Norah Michener

[1] She later considered herself fortunate to have attended the University of British Columbia, which she described as having an "intellectually cosmopolitan atmosphere and a rare tolerance in matters of race, religion and colour".

"[6] In 2003, Armour wrote, "In her perceptive study, Norah Michener argues that the theory of the intellect is the key to Maritain's philosophical anthropology.

[12] Nevertheless, during Roland and Norah Michener's term at Rideau Hall, protocol was relaxed in a number of ways.

The most notable example was the dropping of the curtsey to the Governor General and his wife,[4] reportedly because Maryon Pearson refused to defer in this way to people she had previously known as friends.

[3] A noted philanthropist, her efforts included the creation of a wildlife preserve in the Northwest Territories which was named in her honour.

The Micheners also endowed a number of efforts in memory of their daughter Wendy, a noted Canadian journalist who died unexpectedly in 1969 at the age of 34.