Sandra
Perron
Sandra Perron served 13 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and was the country’s first female infantry officer. She is a senior partner with A New Dynamic Enterprise Inc. and a past member of the board of governors for the Corps des Commissionaires du Quebec. She is the founder and president of the Imagine Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting a school that shelters Albino orphans in Tanzania. Perron lives in Gatineau, Quebec.
Writers & Books
Videos
Sandra Perron on her award-nominated book “Out Standing in the Field”
Award History
2017 - Finalist
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
for Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada’s First Female Infantry OfficerJury Citation
“Sandra Perron was the first female infantry officer in the Canadian Forces. In 1992, photos surfaced from a training exercise showing her tied to a tree, beaten, barefoot in the snow. That didn't bother her. What upset her was that, if she left her jacket somewhere out of sight, men in her unit would secretly rip the Van Doo patches off. Out Standing in the Field is a memoir about the challenges women face in hostile work environments and the toughness required to succeed. Compelling, readable, and brutally frank, Perron’s book helps us to see familiar issues in a new way.” – 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Jury (Taiaiake Alfred, Joseph Heath, and Kady O’Malley)Works Recognized by WT