Two women, at different ends of a humanitarian aid career, were among 18 Canadians who died Sunday after Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after taking off from the capital, Addis Ababa
Jessica Hyba had begun a new posting in Mogadishu with the UN High Commission for Refugees after seven years in the Middle East.One woman was a veteran United Nations staffer who had devoted years to bearing witness to the tragedies from the conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Stéphanie Lacroix, 25 and just three years from graduating from university, was on her way to an environmental conference. “UNHCR has lost dedicated humanitarians who tirelessly worked for the millions worldwide forced to flee wars and persecution,” the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said.
Joshua Olszynko, a childhood friend from the days he and Ms. Hyba were growing up in the Ottawa area, said she was a loyal friend who kept in touch and returned yearly to Canada. The day before she boarded her flight, Ms. Hyba had been on the phone with Mr. Olszynko’s sister, Jessica Mackie. After working in Malawi for World University Service of Canada, Ms. Lacroix was hired last fall by the UN Association in Canada,
Mr. Messent, a member of the Red River Métis Nation in Manitoba, grew up in British Columbia’s Comox Valley. He worked for BC Parks and planned to go to law school.
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