Cameron, Marjorie Lillian

Born at Chillwack, BC; deaf at 6 months from fever. Orally mainstreamed into various public schools. Worked as a mental health support worker for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind clients in Vancouver. Began competition skiing at age 14, competing mostly against hearing skiiers until entering the 1979 World Winter Games for the Deaf. Participated in several subsequent World Winter Games and other alpine skiing competions for the deaf, regularly placing high until a serious skiing injury around 1986 forced her retirement from competition skiing.