Joan Craig

2020

A woman of vision and determination, Joan Craig has had a lasting impact on the autism community and the arts scene in Nova Scotia. Driven by personal experience, she led the establishment of the Provincial Autism Centre in Halifax and Canada’s first research chair in autism at Dalhousie University. A compassionate community leader, she has also been a long-standing advocate of arts and culture, notably as co-founder of the Craig Foundation, which has supported many groups, including Theatre Antigonish, Symphony Nova Scotia and the National Theatre School of Canada.