# Nancy Hartling > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nancy_Hartling > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nancy_Hartling.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hartling > Source revision: 1350095902 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Nancy J. Hartling** (born February 1, 1950) is a Canadian Senator from [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick). She was Executive Director of Support to Single Parents Inc., as well as a founding member of St. James Court Inc., a [non-profit](/source/Nonprofit_organization) housing complex which provides [single parents](/source/Single_parent) with [affordable housing](/source/Affordable_housing_in_Canada). On October 27, 2016, Hartling was named to the [Senate of Canada](/source/Senate_of_Canada) by Prime Minister [Justin Trudeau](/source/Justin_Trudeau) to sit as an [independent](/source/Independent_politician) and assumed office on November 10, 2016. She retired on February 1, 2025 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. ## Early life and education Hartling was born in [Tatamagouche](/source/Tatamagouche), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), to a [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy) family. She moved frequently with her family across [Eastern Canada](/source/Eastern_Canada), attending school in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa). Hartling settled in [Moncton](/source/Moncton), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick). She obtained a bachelor's degree from [Norwich University](/source/Norwich_University), and a master's degree in [adult education](/source/Adult_Education) from [St. Francis Xavier University](/source/St._Francis_Xavier_University).[1] ## Career Hartling founded Support to Single Parents Inc. in 1982, and remained the director until its dissolution in 2016.[2] She spent most of her career advocating for women's issues and was a lecturer on family violence issues at the [University of New Brunswick](/source/University_of_New_Brunswick).[3] She also helped to create St. James Court Inc., an apartment complex for single parents.[4] St. James Court received funding in part from the [Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation](/source/Canada_Mortgage_and_Housing_Corporation), and operates as a [nonprofit organization](/source/Nonprofit_organization).[5] She co-chaired a New Brunswick working group on [violence against women](/source/Violence_against_women) convened by the provincial government.[6] ## Senate of Canada Hartling was appointed to the Senate of Canada upon retirement in 2016, after applying through the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.[7][8] She retired on February 1, 2025 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. ## Awards - [Order of New Brunswick](/source/Order_of_New_Brunswick) inducted in 2016.[9] - [Governor General's Award](/source/Governor_General's_Award), 2011.[10] ## References 1. ["Graduate Studies in Adult Education and Community Development"](http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_education_graduate_studies/). Retrieved 2017-04-25. 1. ["Resource for single parents in Moncton will close its doors in June"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/support-single-parents-closing-1.3526609). *CBC News*. Retrieved 2017-04-21. 1. ["Introduction to Family Violence Issues | UNB"](https://www.unb.ca/academics/calendar/undergraduate/current/frederictoncourses/familyviolenceissues/fvi-2001.html). *www.unb.ca*. Retrieved 2017-04-25. 1. Bryden, Joan (October 27, 2016). ["Trudeau Names 9 New Senators, Helping Independents Inch Closer To Control"](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/10/27/independents-control-over-senate-imminent-with-pm-poised-to-fill-21-vacancies_n_12670292.html). Huffington Post. 1. ["St. James, Moncton"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044842/http://suburbanmonctonanglicans.com/stjames). *suburbanmonctonanglicans.com*. Archived from [the original](http://suburbanmonctonanglicans.com/stjames) on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-04-28. 1. ["Minister's Working Group on Violence Against Women"](http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/eco-bce/Violence/PDF/en/Report.pdf). Retrieved 2017-04-21. 1. Canada, Service (7 July 2016). ["Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments - Canada.ca"](https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/independent-advisory-board-for-senate-appointments.html). *www.canada.ca*. Retrieved 2017-04-24. 1. Bryden, Joan (October 27, 2016). ["Justin Trudeau set to name nine new senate appointments"](http://globalnews.ca/news/3028500/justin-trudeau-set-to-name-nine-new-senate-appointments/). *[Global News](/source/Global_News)*. [The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press). Retrieved October 27, 2016. 1. ["Order of New Brunswick Recipients, 2016"](http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2016_recipients.html). 18 August 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2017. 1. ["Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case"](http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/gg/recip-laure/2011-en.html). Retrieved April 24, 2017. ## External links - [Senate Biography](https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/hartling-nancy/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nancy Hartling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hartling) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hartling?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.