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Jordan Flake (left) had boarded a flight from El Paso, Texas, to Dallas to visit her husband, Chris Flake, before he deployed for the military. She had her one-year-old son Jackson (right) with her.
Stéphanie Lacroix , seen in this image posted on Facebook, was a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines crash , her family said. Family have identified a young woman who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash as a former student at the University of Ottawa who was working with the United Nations.
Related Topics. Ethiopian Airlines crash . Stephanie Lacroix had graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2015 after studying international development, and had recently joined the UN Association in Canada. Ethiopian Airlines said that the first officer had flown 200 hours at the time of the disaster.
© Facebook Stéphanie Lacroix, seen in this image posted on Facebook, was a victim of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, her family said. Family have identified a young woman who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash as a former student at the University of Ottawa, who was working with the United Nations.
Stéphanie Lacroix's mother, Sylvie Lamarche Lacroix, confirmed from her home in Timmins, Ont., that her daughter died in the crash Sunday.
Lacroix's LinkedIn profile says she was working with the United Nations Association in Canada. It says she graduated in 2015 with an honours degree in international development and globalization from the University of Ottawa.
18 Canadians killed in Ethiopian plane crash
Ethiopian Airlines says it has contacted the families of the victims of a plane crash Sunday that killed 157 people, including 18 Canadians.
An Ottawa university prof called "a towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship," an "amazing" Edmonton mother and her young daughter, and a family of six from Brampton, Ont., are among the 18 Canadians killed in Stéphanie Lacroix 3 rd victim of plane crash linked to Ottawa .
Ottawa 's Jessica Hyba killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash . Stéphanie Lacroix 3 rd victim of plane crash linked to Ottawa . Flags at the American embassy in Ottawa and consulates across Canada have been ordered to half-mast by the ambassador.
She grew up in Timmins, Ont.
Photos: Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash
Jessica Hyba
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said one of its Canadian-born employees was among the victims of the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. The commission identified the woman as Jessica Hyba, who was working as the organization's senior external relations officer. She was a mother with two daughters.
Peter DeMarsh
Peter DeMarsh, pictured at centre, was a New Brunswick forester.
Amina Ibrahim Odowaa of Edmonton, and her five-year-old daughter, Sofia Faisal Abdulkadir.
Pius Adesanmi
Pius Adesanmi, a professor and the director of Carleton University's Institute of African Studies.
Danielle Moore
Danielle Moore posted this message on Facebook, the day before the crash:
Toronto’s Ethiopian community prays for plane crash victims
Before the victims were named, the Ethiopian Airlines crash already felt personal to some Torontonians.
Flight 302 passengers included 32 Kenyans, nine Britons and 22 people affiliated with the UN.
Sifting through the wreckage of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 near Bishoftu, Ethiopia , on Monday. Other victims of the crash had been traveling to United Nations events. Stéphanie Lacroix , originally from the northern Canadian mining town of Timmins, Ontario, was leading a four-person
"I'm so excited to share that I've been selected to attend and am currently en route to the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya with United Nations Association In Canada and #CanadaServiceCorps / #LeadersToday! Over the next week I'll have the opportunity to discuss global environmental issues, share stories, and connect with other youth and leaders from all over the world. I feel beyond privileged to be receiving this opportunity, and want to share as much with folks back home. If you have a question/want to chat about an environmental issue/want to hear about my UN experience please do not hesitate to message me! If you're interested, follow me on twitter (@danimoos) where I'll be sharing close-to-real-time thoughts and moments from #UNEA4 #SolveDifferent."
Derick Lwugi
Derick Lwugi was an accountant in Calgary and a father of three.
Micah Messent was an environmentalist from British Columbia.
Kosha Vaidya, Prerit Dixit and their children Ashka and Anushka Dixit
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Lacroix's uncle, Gilles Lamarche, also posted on Facebook that she had died in the crash, which claimed 157 lives. The plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet, went down shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa.
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No survivors following Ethiopian Airlines plane crash . The Ottawa university said he was among the 18 Canadians killed in the crash . "Pius Adesanmi was a towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship and his sudden loss is a tragedy," said Benoit-Antoine Bacon, president and
The ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday was packed with humanitarian workers and international experts, many of whom were bound for a major United Nations environmental summit in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
"My beautiful niece Stephanie, a young beautiful servant leader, employed by the United Nations and living her dream of helping people after completing her degree in International Studies, perished on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302," wrote Lamarche online. "Our hearts ache and will forever hold this beautiful soul with us.
Carleton professor Pius Adesanmi and Ottawa woman Jessica Hyba, who also worked with a UN agency, also died in the crash. There were 18 Canadians on the flight.
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Pilot of Crashed Jet Reported Flight-Control Problems.
The pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed Sunday reported that he was having flight-control problems and wanted to return to the airport, but didn’t indicate any other technical faults or other difficulties.