Sunday, April 3, 2022
My fond memories of Muriel extend back to the early seventies and throughout our friendship and collaboration in efforts to improve science education, primarily through the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project from the latter seventies through the first decade of the present century. A constant throughout was her graciousness and quiet professional dedication, part of the glue which held together a core group of a dozen science educators and won the trust of hundreds and ultimately thousands of fellow science teachers. I also had the privilege, as part of the research for this project, of visiting her classroom on many occasions. I think it is fair to say that her example as a science teacher was ultimately shared with tens of thousands of fellow teachers and millions of children.
That her closest colleagues in Nova Scotia, Alan Moore, Nan Armour, and John and Barbara Haysom, each forwarded a copy to Karen and me (in New Brunswick) of her obituary with their fond recollections of our time together speaks to the friendship and respect for Muriel which has been a central feature of our lives.
With condolences to her family and other friends,
Charles McFadden
