MCDOUGALL, Janet Elizabeth Anne - Passed away peacefully on June 13, 2021, in her longtime Riverdale home in Toronto, with partner and wife of thirty-eight years, Lynne Howarth, and dogs, Lucy and Barney, at her bedside.
Predeceased by her parents and cherished sister and childhood roommate, Brenda, Janet will be dearly missed by sisters, Donna and Elaine (John), much loved nieces, Tara and Robin (Gary), great-niece and SUP board buddy, Arya, great-nephews Austin and Colton whose determination and spirit she treasured, and Andrew, her Saturday YMCA companion.
Born in Montreal on November 15, 1947, to parents, Kathleen (née Donihee) and Donald McDougall, Janet attended Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary School, then St. Joseph’s High School, Islington. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Psychology at the University of Waterloo, and a Master of Science in Statistics and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto.
In 1984 she founded McDougall Scientific Ltd., a pharmaceutical contract research organization (CRO) specializing in statistics and clinical data management services.
Janet will be remembered for her spirit of adventure, her curiosity, her sense of humour, her steadfast and determined approach to any challenge, her intelligence, her genuine caring and consideration for others, her sense of social justice and fair play, and her commitment to philanthropy in so many forms. She believed in giving back, paying forward, and in sharing whatever she had with heartfelt generosity.
A special thanks to Nigel Forbes, RN, and Drs. Joshua Wales and Reeta Barua, for their respectful care throughout Janet’s journey.
A celebration of life will be held when COVID-19 restrictions permit. Interment at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Donald J. and Kathleen D. McDougall Graduate Scholarship at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, https://uwaterloo.ca/pharmacy/, in memory of Janet would be appreciated by the family.
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