What is Margaret-Ann Armour?
[[File:Margaret-Ann Armour and Imogen Coe (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Margaret-Ann Armour in 2018]] '''Margaret-Ann Armour''' (September 6, 1939 – May 25, 2019) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] chemist. She is best known for her work in creating guidelines for hazardous laboratory waste disposal. She was also a voice for women in science. She founded the Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) program. She was a professor at the [[University of Alberta]]. She was named a member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 2006, and a Canada 150 ambassador in 2017. She was born in [[Glasgow]]. Armour died on May 25, 2019, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/mentor-scientist-advocate-and-spunky-fast-walker-margaret-ann-armour-dead-at-79|title=Mentor, scientist, advocate and spunky fast walker: Margaret-Ann Armour dead at 79|work=Edmonton Journal|date=May 26, 2019|access-date=May 27, 2019|author=French, Janet}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Armour, Margaret-Ann}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Alberta]] [[Category:Canadian chemists]] [[Category:Order of Canada]] [[Category:Scientists from Glasgow]] [[Category:Scottish chemists]] {{Bio-stub}}