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Anand is the daughter of Saroj Daulat Ram and Sundaram Vivek Anand, an anaesthetist and general surgeon. The couple immigrated to Kentville, Nova Scotia, in the early 1960s. Anand was born in 1967 and attended Queen’s University, the University of Oxford, and Dalhousie University.
Jun 7, 2022 · In the early 1960s, Anand’s mother and father, Saroj Daulat Ram and Sundaram Vivek Anand—an anaesthetist and general surgeon—were living in Nigeria with their preschool-aged...
Feb 20, 2021 · When Anita Anand was seven or eight years old, her mother told her two youngest daughters to put dresses on, and drove them 44 kilometres to Greenwood Air Force Base.
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Minister Anand and her husband, John, raised their four children in Oakville. The Honourable Anita Anand was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Oakville in 2019. She has previously served as Minister of National Defence and as Minister of Public Services and Procurement.
Anand was born in 1972 in London, England, to Punjabi parents who migrated to India shortly after the partition of India and then, later, to the UK. Her family, prior to the partition, originated from a village near the Northwest Frontier Province and Afghanistan.
Who is Anita Anand? The 54-year-old minister was born in the coastal Canadian province of Nova Scotia to Indian parents hailing from Punjab and Tamil Nadu. She has two sisters — Dr. Sonia Anand and lawyer Gita Anand — who have been with her on the campaign trail.
Mar 6, 2022 · The minister overseeing Canada’s military aid to Ukraine is Anita Anand, the second woman — and first woman of colour — to hold the position of federal defence minister.
