Arquivo F3027 - Judith Brown fonds

Judith Brown, nee Wellman, was born in Bermuda in 1943. Brown attended Teacher's College in Ottawa in the 1960s after which she returned to Bermuda where she took extension courses from Queen's University. In 1968 she moved to Kingston to fulfill a requirement of having to spend at least one year on campus for the granting of a Bachelor of Arts degree. (BA 1969). Upon graduation Brown stayed in Kingston where she started her professional teaching career. She has served as the Acting Superintendent of education at the Women's Penitentiary, worked at Beechgrove and Ongwanada, and for many years as a primary grades teacher with the Limestone District School Board (LDSB). In her retirement from active teaching, Judith Brown continued to teach in a number of international locations: China, Egypt and Bermuda. She also ran, and was elected as a Trustee on the LDSB.

Judith Brown has always been an active community builder. She was a member, and past president of both the Canadian Federation of University Women and Frontenac PROBUS. She is also a founder of the Afro-Caribe Community Foundation of Kingston. The foundation raises funds for the Robert Sutherland Bursary and Alfie Pierce Admission Award at Queen’s University. She has long served as a mentor to members of black student groups on campus such as Queen’s Black Academic Society and the African and Caribbean Students’ Association and has played an active role in the celebration of Black History Month events on campus and in the community. Judith was the 2019 recipient of the Jim Bennett Award from the Kingston Branch of the Queen’s University Alumni Association for her role in advancing ethnic and racial inclusion and for being a long time champion for change in Kingston and at Queen’s. She is currently a member of University Council.