Events
listed relate to Canadian women with a few extra items added
to give the timeline perspective.
This timeline is not all inclusive.
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DATES |
EVENTS |
2000 |
2000 -
52% of
victims of violent crimes are women
January 12, 2000
– Beverly McLachlin (1943- ) becomes
the 1st female chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
January 17, 2000 - Canada Post
issues a commemorative stamp honouring Dr Maude Abbott
(1869-1940) an internationally acclaimed expert
in the human heart
February 2000 -
Health Canada approves levonorgestrel (the morning after pill) for
sale in Canada but only by prescription from a doctor
February 10, 2000 - Lois Hole
(1929-2005) becomes the 15th Lieutenant-Govenor
of the Province of Alberta
February 11, 2000 -
The Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey program saw its
longest game take place. The
University of
Toronto's Rhonda Mitchell scored on a
35-foot slap shot. It was the 5:07 mark of the eighth period and the
Varsity Blues defeated York University. Although the victory allowed
the University of Toronto to advance to the OUA gold medal
game, it was the longest in the history of Canadian women's hockey
(since broken). The game lasted over five hours and ten minutes.
York's player of the game was goaltender Debra Ferguson,
as she valiantly made 63 saves over 125 minutes
February 17, 2000 - Canada Post issues a commemorative
stamp honouring Hilda Marion Neatby
(1904-1975)
February 21, 2000 - Lynda Maureen Haverstock
(1948- ) is sworn in as the 19th
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
2000 - Women can serve in Submarines for the first tim.
April 17, 2000 -
Pat Duncan
(1960- )
is elected Premier of the Yukon
2000
§
The Figure
Skating Association originally formed in 1939 becomes Skate Canada
May 5, 2000 - Nycole Trumel
(1942-
) is the 1st woman & 1st Francophone to become president
of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (P S A C)
May 8, 2000 -
The last female prisoner is
transferred out of the women's prison in Kingston, Ontario known as
4PW
May 28, 2000 -
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is
dedicated in front of the War Memorial in Ottawa. The tomb would
have a clear cover over the casket for several days before the
permanent cover was finally added
June 20, 2000 - Elizabeth 'Betty' Kennedy
(1926- )
is appointed to the Senate of Canada
July 2000 -
The
Kingston Prison for Women (P4W) is closed being replaced by a
network of smaller, regions facilities and an Aboriginal healing
lodge. This was a recommendation of the Arbor Report which was
commissioned to look into actions of the prison’s Institutional
Emergency Response Team (T E R T) of April 26, 1994
Source: The night Raid at Kingston’s Prison for Women by
Sierra Baquie. Section15.ca (Accessed 2009)
August 14, 2000 -
Salmon Arm, British Columbia dedicates a memorial to all Canadian
Women who served in the World War l, World War ll and the Korean War
Source:
"Canadian Women's Military Service (Memorial Number: 59014-010)".
Directorate of History and Heritage.
Online (Accessed January
2016)
2000 -
A 6’4” bronze statue of a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corp by
sculptor André Gauthier is erected in front of the Kitchener Armoury, Ontario
October 17, 2000 -
World March of Women Against Poverty is held in countries around
the world
October 31, 2000 -
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution
1325 recognizing the undervalued and underutilized contributions
that women make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict
resolution, and peace building; and at the same time stressed the
importance of women’s equal and full participation as active agents
in peace and security. It is the 1st time the Security
Council addressed the disproportionate and unique impact of armed
conflict on women Source: Sally Armstrong, Assent
of Women: A New Age is Dawning For Every Mother’s Daughter.
(Vintage Canada, 2013)
2000 -
Maryse Carmichael (1971- ) a
captain with the Canadian Air Force,
is the first female pilot to fly with the Canadian Forces' national
aerobatic team, the Snowbirds
2000 - Nycole Turmel
(1942- )
becomes the 1st woman (and 1st Francophone) president of the Public
Service Alliance of Canada
Source Canada Women's Foundation. History of the
women's movement: selected moments of importance in the history
of Canadian women , 2004 (accessed 2005) .
2000 - Catriona Le May Doan
(1970- )
becomes the 1st Canadian
individual to successfully defend a gold medal at any Olympic Games
2000 -
Canadian women's Hockey team wins Olympic Gold medal
October 18-29 2000 - Stephanie Dixon
(1984- ) wins five gold medals in
swimming a record for the most gold medals won by a Canadian at a
single games
Source: Lisa Wajna, Great Canadian Women: Nineteen Portraits of
Extraordinary Women. (Folklore Publishing, 2005)
2000 - Lorie Kane
(1964- )
winner of three Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour events is
voted as the winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Top
Female Athlete of the Year
2000 - Susan Ursel
(1958- )
is inducted into the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives' National
Portrait Collection in recognition of her legal services, mainly Pro
Bono, to the Lesbian and Gay community
Source: Diversifying the bar; Law Society of Upper Canada
online accessed January 2013.:
October 18, 2000
-
Famous Five monument is unveiled.
It is located near
the Senate entrance of the Canada's Parliament Buildings, Ottawa,
Ontario
2000 - Employment
Insurance benefits are expanded to allow payments for up to a year
for natural and adoptive parents
2000 - The Chief of the Maritime
Staff of the Canadian Forces announces that
women may now serve in submarines
Source "Women throughout Canadian military history." in
Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23 February 2005.
2000 - Margaret Eleanor Atwood
(1939- ) wins the coveted BOOKER Prize in literature for her
book The Blind Assassin
2000 -
National Nursing History Collection is established in
agreement with the Canadian Nurses" Association, the Canadian Museum
of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum and the National Archives
of Canada Source : Canadian Nurses
Foundation online
(accessed June 2004)
2000 - Television advertisements for birth
control pills appear for the 1st time Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the
Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002.
2000 - Shawandithit (ca 1801-1829)
is designated a National Historic Person by the Historic Sites
and Monuments Board of Canada
2000 - Mayann Elizabeth Francis
(1946- )
is the 1st woman appointed as Ombudsman for Nova Scotia
Source: Office of Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor online. Accessed
June 2011.
Births 2000: June 13, 2000 -
Born Penny Oleksiak (2000- )
international & Olympic swimming champion
Deaths 2000:
2000- Died Susan
Gertrude Jasper (1902-2000) social activist 2000 - Died Mary Belle Barclay (1901-2000) co- founder of
hostelling in North America 2000 - Died
Gabrielle 'Gaby' Pleau (19202000) champion skier
2000 - Died Isabel K. Williamson (1927-2000) astronomer
January 2, 2000 - Died
Marilyn 'Lyn' Turner
Jackson (1933-2000) acclaimed nurse
January 17, 2000 - Died
Marion Elizabeth de
Chastelain (1910-2000) World War ll intelligence officer
January 22, 2000- Died
Anne
Hébert (1916-2000) award winning poet, playwright, & novelist
February 21. 2000 -
Died Violet Archer (1913-2000)
musician & award winning composer
February 27, 2002 - Died Nicole Bruinsma (1960-2002)
activist and physician
March 2, 2000 - Died Sandra Schmirler (1963-2000) World &
Olympic Champion curler
March 9, 2000 - Died Jean Coulthard (1908-2000) composer &
educator awarded the Order of Canada March 15, 2000- Died Alice Lillian Wright (1894-2000) nurse
who fought for better working conditions March 21, 2000 - Died Eleanor O'Meara-Phelan (????-2000)
champion figure skater
April 27, 2000 -
Died Ethel Luella Curry (1902-2000) Haliburton artist
April 30, 2000 - Died Doreen Paterson Reitsma (1927-2000) one
of the 1st women to join the Women's Division of the Royal
Canadian Navy May 4, 2000 - Died
Veronica Foster-Guerrette (1922-2000) ‘Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl’
& successful singer
May 6, 2000 - Died Mary Evangeline Percy Jackson (1904-2000)
pioneering medical doctor on the prairies May 7, 2000 - Died Doris Priscilla Muncey Haslam (1905- 2000
) local historian in Prince Edward Island May 13, 2000 - Died
Jessie Boyd Scriver (1894-2000) first pediatric doctor in Montreal
May 26, 2000 - Died
Alexandra Sandra Gwyn (1935-2000) journalist & historian
May 27, 2000 -
Died Constance Ida MacFarlane (1904-2000) acclaimed scientist
who specialized in seaweed
July 24, 2001 -
Died Carrie Mae Best Black (1903-2001) Black activist who
fought racism
August 23, 2000 - Died Frances Patricia Jones (1930-2000)
medal winning sprinter in 1948 Olympic Games October 6, 2000 -
Died Carole Corbeil (1952-2000) author in both English &
French
October 7, 2000 -
Died Helen Campbell deGreanger Herring (1909-2000) activist P.E.I
and Order of Canada
October 28, 2000 - Died Patricia Joudry (1921-2000)
playwright
November 6, 2000 - Died
Violet Margaret ‘Jackie’ Hoag (1911-2000) social activist
November 29, 2000 - Died Carol Bolt (1941-2000)
playwright December 31, 2000 - Died
Ella Jean Canfield
(1918-2000) 1st woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince
Edward Island
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2001 |
2001 - Women in
the Canadian armed services are permitted to serve in submarines Source: Women in the
Military. The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
2001 - The
Hon. Iona Campagnolo (1932- ) is the
1st woman Lieutenant-Governor of the province of British
Columbia
Source:
British Columbia Federation of Labour.
2001 - Statistics Canada, when factoring both paid and unpaid work
loads, reveals that a typical Canadian woman
outworks a typical Canadian man by 80 hours a year Source: Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the
Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002.
pg. 21
2001 -
The census now records data for same-sex common law unions
2001 - Women serving in the Canadian Military are
now allowed too serve on submarines
April 30, 2001 -
The National Council of Women is declared an organization of
National Historic Significance by the Government of Canada
Source: NCW website (accessed 2010)
2001 - Roberta Jamieson
(1953- )
is the 1st woman elected Chief of Six Nations of the Grand
River Territory, Ontario
Source: Roberta Jamieson: Chief Six Nations of the Grand River
Territory. Contemporary Canadian Biographies. Thompson Gale,
August 2003. (Accessed online June 2008.)
2001 - Helen R. Pierce
(1953- )
is appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice at Thunder Bay
and is considered the 1st Métis woman to become a judge in Ontario
Source: Diversifying the bar: Lawyers Make history. Law
Society of Upper Canada Online
2001 - Carrie Serwetnyk
(1965- )
international soccer star is inducted into
the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
Source:
Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame Accessed March 2007.
June 13, 2001 - Mobina Jaffer (1949-
) is appointed to the Senate of Canada serving as the 1st
Muslim Senator and the 1st of Asian descent
Source: Canada. Senate of Canada. Mabina Jaffer. Online accessed May
2013.
2001 -
The population of Canada is 30.75 with 250,000 immigrants arriving
this year. The overall birthrate is declining
2001 - Flores Le Due, (1883-1951) World Champion Trick and Fancy
Rider ( 1st of 3 titles was won in 1912) is inducted into the National
Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the only Canadian resident to be inducted at
the time
2001-
Heather Steele of Oromocto New Brunswick became the
1st female licensed plumber in New Brunswick
Source: New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Women
in the House; A Reader of New Brunswick Women in the Legislative
Assembly. May 2010. Online. (Accessed January 2016)
2001 -
Langford, British Columbia dedicates a bandstand in Veterans
Memorial Park to all Canadian Women Mariners who served in wartime
September 17, 2001 -
The Yukon Status of Women Council hosts, Gaining Ground: Women,
Mining & the Environment is a two day gathering of Yukon Women to
discuss the impact of mining on communities, families, & the
environment with the goal of strategies for positive change
October 18, 2001 - Nicole Latour-Theede, a Métis is
appointed the 1st female Sergeant-at-Arms in the legislature of the
Northwest Territories.
2001 - Catriona Le May Doan
(1970- )
the Canadian & World Speed Skating Champion who set the world record
at 500 metres is
voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
2001 -
Women working full-time or part-time in N.B. earned on average 79%
of what men earned as hourly pay
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Historical Review 2001.
2001 - The bandstand in Veterans Memorial Park, Langford,
Brish Columbia is dedicated to the Canadian Women Mariners who
served in World War ll Deaths 2001:
2001`-
Died Jean Bessie Lumb (1919-2001) social activist & 1st
Canadian Chinese Canadian to receive the Order of Canada
2001 - Died Beverly Sharon Masscoll (1941-2001)
Black social activist & businesswoman
February 1, 2001 -
Died
Carol Anne Letheren (1942-2001) trailblazer in women's
sports and Canadian Olympic administrator
March 8, 2001 - Died Frances Marr Adaskin (1900-2001)
pianist
March 18, 2001 - Died Juliette Hout (1912-2001) French Canadian
actor
March 19, 2001
- Died Suzann Hutner (????-2001) publisher of the Canadian Jewish
Review
March 28, 2001 - Died
Lillian Palmer-Anderson (1913-2001) track and field star
April 2001 - Died Hilda May Cameron Young (1912-2001) Olympic
Medal winner in Track and Field in 1936
April 30, 2001 - Died
Elaine Grand (1926-2001) C B C broadcaster
May 13, 2001 - Died Evelyn Blankstein
(1913-2001), architect.
May 17, 2001 -
Died Enid Johnson-MacLeod (1909-2001) acclaimed anaesthetist
May 26, 2001 - Died Dona Massin (1917-2001) choreographer
June 12, 2001 - Died Peggy Cartwright (1912-2001) actor in
silent films & talkies
June 23, 2001 -
Died Yvonne Dionne (1934-2001) one of the Dionne quintuplets
June 25, 2001 - Died Alison Leeds Prentice (1934-2021)
historian
June 29, 2001 - Died Clara Kwan-Lim (1916-2001) early
graduate nurse of Chinese ancestry in British Columbia
July 30, 2001 - Died
Thelma Josephine Hundeby
(1923-2001) played with the All American Girls Professional Baseball
League
August 3, 2001 - Died Jessie Anne Buckingham (1906-2001)
teacher & volunteer
August 14, 2001 - Died
Carol Ann Duthie-MacDonald (1937-2001) champion water skier
August 30, 2001 - Died Bernice C. Cunnington (1909-2001)
journalist
September 17, 2001 - Died
Ruth Rittenhouse Morris (1933-2001) social activist for prison
reform
October 17, 2001 -
Died Frances Claudet-Johnson (1911-2001) champion figure skater
October 26, 2001 - Died Julia Ching (1934-2001) professor in
eastern studies & author.
November 1, 2001 - Died
Solange Chaput-Rolland (1919-2001)
author, editor, broadcaster & politician
November 20, 2001 - Died Margaret Jill Thompson
(1937-2001) nurse & nursing historian
December 14, 2001 - Died Pauline Emily McGibbon (1910-2001) 1st woman to be
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario |
2002 |
2002 -
Canadian Women's Hockey Team wins Olympic Gold!
November 14, 2002 -
The Canada Multiculturalism Day is proclaimed by the
federal government
2002 - Chief Warrant Officer Camille Tkacz
becomes the first woman appointed Command Chief position as
Assistant Deputy Minister
2002 -
Catriona Le May Doan
(1970- )
Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion & overall champion who set the
Olympic record for 500 metres in speed skating is
voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
& winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's
Top Overall Athlete of the Year
December 1, 2002 -
World Aids Day. Women make up 50% of
the 42 million people in the world infected with HIV-Aids
Source: CBC (Accessed November 26, 2002)
2002
- Andromache Karakatsanis (1955- )
is appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in
Toronto Source:
Diversifying the bar; Law Society of Upper Canada online
accessed January 2013.:
2002 -
The Honorable
Madame Justice Micheline Rawlins
(1951- )
is recipient of
the National Congress of Black Women Award for outstanding
contribution to women, to law and to Canada
Source:
Diversifying the bar; Law Society of Upper Canada online
accessed January 2013.:
2002 - "Ruthie" Lucie Blackburn
(1804-1895) and her husband, former slaves who
escaped to Canada are declared Persons of National Historic
Significance
by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of CanadaSource: 100 more Canadian heroines by Merna Forester (Dundurn
, 2011)
2002 - Mary
Bibb
(1820-1877) and
her husband
Henry Bibb (1815-1854) were declared Persons
of National Historic Significance by the Historic Sites and
Monuments Board of Canada in 2002. Mary is considered the first
black woman journalist in Canada
Sources: Section15.ca ; Merna Forster
100 more Canadian Heroines; Famous and Forgotten Faces
(Toronto; Dundurn Press, 2011.
2002 -
Women represent 18% of all elected members of the New Brunswick.
Legislative Assembly
Source: Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Report Card on
the Status of Women 2002 , chart 24, p.16.
2002 -
Court Watch Yukon is established by the Victoria Faulkner
Women's Centre to oversee & adress the court's response to female
victims of abuse & sexualized assult
Deaths 2002:
2002 - Died Maria Cordis Brennan (
-2002) social activist for seniors
2002 - Died Alexandra 'Alexe' Carter (1912-2002) journalist &
author
2002 - Died Sr. Mary Irene MacKinnon (1917-2002) nurse in Prince
Edward Island
2002- Died Phyllis Pinnock (1904-2002) Black nurse
January 5, 2002 - Died Lucy Christie Harris (1907-2002)
award winning author
February 8, 2002 - Died Elizabeth Man Borgese (1918-02002)
author & expert on ocean environment
February 2002 - Died
Mary MacLennan Lea (1910-2002) first woman to participate in world
rifle shooting
February 14, 2002 - Died Charlotte M. Ayotte Chaput (????-2002)
community volunteer in Winnipeg
February 14, 2002 - Died Sara Barkin (1908-2002)
pianist &
soprano
February 26, 2002 -
Died May Cecelia Symonds Gutterage (1917-2002) social
activist
March 2, 2002 - Died Verna Isabel Margaret Freeman (1923-2002)
music teacher, & clown palliative care worker
March 2, 2002 - Died Genevieve McFaul ( -2002)
played with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
March 5, 2002 - Died Elsie Bear (1921-2002) social activist
March 27, 2002 - Died Dorothy Davies ( -2002) radio
actor, script writer,& director of radio programs & member B.C.
Entertainment Hall of Fame
April 12, 2002 -
Died
Marie Alfreda ‘Freda’ Diesing (1925-2002) artist
April 22, 2002 -
Died Savella Stechishin (1903-2002) Ukrainian-Canadian author
April 29, 2002 -
Died Genevieve 'Gene' George McFaul (1927-2002) played with the All
American Girls Professional Baseball League
May 11, 2002 - Died Louise Marguerite Renaude Lapointe
(1912-2002) politician
May 12, 2002 - Died Louise Marguerite Renaude Lapoint
(1912-2002) politician
May 15, 2002 - Died
Jeannine Guindon (1919-2002) professor of
psychology
May 29, 2002 - Died Bernice Thurman Hunter (1922-2002)
author of books for children set in Toronto
June 17, 2002 -
Died Isabel Elizabeth Staffer (1908-2002) first woman in a
hospital pharmacy
June 24, 2002 - Died
June Rose Schofield (1926- 2002) played with the All American Girls
Professional Baseball League
July 2, 2002 - Died
Dorothy Macham (1910-2002) World War ll Nursing Sister & Matron
July 12, 2002 - Died Dorothy Macham (1910-2002) WW ll veteran
Nurse &
nursing administrator
July 18, 2002 - Died Jean Bessie Lumb
(1919-2002) 1st Chinese Canadian inducted into Order of Canada
August 28, 2002 - Died
Minnie 'Jerri' Mumford (1909-2992) Commander, Halifax Women's
Service Corps
September 1, 2002 - Died Gwendolyn Margaret Grant (1920-2002)
author & poet
September 23, 2002 - Died Vera Holdsworth (
-2002), 1st Canadian woman to qualify for both Canadian and
American Trapshooting teams.
September 28, 2002 - Died
Lilai Margarita Logette (1911-2002) served in R C A F World War ll
October 3, 2002 - Died Julie Frost ( -2002), pioneer
in the Broadcaster Hall of Fame
October 6, 2002 - Died Bernice 'Bunny' Jordan-Whimes
(1918-2002) Black jazz singer in Montreal
October 27, 2002 - Died Sophie Crestohl (1902-2002)
social worker, Liaison with the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation
Administration & the International Refugee Organization
November 26, 2002 - Died Isabel
McLaughlin (1903-2002) early modernist painter
November 29, 2002 - Died Mary L. Richmond (1920-2002) teacher
of nursing & nursing history advocate
December 2, 2002 - Died
Suzanne Cloutier (1923-2003) actor
December 4, 2013 - Died
Freda Diesing (1925-2002) totem pole carver
December 8, 2002 - Died
Constance ‘Connie’ Eyolfson (1936-2002) Métis activist
December 10, 2002 - Died Ruth Gorman (1914-2002) lawyer &
Officer of the Order of Canada
December 15, 2002 - Died Mary 'Minnie' Agnes White
(1916-2002) Newfoundland folk musician,
First Lady of the Accordion |
2003 |
2003 - Lieutenant-Commander Marta Mulkins
is the first woman to serve as a captain of a Canadian warship, the
HMCS Summerside
Source "Women throughout Canadian military history." in
Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23 February 2005.
February 2003 -
Eaton's department store, once
a cornerstone of the City of Winnipeg in Manitoba is torn down
2003 -
Half the union contracts in Canada have some paid maternity leave
2003 -
Women's
World Championship Hockey in Beijing cancelled due to concern over
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Asia
March-April 2003 -
Toronto is hit by the largest outbreak of flu-like Sars
Virus outside of Asia
2003 - Master Seaman Colleen Beattie of the Canadian Navy
is the 1st woman to qualify as a sub Mariner
Source "Women throughout Canadian military history." in
Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23 February 2005.
2003 -The first all female Canadian Forces
team completes the Nijmegan March in Holland carrying the same
weight as male teams
2003 -
Heather Anne Elyse Lilian
Munroe-Blum (1950- ) becomes 1st woman to serve
as McGill University's President. & Vice Chancellor
October 1, 2003 -
Canada Post issues a set of commemorative stamps
honouring Canadian Astronauts including Roberta Bondar
(1945- ) the 1st Canadian woman in space, and
Julie Payette (1963- ),
the 1st Canadian woman to visit the Space Station
2003-2005 - Kim Campbell
(1947- ) is president
of the International Women's Forum, a global organization of women
of significant & diverse achievement
2003 -
Roberta Bondar
(1945- ) is recognized by
TIME magazine as one of Canada's 5 best explorers &
is inducted into the
International Women's Forum Hall of Fame
2003 - Marie E. Tracey O'Donnell
(1966- ) is elected a bencher of
the Law Society of Upper Canada, the 1st Aboriginal woman ever
elected.
Source: Diversifying the bar: Lawyers Make history. Law
Society of Upper Canada Online
2003 -
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame is created and
Mary Travers (La Bolduc)
(1894-1941)
is
one of the first five popular song composers
inducted
2003 - Yonah Martin
(1965- )
co-founds the non profit organization Korean
Canadian C3, a community organization of volunteers who embrace
cultural diversity and bridge Canadian Communities by
providing cultural education and volunteer resources
Source: C3society.ogr (accessed December 2011)
2003 - Perdita Felicien
(1980- )
track and field World Champion in the 100 metres
hurdles
is
voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
2003 - The opera Filumena
debuts telling the story of the life and death of booze runner and
convicted murderer Filumena 'Florence' Constanzo Lassandro
(1900-1023) the only woman to be hanged in Alberta
2003 - The Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle is
founded as a non-profit organization to create an outlet for voices
of Aboriginal women in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Deaths 2003:
2003 -
Died
Aleen Aked (1907-2003) painter
2003 -
Died Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916-2003) Inuit textile artist
2003 -
Died
Madeline-Ann Aksich (1956-2005) businesswoman and philanthropist
2003 -
Died
Louise Brown (1922-2003) medal winning
tennis player, member Canadian Tennis Sports Hall of Fame
2003 -
Died
Olga Chumak (1919-2003) 1st woman lawyer of Ukrainian heritage in the
province of Ontario
2003 -
Died Marion Eaton Bishop (1909-2003)
social activist & community volunteer
2003 - Died
Elizabeth 'Betty' Mary Gertrude Davidson (1909-2000) artist
2003 Died Lena O'Ree (1915-2003) Black activist for equality in
New Brunswick
January 1, 2003 - Died
Isabel LeBourdais (1909-2003) author & journalist
January 20, 2003 -
Died
Marie Bonin (1932-2003) Manitoba nurse
January 28, 2003 - Died
Elsie May Gibbons (1903-2003) first woman mayor of a Quebec
municipality
February 17, 2003 -
Died Ruth Evelyn Brown Johnson (1919-2003) Black activist in Nova
Scotia
April 23, 2003 - Died Anne Louise Caspell Schulman
(1941-2003) sport administrator in swimming
April 23, 2003 -
Died Mary Tkachuk (1912-2003) activist for Ukrainian Canadian
culture
May 8, 2003 - Died Dorothy B. Ferguson Key (
-2003) played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
June 1, 2003 - Died Jane Stopford Purves ((1949-2003) Nova
Scotia politician & journalist
June 2, 2003 -
Died Alma V. Ricard (1906-2003) businesswoman & philanthropist
June 5, 2003 -
Died
Patricia Bloomfield-Holt (1910-2003) musician & composer
June 16, 2003 -
Died Elaine Russell (1915-2003) teacher, poet, and painter in P E I
June 29, 2003 -
Died Margaret Belcher (1920-2003) author & ornithologist
July 3, 2003 -
Died
Anne Barbara Underhill (1920-2003) winner of 1983 Nobel Prize in
Physics
July 11, 2003 -
Died Zahra Kazeml (1949-2003)
murdered photographer & documentalist
July 16, 2003 -
Died
Carol Shields (1935-2003)
award winning author
July 31, 2003 - Died Barbara Smucker (1915-2003) noted
children's author
August 22, 2003 - Died
Julianna Rita Dusanko (1922-2003) played
with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
August 28, 2003 -
Died
Berthe Sansregret/Soeur Berthe (1912-2003) acclaimed Quebec chef
September 5, 2003- Died
Gisele Mackenzie (1927-2005) accomplished violinist, singer and star
of TV and the movies
October 2, 2002 - Died
Magda Arnold (1903-2002) psychologist
October 8, 2003 - Died
Frankie Tillman (1916-2003) social activist with YWCA
November 4, 2003 - Died Sharon Capeling-Alakija ( - 2003)
social activist who helped people around the world
November 12, 2003 - Died
Rosaline Delisle (1952-2003) ceramic sculptor
November 30, 2003 - Died Muriel Flexman (1912-2003) journalist
& 1st woman to work at Canadian Press
December 2003 - Died Mary "Bonnie" Baker
(1919?- 2003) member of the All American Girls Baseball League.
December 2, 2003 -
Died Suzanne Cloutier (1923-2003) actor
December 9, 2003 - Died Sylvia Gelber (1910-2003) feminist & Canadian UN Delegate
December 15, 2003 - Died Dora Wasserman (1919-2003) award winning
founder of the Yiddish Theatre of Montreal |
2004 |
2004 - Canadian women
frequently pay more for products marketed specifically to women, or
just because women are doing the buying 2004 -
Women working full-time in Canada typically earn about 72% of
what Canadian men earn. For women in the paid labour force,
the average annual income is about 58% of men's income , and there
is an equivalent gap in pension benefits Source:
Herstory 2004
January 2004 - The RT.
Hon. Kim Campbell (1947- ) is appointed Secretary
General of the Club De Madrid, an organization with which she was a
founding executive member, that is dedicated to democracy in the
world Source: Club de Madrid Kim Campbell (accessed
January 2006)
February 16, 2004 - The New Democratic Party
(NDP) organizes a Woman's Economic Summit in Ottawa
May 14, 2004 - The Young and the Breastless
conference is held in Vancouver, British Columbia as the 1st ever
national conference for young women diagnosed with breast cancer
June 2004 - The Media Club of Ottawa celebrates the 100th
anniversary of the Canadian Women's Press Club with a conference and
a play One Hundred Years of Daring: Day One by
Rosaleen Dickson Source: Personal
participation
June 28, 2004 - Bev Oda (1944-
) is elected to the House of Commons becoming the 1st
Japanese Canadian Member of Parliament
2004 - Therese Casgrain (1896-1981)
and the statue of the Famous Five are featured on the b side of the
Canadian $50.00 bill
2004 - Mary Ann Burdette is elected as 1st woman Dominion
President of the Royal Canadian Legion
Source: Legion acclaims Dominion President… June 15, 2004 (accessed June 2007)
July 14, 2004 - Same sex marriage is legalized in the
Yukon Territory
2004 - Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Jan Davis becomes the
first woman Coxswain on a Major war ship in Canada
2004 - Nina Grewal becomes the 1st South Asian woman
elected to the Canadian House of Commons as Member of Parliament for
Fleetwood-Port Kells, British Columbia
2004 - Bonnie Sherr Klein (1941- )
is awarded
the
Governor’s General Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case recognizing
outstanding contributions to quality of life for women in Canada
Source. Library and Archives Canada. Bonnie Sherr Klein: Canadian
women in film. Celebrating Women’s Achievements. (accessed June
2006) This site includes an extensive bibliography.
August 13-29, 2004 - Olympic Games Athens Greece. Gold
Medals:
August 24, 2004 - Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966- )
wins Canada gold medal in Cycling. Silver medals: August
20, 2004 - Karen Cockburn (1980-
) , gymnastics.; August 23,
2004 - Tonya Verbeek (1977-
), freestyle wrestling; August 27,
2004 - Marie-Hélène Prémont (1977-
) cycling women's cross country:
Bronze Medals; August 16, 2004 - Blythe Hartley
(1982- ) and Emilie Heymans
(1981- ) synchronized 10 meter
platform diving; August 28, 20014 - Caroline Brunet
(1969- ) K-l 1000 meters canoeing.
2004 - Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966-
) wins the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award Canada's female Athelete of the Year
as voted by the Canadian Press & Broadcast News
2004 - Helen Shaver (1951-
) is added to Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario
September 15 - 28 2004 - Summer Paralympics Games,
Athens, Greece; Gold medals Stephanie Dixon
(1984- ) wins a gold, 6 silver and
a bronze medal in swimming: Chelsea Clark , athletics 100
meter T34; Chantal Peticlerc 100 meter T54 , 200 meter T54,
400 meter T54, 800 meter T54, 1500 meter T54; Lisa
Franks, 200 meter T52 ; Anne Polinario 50
meter freestyle swimming; Kirby Cote
(1984- ), 100 meter, 400
meter freestyle swim, 100 meter butterfly swim, 200 meter individual
medley;
Silver medals:
Chelsea Lariviere 100 meter athletics; Women's Goalball
team; Stephanie Dixon (1984- ) 100 meter,
and 400 meter freestyle swim, 100 meter butterfly swim, 200 meter
individual medley swim: Kirby Cote
(1984- ) 100 meter breaststroke
swim; Anne Polinano,
Danielle Campo, Andrea Cole and
Stephanie Dixon (1984- ),
4X 100 meter freestyle swim: Elizabeth Walker,
Stephanie Dixon (1984- ),
Anne Polinario and Darla Geiger,
4 X 100 medley swim. Bronze Medals: Diane
Roy (1971- ) 400
meter, and 1500 meter athletics; Jessica Matassa, 800
meter athletics; Courtney Knight , discus throw;
Karen Brain on Dasskara individual equestrian dressage;
Danielle Campo, 50 meter and 400 meter freestyle swim;
Stephanie Dixon (1984- )
50 meter freestyle swim ; Chelsey Gotell 50
meter, 100 meter freestyle swim and 200 meter individual medley;
Elizabeth Walker 400 meter freestyle; Andrea Cole,
100 meter butterfly swim: Women's team wheelchair basketball.
Source: Canada Olympics
September 29, 2004 - The
Bank of Canada issued a
$20 bank note in the
Canadian Journey Series which
included a quotation from Gabrielle Roy's 1961 book
The Hidden Mountain (La Montagne
secrète), and its English translation by Harry Binsse.
"Could we ever know each other in the slightest without
the arts?"
Fall 2004 - The Standing Committee on the Status of Women
is established to undertake an extensive consultation with national
and regional women's organizations to identify key issues of women's
organizations
December 26, 2004 - One of the world's worst disasters, an
earthquake & tsunami kills 100,000 people in Asia including Sri
Lanka, & India
2004 - Mary Electra Adams (1823- 1898)
is declared a National Historic Person by the Canadian Government
Deaths 2004:
2004 -
Died Kay Anglers (1923-2004) artist in water colours & fibre arts
2004 -
Died Ina Caton (1914-2004) 1st woman in Saskatchewan ordained as a
deacon & later to the priesthood of the Anglican
Church of Canada
2004
-
Died
Maureen Lormier Roberts (1915-2004)
founder of Canadian Medic Alert Foundation
2004 -
Died Beatrice Ford Watts.(1932-2004) 1st Inuit woman to qualify as
a teacher in Labrador
January 2, 2004 - Died Esther Irene Paulson (1906-2004)
acclaimed nurse in British Columbia
January 4, 2004 -
Died Eleanor McKinnon (1912-2004)
private secretary to Tommy Douglas
January 8, 2004 -
Died Marjorie Harvey Morelle (1918-2004) local historian in
New Brunswick
January 24, 2004 Died
Reva Brooks (1913-2004) pioneer photographer
March 1, 2004 - Died Doreen Wicks (1935-2004), social
activist & Order of Canada
March 3, 2004 - Died
Miriam Dworkin Waddington (1917-2004) acclaimed poet
March 8, 2004 -
Died
Eloise May Jones (1917-2004) Member of the Canadian parliament
March 25, 2004 - Died
Claudia Myrna Bowman (1932-2004) lawyer, judge, & feminist
April 14, 2004 - Died Micheline Charest (1953-2004)
business woman in animation industry
April 14, 2004 - Died Ivy Granstrom (1911-2004) blind athlete
April 19, 2004 - Died
Mary Rocan (1913-2004) Civil Servant in Saskatchewan
April 19, 2004 -
Died Jenny Whitehead Pile (1922-2004) World War ll photographer
April 28, 2004 - Died
Mary Elizabeth Fisher-Lawson (1899-2004) Olympic ladies ingles
figure skater
May 2004 - Died
Winnie Roach-Leuszler (1926-2004)
acclaimed international swimmer, 1st Canadian woman to
swim the English Channel.
May 1, 2004 -
Died Rosemary Patricia Dadson (1920-2004) social activist
May 8, 2004 - Died
Barbara Aldwynne Graham (1937-2004)
builder in organized figure skating
May 8, 2004 - Died
Dorothy "Dee" Anne Read (1926-2004) avid ski enthusiast & coach
July 11, 2004
- Died Frances Hyland (1927-2004) acclaimed actor of stage,
film, & TV
July 12, 2004 - Died Betty Oliphant (1918-2004)
founder of the National Ballet School of Canada
July 17, 2004 - Died
Mildred Jeannette Dolson-Cavill (1918-2004) Olympic medal winning
track and field athlete
July 19, 2004 - Died Sylvia Daoust (1902-2004) sculptor &
wood carver
August 8, 2004 - Died Fay Wray, (1907-2004) actor who is best
remembered as playing opposite the ape in the movie, King Kong
September 8, 2004 - Died Kay Smith (1911-2004) poet
September 30, 2004 - Died Mary John Sr (1913-2004) Aboriginal
leader and activist for Carrier language
October 15, 2004 - Died Shirley Burnham Elliott (1916-2004)
legislative librarian for Nova Scotia & author of the Nova Scotia
Book of Days
October 22, 2004 - Died Cathy Kerr (1951-2004) social activist for
the disabled
October 24, 2004 - Died Dorothy Kate Burnham (1911-2004)
author & museum curator of textiles
November 13, 2004 - Died Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-2004) 1st woman to be appointed to the federal Canadian cabinet.
November 25, 2004 - Died
Elsie Maude Stappleford (1909-2004) social activist
November 28, 2004 - Died
Frances Josephine Fletcher-Moore (1914-2004) champion figure skater &
golfer
December 2, 2004 - Died Margaret Fane
Rutledge (1914-2004) pioneer aviator & member of the British
Columbia Aviation Hall of Fame
December 15, 2004 - Died Alma Duncan (1917-2004) artist
December 16, 2004 - Died Agnes Martin (1912-2004) one of the
world's foremost abstract painter
December 26, 2004 - Died June Kander (1927-2004) educator &
humanitarian
December 31, 2004 - Died Lucille Johnstone (1924-2004)
entrepreneur & volunteer social worker, Order of
British Columbia & the Order of Canada
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2005 - There are 7,100 women in the Canadian Armed
Forces (10.6% of total strength). There are 15,544 women in
the reserve forces (18% of total).
January 8, 2005 - Genevieve Simard
(1980- )
wins silver medal and Allison Forsythe wins bronze medal in
Women's Giant Slalom in World Cup at Santa Caterina
Source: Ottawa Citizen.
February 10, 2005 -
The Standing Committee of the Status of Women presents a report to the
House of Commons pointing to ongoing inequity between men and women
and decreases prominence given to women's issues
February 24, 2005 -
a new play opens in Winnipeg featuring the life of former Ottawa
Mayor, Charlotte Whitton (1896-1975).
The play, Molly's Vail is written by Sharon Bajer
Source: Ottawa Citizen
March 24, 2005 - Prime Minister Paul Martin (1938-
) appoints Canadian heiress, activist,& philanthropist Nancy
Ruth (1942- ) as the first openly gay
lesbian member to the Senate
April 18, 2005 -
Time Magazine has selected Canadian
author Alice Munro (1931- )
as one of the 100 most influential people in the world Source: Time Magazine
April 19, 2005 - Lois Hole
(1929-2005) Provincial Park opens in
Alberta
May 4, 2005 -
The Registrar of Citizenship
for the Government of Canada confirmed in Ottawa that there
is no question: War Brides and their children are Canadian citizens.
Source: Canadian War Bride online (Accessed May 20, 2005)
May 8, 2005 - Canada Post honours Canadian War Brides
with a Commemorative envelope Source:
Canadian War Brides online (Accessed May 20, 2005)
May 16, 2005 - Ontario Legislature passes
'Sabrina's Law' in memory of Sabrina Shannon (1982-
), a 13 year old Pembroke girl who died after eating
French fries from her school cafeteria. The law will force Ontario
schools to develop a policy for students with potentially
life-threatening allergies
Source; Ottawa Citizen May 17, 2004.
May 16, 2005 - Chantal Petitclerc
(1969- )
is honoured with the 2005 Laureus world sport award for the top
sportsperson with a disability
Spring 2005 - The Canadian Museum of Civilization opens
a major exhibit: The Caring Profession, Exploring history of nursing
in Canada
June 2005 - Bloc MP Francine Lalande
(1940-2014) introduced a private members bill to legalize
assisted suicide. The bill does not pass but it begins open
discussion on the topic
Source: Stephanie Marin, Francine Lalande, former Bloc MP dies of
cancer at 73. Huffington Post January 17, 2014.
June, 2005 -
Actor Fay Wray
(1907-2004) and singer
Alanis Morissette (1974-
) are inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in
Toronto
Source: Walk of Fame web site (Accessed 2006)
June 9, 2005 -
Male university professors better paid than female colleagues.
Statistics Canada reports that the difference in salaries averages
S17, 575.00 Source: Ottawa Citizen June 10, 2005 Pg
A9.
June 15-16, 2005 -
The Hannah Conference on History of Canadian Nursing is held at the
University of Ottawa
June 16, 2005 -
A caring profession: Centuries of Nursing in Canada une histoire de
coeur: des siécles de soins infirmieres au Canada is a major
exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization that helps to mark
the centennial of the Canadian Nurses Association
Summer 2005 - Vicki Keith Munro,
(1961- ) retired marathon swimmer,
"Queen of the Great Lakes" comes out of retirement to swim again to
raise the awareness and funding for children with disabilities
July 20, 2005 - The Canadian Civil Marriage Act legalizes
same sex marriage in all provinces & territories in Canada
August 4, 2005 - the Government announces the
name of the new 27th Governor Michaelle Jean (1957- )
award winning journalist, broadcaster, & humanitarian
Source web page of the Governor General (accessed March 2007)
September 2, 2005 - Sandra Lovelace Nicholas
(1948 - ) is the
1st Aboriginal woman appointed to the Canadian Senate
September 27, 2005 - Michaelle Jean (1957-),
award winning journalist & broadcaster, is invested as Canada's
27th and 1st Afro-Caribbean Governor General Source web page of the
Governor General's (accessed
March 2007)
October 2005 - for her work with Aboriginal women
Muriel
Stanley Venne is named as a winner of the Governor
General's Person Case Award
Source: Herstory 2008 the Canadian Women’s Calendar (Coteau
Books, 2007)
December 1, 2005 - The new territory of Nunavut
swears in a new government
December 19, 2005 - Staff Inspector Jane Wilcox
is the
1st woman Unit Commander of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Toronto
Police Force. Source: Herstory: Milestones
in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online
Accessed June 2011.
2005 - Urszula Torarska
(1963-
) is the 1st Canadian woman to successfully scale the
seven tallest mountain peaks in the world
Sources: Herstory: the Canadian Women’s Calendar 2007
Coteau Books, 2006 page 80: (accessed June 2011).
2005 - Sheila Watt-Cloutier
(1953- ) environmental activist for the
world's indigenous peoples, is awarded the Norwegian SOPHIE Award
2005 -
Canadian Women are nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 1000
Women of Peace
Project. Akua Benjamin (Nominated)
2005 - Cindy Klassen (1979 )
who sets four world speed skating records winning eight medals on
the World Cup circuit is
is
voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
Deaths 2005:
2005 - Died Annie Epstein
Baker (1908-2005) may have been 1st Jewish woman called to the Bar
in Ontario in 1929
2005 - Died Dawn Elliot (1955-2005) social activist
2005 - Died
Margaret Neylan (1924-2005) nurse and nursing administrator
2005 - Died Elizabeth 'Bette' Storin (1904-2005) children's
author, & journalist
2005 - Died
Verna Irene States Thomas
(1935-2005) social activist & volunteer
2005 - Died Ruth Wilson (1919-2001) basketball player
January 5, 2005 - Died Madeleine Hinchey (1922-2005) former secretary
general to the National Research Council
January 7, 2005 - Died Lois Hole (1929-2005)
Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta
January 9, 2005 - Died
Ruth Addison (1897-2005) in 1957 the 1st
woman appointed as member of the Civil Service Commission
January 29, 2005
- Died Patricia ‘Pat” Theresa Macken-Smart (1928-2005) tennis
champion
February , 2005 - Died Mae Harmon (1921? - 2005) social
activist for seniors
March 2005 - Died Terry Litovitz (1949-2005) accounting
teacher who was concerned for her students
March 21, 2005 - Died
Evelyn Horne (1907-2005) Caring Canadian Award recipient
April 7, 2005 - Died Yvonne Vera ( -2005) award
winning author
April 8, 2005 - Died Onna White (1924-2005) award
winning dancer and choreographer
April 10, 2005 - Died Marilyn Levine
(1935-2005) artist & sculptor
April 14, 2005 - Died
Margaret Allemang (1914-2005) advocate of Canadian nursing history
April 19, 2005 - Died
Bertha Baumann (1916-2005) leading nurse in St Boniface, Manitoba
April 25, 2005 - Died Kay Martin Snelgrove (1921-2005) heroine
spy & code runner during World War ll
April 27, 2005 - Died
Christine McCall (1935-2005) journalist,
author and biographer of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau
May 4, 2005 - Died
Saida Gerrard (1913-2005) in the 1930's she made
significant contributions to modern dance in Canada
May 9, 2005 - Died Dorothy Thomas (1938-2005) feminist and
community social activist
May 22, 2005 - Died
Sheila Agnes Egoff (1918-2005) librarian,
award winning expert in Children's literature
June 11, 2005 - Died Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951-2005)
playwright, novelist, poet, critic & publisher who was quadriplegic
June 14, 2005 - Died
Marie 'Mimi' Parent (1924-2005) artist
July 16, 2005 - Died Mira Ashby (1922-2005) doctor
working with brain injuries, Member order of Canada
July 23, 2005 - Died Edith Firth (1927-2005), librarian,
bibliographer & author
July 19, 2005 - Died Maria 'Mary' Lerullo (1920-2005 ) 1st
Italian Canadian woman real estate broker and tireless worker for
new immigrants to Canada
July 28, 2005 - Died Charlotte Bastien (1913-2005) librarian
and private secretary to National Librarian Guy Sylvester
July 30, 2005 - Died Elizabeth 'Liz' Maxwell (1948-2005)
author & teacher
August 10, 2005 -
Died Gwendolyn Lucy O'Soup-Crane (1930-2005) 1st woman to be
elected a chief
August 15, 2005 - Died Gladys Strum (1906-2005) 1st woman
president of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) & 1st to head
a political party
August 17, 2005 - Died Dorothy 'Dottie' Hunter
(1916-2005) played with
the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
August 30, 2005 - Died
Cecily Brownstone (1909-2005) food journalist
September 2005 - Died Ethel Weiss Auster (1942-2005)
librarian
September 25, 2005
- Died Margaret Jean Anderson (1915-2005) businesswoman & Senator
September 5, 2005- Died Elaine Gottschall ( -2005) she
studying nutritional biochemistry & cellular biology & published her
findings for others to use
September 7, 2005 - Died Cynthia Jean Durance (1940-2005) a
librarian who worked at the National Library of Canada
September 7, 2005 - Died Mary Elizabeth Bayer (1921- 2005) pioneer
of daytime television programming in Manitoba
September 10, 2005 - Died Bernelda Winona
Sakinasikwe Gordon (1917-2005) radio and television broadcaster &
social activist
September 17, 2005 - Died
Jeann Beattie (1922-2005) novelist & journalist
September 24, 2005 - Died Lois Vallely-Fischer (
-2005) an academic who developed and taught women's studies
September 25, 2005 - Died
Madeline-Ann Aksich (1956-2005)
businesswoman & philanthropist
September 30, 2005 - Died
Mollie Mickelson-Klein (1912-2005) Jewish member of the RCAF World
War ll
October 6, 2005 - Died Doris Clark Ludwig (1905-2005) social
worker by education she became a journalist in her subject area
October 9, 2005 -
Died Johanna Michalenko ((1910-2005) social activist
October 9, 2005 - Died
Jessie Margaret Hyde-Waterson (1911-2005) social activist
October 13, 2005 - Died Myra Cree (1937-2005) Aboriginal
broadcaster , author, & activist
November 9, 2005 - Died
Susan Jane Anstey (1946-2005) equestrian sports
journalist
November 25, 2005 - Died Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923-2005) renowned
award winning artist
November 25, 2005 - Died Claire Lovett (1910-2005)
Badminton & tennis champion who also played with Edmonton Grads
December 2005 - Died Mary Eileen Travis (1931-2005), regional
Librarian and first woman on St. John, New Brunswick, Board of Trade
December 5, 2005 - Died
Eva Cossman Berry (1910-2005) C W A C World War ll
December 12, 2005 - Died Thérèse Renaud (1927-2005) author, poet,
& painter
December 18, 2005 - Died Gertrude M. Laing (1905-2005)
social activist in local community & nationally
December 20, 2005 -
Died Alexis Mazurin (1973-2005) broadcaster & comedienne
December 31, 2005 - Died Aiko Geraldine Suzuki (1937-2005)
sculptor, painter, printmaker, dance set designer, curator &
teacher
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