Ms. Marie - Louise Huot

Marie-Louise, or ML as she was known, very peacefully passed on December 2, 2015

with her immediate family by her side. Predeceased by her father Dr. Jean-Marie Huot,

mother Lucille Davis Huot and brother Claude. Survived by her husband Doug, son

Re´mi, brothers Gerard (Maria), Jean-Marc (Angela), sister Yvonne (Brian), nephew

Marco, as well as in-laws Stan, Joyce and John Mazur.

Initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, the disease started to resurface 13 years

later causing ML to eventually stop work in 2011. She did however continue her three

favourite activities: travelling, shopping and cooking. She was fortunate enough to be

accepted into a clinical trial by Roche Pharmaceutical, led by the legendary Dr. Karen

Gelmon from BC Cancer. Initially excited by the prospect of helping other woman by

pioneering a new drug trial, the drug did prove to be very beneficial to her, adding

several years of life in comparison to others with the same diagnosis.

Born and raised in St. Boniface (now Winnipeg) Manitoba, Marie-Louise attended

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cole Marion, L’Acade´mie Saint Joseph, Institut Colle´gial Louis Riel and graduated

from University of Manitoba. She started teaching in St. Vital in 1973, becoming one of

the youngest female vice-principals in the division and later on becoming a principal.

She truly loved working with children and teachers.

While on medical leave in 1995, she volunteered with Angus Reid's growing market

research firm creating training programs. This experience was her first exposure into

the world of business which she loved and subsequently stayed on, embarking on her

2nd career in human resources, eventually relocating her to Vancouver. In 2001,

IPSOS acquired Angus Reid Group where she became Chief Human Resources Officer

for all of North America. She loved the west coast too much to move, so she

continuously commuted to New York, along with travelling around the world for

business.

ML was incredibly devoted to her careers, as well as her family. She thoroughly

enjoyed travel from the sun and beaches of Mexico, to the cuisine and history of

Europe. She loved entertaining with fabulous cooking, good times and great

conversation. She also loved being by water! She spent her childhood summers at

Cass Lake, Minnesota, then built a cottage on Black Sturgeon Lake in Ontario and

always loved a glass of wine beside her backyard creek in North Vancouver.

She believed everyone had some good in them and was a very trusting person. There

were many key people in ML’s life: colleagues, friends, relatives and caregivers, all

were important. She was very happy about her re-connection with her close circle of

high school friends and appreciated those who kept in touch, came by to lunch or for a

visit. She would want anyone who was a part of her life to know that you all influenced

her in some way, and would hope that she had inspired you as well. Her unparallelled

spirit and will to keep living touched many people and kept her with us way beyond

what was expected. She was a true “outlier”.

We would like to thank: her very supportive employer IPSOS, nurses 6th floor BC

Cancer, North Shore Palliative, all the doctors and medical staff she saw, her brother

Jean Marc and sister Yvonne for their visits and calls, Don Pratt for continuous texting,

Dr. Tamara Shenkier, Dr. Lisa Gaede, Dr. Karen Gelmon and nurse Rosie Serpanchy. A

very special thanks Didi (Dianne Strome).

A Celebration of Life will be Tuesday, December 15, 2015, 4:30 p.m. at Capilano Golf

and Country Club, 420 Southborough Drive, West Vancouver.

A second Celebration of Life will be held in Winnipeg, Spring 2016.

Marie-Louise supported Convent House Vancouver, Salvation Army and any Breast

Cancer initiatives.