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'''Sue Johanson,''' [[Order of Canada|CM]] , [[Registered Nurse|RN]] (born March 16, 1956 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[writer]], [[public speaker]], [[Registered Nurse|registered nurse]], [[Sex education|sex educator]] and [[Mass media|media]] personality. She was born as '''Susan Powell''' in Toronto to a decorated [[United Kingdom|British]] war hero, [[Wilfrid Powell]], and an affluent Ontario-born [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[protestant]] mother, Ethel Bell, who died when Johanson was 10. She attended nursing school in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]]; soon after graduating, she married a [[Swedish-Canadian]] electrician named Ejnor Johanson. They had three children at 10-month intervals, Carol, Eric and Jane.
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Susan Johanson
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|size=100%}}
| image = Sue Johanson! (3006641609) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Johanson speaking in 2008
| birth_name = Susan Avis Bailey Powell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|29}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|06|28|1930|07|29}}
| death_place = [[Thornhill, Ontario]], Canada
| nationality =
| spouse = {{marriage|Ejnor Johanson|1953||end=died 2019}}
| children = 3
| relatives =
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Saint Boniface Hospital|Saint Boniface Hospital School of Nursing]]|[[University of Michigan]]|[[University of Toronto]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Registered nurse|public speaker|sex educator|writer}}
| years_active = 1953–2023
| website = {{URL|www.talksexwithsue.com}}
}}
'''Susan Avis Bailey Johanson''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} ({{née|'''Powell'''}}; July 29, 1930<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/health/sue-johanson-dead.html ''Sue Johanson, Who Talked Sex With Aplomb, Dies at 92''] from the ''[[New York Times]] date 7 July 2023</ref> – June 28, 2023) was a Canadian [[registered nurse]] and [[sex education|sex educator]]. She operated a [[birth control]] clinic in [[Toronto]] and hosted a series of radio and television programmes on birth control, [[safer sex]] and [[sexual health]]. She also published several books and wrote a newspaper column promoting sexual health.


==Biography==
In [[1970]], Johanson opened the first [[birth control]] clinic in [[Don Mills Collegiate Institute|Don Mills CI]] [[high school]], the first of its kind in Canada.
===Early life and career===
Johanson was born Susan Avis Bailey Powell in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], in 1930 to Wilfrid Powell, a decorated British war hero,<ref>{{cite web |title=Powell, Wilfrid Bayley |url=https://www.kenoragreatwarproject.ca/canadian-infantry/powell-wilfrid-bayley/ |publisher=Kenora Great War Project |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032325/https://www.kenoragreatwarproject.ca/canadian-infantry/powell-wilfrid-bayley/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and an affluent Ontario-born [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Protestant]] mother, Ethel Bell.<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=Deziel |first1=Shanda |last2=George |first2=Lianne |title=Sue Johanson (Profile) |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sue-johanson-profile |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |date=June 10, 2004 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032324/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sue-johanson-profile |url-status=live }}</ref> Her mother died when Johanson was ten.<ref name="encyclopedia"/> Johanson attended nursing school in [[Saint Boniface Hospital|St. Boniface Hospital]] in [[Winnipeg]], graduating as a registered nurse.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joundi |first1=Talia |title=Campus Beat: Sue Johanson proved a popular personality among U of M students |url=https://www.themanitoban.com/2011/02/campus-beat/1895/ |work=The Manitoban |date=February 1, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032325/https://www.themanitoban.com/2011/02/campus-beat/1895/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after, she married a [[Swedish Canadian|Swedish-Canadian]] electrician named Ejnor Johanson in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Frazier |date=April 4, 2003 |title=A 'grandma you can talk to' |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/a-grandma-you-can-talk-to/article_9e30e7b1-1eee-524c-b0f3-cce9fca3e9a2.html |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=San Mateo Daily Journal |language=en |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630110543/https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/a-grandma-you-can-talk-to/article_9e30e7b1-1eee-524c-b0f3-cce9fca3e9a2.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="encyclopedia"/> They had three children: Carol, Eric, and Jane.<ref name="encyclopedia"/> The family moved to [[North York]], where Johanson kept house and raised her children.<ref name="globe">{{cite news |last1=Hampson |first1=Sarah |title=The lady's not for blushing |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-ladys-not-for-blushing/article4126270/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=January 25, 2003 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032324/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-ladys-not-for-blushing/article4126270/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


In 1970, Johanson opened a [[birth control]] clinic in [[Don Mills Collegiate Institute|Don Mills CI]] high school, the first of its kind in Canada.<ref name="encyclopedia"/> She worked there as a coordinator for 18 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Navarro |first1=Mireya |title=Instead of Dr. Ruth, a Nurse Called Sue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/19/arts/instead-of-dr-ruth-a-nurse-called-sue.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 19, 2004 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032324/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/19/arts/instead-of-dr-ruth-a-nurse-called-sue.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She continued her education at the Toronto Institute of Human Relations (a postgraduate course in counselling and communication), the [[University of Toronto]] (family planning), and the [[University of Michigan]] (human sexuality), graduating as a counsellor and [[sex education|sex educator]].<ref name="webmd">{{cite web |title=Sue Johanson, RN |url=https://www.webmd.com/sue-johanson |website=webmd.com |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032324/https://www.webmd.com/sue-johanson |url-status=live }}</ref>
She hosts the popular radio/television show, the ''[[Sunday Night Sex Show]]''. The show first aired in the [[1990s]] as a syndicated radio program, similar to that of [[Ruth Westheimer]], and later became a television show produced and aired on the [[W Network]] in Canada. In the [[United States]], an American version of the show airs on the [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen Network]] as ''Talk Sex with Sue Johanson''.


===Radio and television programs===
Johanson's humour and frankness make her a popular speaker at Canadian universities. She frequently packs auditoriums to capacity, making even standing room hard to come by.
Johanson first achieved popularity as a sex educator and therapist hosting her own show on [[rock music|rock]] radio station [[CILQ-FM|Q107]] during the 1980s.<ref name="uoft">{{cite web |title=Sexual diversity centre at U of T to give citizenship award to renowned Oxygen network sex educator Sue Johanson |url=https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/arts/sexual-diversity-centre-at-u-of-t-to-give-citizenship-award-to-renowned-oxygen-network-sex-educator-sue-johanson/ |website=media.utoronto.ca |publisher=University of Toronto Media Room |date=September 9, 2010 |access-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921103933/https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/arts/sexual-diversity-centre-at-u-of-t-to-give-citizenship-award-to-renowned-oxygen-network-sex-educator-sue-johanson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show, entitled ''[[Sunday Night Sex Show]]'', transitioned into a TV talk show of the same name on the [[community television]] [[Rogers TV]] in 1985.<ref name="globe" /><ref name="uoft" /> In 1996, it became a national show on the [[Women's Television Network]] (WTN)<ref name="webmd" /> which ended in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Johanson's sex show cancelled |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/johansons-sex-show-cancelled/article1121652/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=July 11, 2005 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032326/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/johansons-sex-show-cancelled/article1121652/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


In January 2002, reruns of the show began to be replayed to American audiences on [[Oxygen (TV network)|Oxygen Media]].<ref name="encyclopedia" /> The recorded program was very popular, but American viewers missed the opportunity to call in and ask their own questions.<ref name="encyclopedia" /> The U.S. version of ''Sunday Night Sex Show'', called ''Talk Sex with Sue Johanson'', produced especially for American audiences, debuted in November 2002 on Oxygen.<ref name="encyclopedia" /><ref name="webmd" />
She was awarded the [[Order of Canada]] in 2001.


On May 7, 2008, it was announced that the next Sunday night's episode of the show would be its last, ending the show's run after six seasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oxygen's 'Talk Sex' is ending run |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/oxygens-talk-sex-is-ending-111159/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Associated Press |date=May 7, 2008 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032325/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/oxygens-talk-sex-is-ending-111159/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://talksexwithsue.com/index2.html Talk Sex with Sue Johanson]
*[http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6771 Order of Canada Citation]
*[http://www.talksexwithsue.com/suesbio.html Sue Johanson's biography at talksexwithsue.com]
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*{{imdb name|id=1200710|name=Sue Johanson}}


Johanson made appearances on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', and ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Sue Johanson, Canada's 'grandma with a pottymouth,' became the country's leading sexpert |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6608843 |work=CBC News |first1=Jenna |last1=Benchetrit |date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109061225/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6608843 |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Acting===
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Johanson appeared in two episodes of ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' and two episodes of ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''. She played Dr. Sally, a radio host and sex educator who served as an in-universe version of Johanson.<ref name="via1">{{cite news |title=From nursing to acting: Highlights of sex educator Sue Johanson's career |url=https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/entertainment-news/from-nursing-to-acting-highlights-of-sex-educator-sue-johansons-career-7214252 |access-date=June 29, 2023 |work=Vancouver Is Awesome |agency=The Canadian Press |date=June 29, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629214456/https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/entertainment-news/from-nursing-to-acting-highlights-of-sex-educator-sue-johansons-career-7214252 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Documentary===
A full-length documentary about Johanson was released in 2022. Entitled ''[[Sex with Sue]]'', the documentary chronicles Johanson's life story, directed by Canadian documentary filmmaker [[Lisa Rideout]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New Doc Explores Life and Work of Sex Educator Sue Johanson |url=https://globalnews.ca/video/9161288/new-doc-explores-life-and-work-of-sex-educator-sue-johanson |website=Global News |date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002171221/https://globalnews.ca/video/9161288/new-doc-explores-life-and-work-of-sex-educator-sue-johanson |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Death===
Johanson died in [[Thornhill, Ontario]], on June 28, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/sue-johanson-canada-s-sex-educator-dead-at-93-1.6461431|title=Sue Johanson, Canada's sex educator, dead at 93|date=June 29, 2023|website=CTVNews.ca|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629163500/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/sue-johanson-canada-s-sex-educator-dead-at-93-1.6461431|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CBC 20230630">{{cite news |last1=Benchetrit |first1=Jenna |last2=Stechyson |first2=Natalie |title=Sue Johanson, beloved Canadian sex educator, dead at 93 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sue-johanson-obit-1.6892524 |access-date=June 30, 2023 |work=CBC News |date=June 29, 2023 |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629152606/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/sue-johanson-obit-1.6892524 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Books==
Johanson was the author of three books: ''Talk Sex'' ({{ISBN|0-14-010377-5}}), ''Sex Is Perfectly Natural but Not Naturally Perfect'' ({{ISBN|0-670-83856-X}}), and ''Sex, Sex, and More Sex'' ({{ISBN|0-06-056666-3}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Talking sex: Sue Johanson getting a doctorate from LU |url=https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/talking-sex-sue-johanson-getting-a-doctorate-from-lu-258581 |website=sudbury.com |date=October 29, 2015 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804032325/https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/talking-sex-sue-johanson-getting-a-doctorate-from-lu-258581 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="via1" />

Johanson was also the author of a weekly column published in the Health section of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' newspaper.<ref name="webmd" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Mina |last2=Cameron |first2=Cherylyn |last3=LoBiondo-Wood |first3=Geri |last4=Haber |first4=Judith |title=Nursing Research in Canada – E-Book: Methods, Critical Appraisal, and Utilization |date=October 24, 2017 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |isbn=978-1-77172-094-6 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ok7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en }}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
Johanson's work educating and informing the public about birth control and sexual health earned her Canada's second highest civilian honour after the [[Order of Merit]], appointment to the [[Order of Canada]] as Member (CM) in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ms. Sue Johanson |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-7665 |website=[[Governor-General of Canada]] |access-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629222252/https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-7665 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6771|title=Order of Canada|website=archive.gg.ca|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308033443/https://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=6771|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Johanson was presented with the Bonham Centre Award from the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies for her contributions to the advancement and education of issues around sexual identification.<ref name="uoft" />

==References==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifVtSia-U4/ Conan Talks Sex With Sue Johanson] on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''


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Susan Johanson

CM
Johanson speaking in 2008
Johanson speaking in 2008
BornSusan Avis Bailey Powell
(1930-07-29)July 29, 1930
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJune 28, 2023(2023-06-28) (aged 92)
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
  • Registered nurse
  • public speaker
  • sex educator
  • writer
Alma mater
Years active1953–2023
Spouse
Ejnor Johanson
​
​
(m. 1953, died 2019)​
Children3
Website
www.talksexwithsue.com

Susan Avis Bailey Johanson CM (née Powell; July 29, 1930[1] – June 28, 2023) was a Canadian registered nurse and sex educator. She operated a birth control clinic in Toronto and hosted a series of radio and television programmes on birth control, safer sex and sexual health. She also published several books and wrote a newspaper column promoting sexual health.

Biography

[edit]

Early life and career

[edit]

Johanson was born Susan Avis Bailey Powell in Toronto, Ontario, in 1930 to Wilfrid Powell, a decorated British war hero,[2] and an affluent Ontario-born Irish Protestant mother, Ethel Bell.[3] Her mother died when Johanson was ten.[3] Johanson attended nursing school in St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, graduating as a registered nurse.[4] Soon after, she married a Swedish-Canadian electrician named Ejnor Johanson in 1953.[5][3] They had three children: Carol, Eric, and Jane.[3] The family moved to North York, where Johanson kept house and raised her children.[6]

In 1970, Johanson opened a birth control clinic in Don Mills CI high school, the first of its kind in Canada.[3] She worked there as a coordinator for 18 years.[7] She continued her education at the Toronto Institute of Human Relations (a postgraduate course in counselling and communication), the University of Toronto (family planning), and the University of Michigan (human sexuality), graduating as a counsellor and sex educator.[8]

Radio and television programs

[edit]

Johanson first achieved popularity as a sex educator and therapist hosting her own show on rock radio station Q107 during the 1980s.[9] The show, entitled Sunday Night Sex Show, transitioned into a TV talk show of the same name on the community television Rogers TV in 1985.[6][9] In 1996, it became a national show on the Women's Television Network (WTN)[8] which ended in 2005.[10]

In January 2002, reruns of the show began to be replayed to American audiences on Oxygen Media.[3] The recorded program was very popular, but American viewers missed the opportunity to call in and ask their own questions.[3] The U.S. version of Sunday Night Sex Show, called Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, produced especially for American audiences, debuted in November 2002 on Oxygen.[3][8]

On May 7, 2008, it was announced that the next Sunday night's episode of the show would be its last, ending the show's run after six seasons.[11]

Johanson made appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[12]

Acting

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Johanson appeared in two episodes of Degrassi Junior High and two episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation. She played Dr. Sally, a radio host and sex educator who served as an in-universe version of Johanson.[13]

Documentary

[edit]

A full-length documentary about Johanson was released in 2022. Entitled Sex with Sue, the documentary chronicles Johanson's life story, directed by Canadian documentary filmmaker Lisa Rideout.[14]

Death

[edit]

Johanson died in Thornhill, Ontario, on June 28, 2023.[15][16]

Books

[edit]

Johanson was the author of three books: Talk Sex (ISBN 0-14-010377-5), Sex Is Perfectly Natural but Not Naturally Perfect (ISBN 0-670-83856-X), and Sex, Sex, and More Sex (ISBN 0-06-056666-3).[17][13]

Johanson was also the author of a weekly column published in the Health section of the Toronto Star newspaper.[8][18]

Awards and honours

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Johanson's work educating and informing the public about birth control and sexual health earned her Canada's second highest civilian honour after the Order of Merit, appointment to the Order of Canada as Member (CM) in 2001.[19][20] In 2010, Johanson was presented with the Bonham Centre Award from the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies for her contributions to the advancement and education of issues around sexual identification.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Sue Johanson, Who Talked Sex With Aplomb, Dies at 92 from the New York Times date 7 July 2023
  2. ^ "Powell, Wilfrid Bayley". Kenora Great War Project. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Deziel, Shanda; George, Lianne (June 10, 2004). "Sue Johanson (Profile)". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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