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|escutcheon = Azure an ancient Hebrew tent between three menorahs Or.
|supporters = Two lions Or each gorged with a collar of mayflowers (Epigaea repens) proper and maple leaves Vert pendent therefrom a hurt, that on the dexter charged with an open book, that on the sinister charged with a sun in splendour Or.
|compartment = A grassy mound set to the dexter with palm trees and to the sinister with pine trees proper, the whole above a base wavy Argent charged with a bar wavy Azure.
|motto = If You Will It * It Is No Dream
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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706191415/http://lt.gov.ns.ca/history/past-lieutenant-governors-of-nova-scotia/ Past Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia]. Government of Nova Scotia. Accessed 2010-12-22.
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[[Category:1949 births]]
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[[Category:Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Politicians from Saint John, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Dalhousie University alumni]]
[[Category:Jewish Canadian politicians]]
[[Category:Women in Nova Scotia politics]]
[[Category:Canadian women viceroys]]
[[Category:Jewish women politicians]]