Diane Therrien
Diane Therrien (born 1985 or 1986) is a Canadian politician who served as the 62nd mayor of Peterborough from 2018 to 2022. She was elected in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections. Prior to her mayoral election, she was a city councillor for Ward 3 (Town Ward) from 2014 to 2018. Prior to her political career, Therrien worked for Ontario's Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and for the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network. Early life and education Therrien was born in Mississauga and started studying history and peace studies at McMaster University when she was 17 years old. After getting a bachelor's degree from McMaster University, she obtained her master's degree Trent University, where she studied Canadian Indigenous issues. Career After graduation, Therrien worked at the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs in Toronto, and for three years as a facilitator of community education at the Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network. Prior to her mayoral election, she was a city councillor for Ward 3 (Town Ward) from 2014 to 2018. Therrien was elected as mayor of Peterborough in the 2018 Ontario municipal elections. Therrien is the third woman to be mayor of the city. On August 13, 2019, Peterborough City Council unanimously passed a by-law to