Joy Kidd

Joy Kidd was a captain in the British armed forces when she met her husband, also an officer, and immigrated to Canada in 1945. She worked in the financial aid office of the University of Toronto before coming to UNB in 1966 as Don of women’s residence. Her military training made her extremely adept at handling some of the challenges of residence such as unfinished buildings, overcrowding, and leaky plumbing. Her sometimes brusque demeanour hid a warm and motherly heart, and residents of Lady Dunn and Tibbits halls remember her fondly.

Joy Kidd was an advocate and advisor, working for student self-government in the residence system, improved student services, and better athletic opportunities for women. She endorsed the concept of co-ed residence and, when she stepped down in 1985, welcomed the integration of the men’s and women’s residence system. Kidd died in 1990, leaving a bequest to UNB to establish a bursary in her name.

Montague, Susan. (1992) A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick; University of New Brunswick.

Photos

Photo of her at desk with stack of books: Joy W. Kidd sitting at her desk. Photo provided by and used with the permission of the UNB Archives & Special Collections.

Photo of her leaning back: Joy W. Kidd. Photo provided by and used with the permission of the UNB Archives & Special Collections.

First construction photo: Lady Dunn Hall (later to be Joy W. Kidd House) under construction. Photo provided by and used with the permission of the UNB Archives & Special Collections.

Second construction photo: Lady Dunn Hall (later to be Joy W. Kidd House) under construction in 1961. Photo provided by and used with the permission of the UNB Archives & Special Collections.