Nora Layard

Judith (Judi) Claire Stevenson  November 23, 1946 - March 19, 2026 “When it is over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” “When Death Comes” — Mary Oliver Our dear friend Judi possessed a fierce, wide-ranging creative intelligence. She was a community-minded social activist, feminist and environmentalist, writer and researcher, an avid photographer, traveler, art aficionado, a loving and loyal sister and friend, and lifelong cat-lover. Judi spent her early years in Nanaimo, BC, where her mother Gerry (née Geraldine Gertrude Browne), a teacher, encouraged learning, and the rich and fascinating time spent with her scientist father Cam (James Cameron Stevenson) at the Pacific Biological Station established her passionate love of nature and enduring interest in environmental justice. After early high school in Vancouver, Judi’s family (now including her beloved younger sister Barbara), moved …