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 |
2006 |
2006 -
The census now records data for same-sex marriages
January 1, 2006 - The Caucus of the New Democratic Party is 41%
female the highest per cent of an political party at this time
February 2006 -
Canadian women's hockey team wins gold medal at Turin
Olympics, to defend Olympic title
February 6, 2006 - Bev Oda (1944-
) is sworn in as Heritage Minister making her the 1st
Japanese-Canadian to become a member of a Canadian cabinet
February 25, 2006 - Cindy Klassen
(1979- ) is the 1st Canadian to win five medals
at a single Olympic Winter Games
&
is
voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year for the second time &
winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Top Overall Athlete of
the year
March 8, 2006 - Governor General Michelle Jean
(1957- ), celebrates International
Women's Day with a visit to women's groups in war town Afghanistan Source: CBC TV News March 8 2007.
September 18, 2006 - Kathleen O'Day Wynne
(1953- ) becomes the 1st openly lesbian
provincial cabinet minister in Canada
October 5, 2006 - The Ontario Heritage Trust and Sarnia
Kiwanis Foundation unveil a provincial plaque commemorating
Pauline McGibbon (1910-2001)
former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
December 11, 2006 - Speed skater Cindy Klassen
(1979- ) wins the Lou March Award
as Canada's top female athlete
December 16, 2006 - Bev Busson
(1951- ) is
appointed as the 1st woman
Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Source: Senior executives, RCMP. Biography: Beverley (Bev.)
Busson. Also available in
French. (Accessed June 23, 2008)
2006 - Captain Nichola Goddard
(1980-2006) is killed in battle in Afghanistan
2006 - Brigadier General Christine Whitecross becomes the
firs woman Commander of a Joint Task Force
2006 - Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966- )
opens her own business, Pure Momentum, with the focus of
discovering, promoting and building a community of female speakers
of any age or race, whose experiences and stories can be shared with
others
August 6, 2006 - Elizabeth May is elected leader
of the Green Party of Canada
August 26, 2006 -
Elizabeth May
(1954- ) is elected leader of the Green Party of
Canada
2006 - The
RCMP had 26,223 employees in three areas, regular, civilian and public
service. Almost 14% of the overall force in all branches were women
and 19.4% of regular forces are women
Source:
Commissioner Busson on the case by Frances Rooney. Section15.ca August
4, 2007.
(accessed June 23, 2008)
Deaths 2006:
2006 - Died
Hazel Sterns-Gibson (1907-2006)
teacher
2006 - Died
Jane McKenzie Lupton Seal
(1916?-2006) senior sport enthusiast
January 5, 2006 - Died
Susan Ross (1915-2006) artist,
printmaker & illustrator
January 6, 2007 - Died
Charmion King (1925-2007) actor
o stage, radi0, TV, & film
January 23, 2006 - Died Andrea Brett Bronfman (1945-2006)
community worker
January 26, 2006 -
Died Yolande "Yoyo" Schick (1927-2006) played with the All American
Girls Professional Baseball League
January 27, 2006 - Died Jacqueline
Lorraine Shepherd (1932-2006)
1960’s consumer advocate & activist
February 11, 2006 - Died
Virnetta 'V' Anderson (1920-2006) 1st Black woman to be elected to
Calgary council
February 18, 2006 -
Died Ruth Taylor (1961-2006) poet
February 25, 2006 - Died
Margaret Gibson Short (1948-2006) short story writer & novelist
February 25, 2006 -
Died Micheline Tessier-Potvin (1932-2006) acclaimed soprano,
music administrator, & teacher
March 8, 2006 -
Died
Gertrude Young Beattie (1909-2006) national champion in track &
field
April 2006 - Died
Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), social activist &
foremost urban architect/planner
April 2, 2006 -
Died
Suzanne "Suzy" Rochon Burnette (1935-2006) journalist and radio
broadcaster
April 18, 2006 -
Died Mercedes Palomino (1913-2006) actor, broadcaster &
theatre director
May 4, 2006 - Died Dr. Joyce Nsubuga (1947-2006, social
activist working for Canadian African women's rights & health and
for women in her native Uganda
May 7, 2007 - Died
Myfanwy Pavelic (1916-2007)
portrait artist
May 17, 2006 - Died Capt. Nichola Goddard (1980-2006) 1st
Canadian female of Canadian Armed Forces to die on active duty
May 17, 2006 -
Died
Elaine Minacs (1945-2006) businesswoman
May 28, 2006 -
Died Doris Jean Saunders (1941-2006) editor & local
historian
June 1, 2006 -
Died Barbara Fisken Wilkes Adams (1920-2006) artist
June 5, 2006 -
Died Mary
Elizabeth Macdonald (1918-2006) civil servant, Order of Canada 1980
June 11, 2006 - Died
Suzanne 'Suzi' Morrow-Francis
(1930-2006) international champion pairs figure skater &
international skate judge
June 15, 2006 - Died
Margaret Harris (1921-2006) social activist
June 22, 2006 - Died Ernestine van Merle (1929-2006) social
activist for women and the homeless
June 30, 2006 - Died Carol Trotman (1954-2006) pioneer lung
transplant recipient
July 5, 2006 -
Died
Gabrielle Goudreau (1952 2006) author, lecturer, & journalist
July 10, 2006 - Died
Kathleen 'Kay' Rex (1918-2006) journalist, historian, & author
July 26, 2006 - Died Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919-2006)
broadcaster
July 29, 2006 - Died
Jessie Oliver (1918-2006) United Church of Canada Deaconess in
British Columbia
July 31, 2006 - Died Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919-2006) Miss
Lou, early Black radio personality,
Order of the British Empire
August 9, 2006 - Died
Melissa 'Millie' Hayden (1923-2006) internally renowned prima ballerina
August 24, 2007 -
Died Andrée P. Boucher (1937-2007) 1st woman mayor of Quebec City
August 28, 2006 - Died Marjorie Bowker (1906-2006) pioneer
lawyer, 1st woman appointed to Alberta's family Court as a judge
September 7, 2006 - Died
Joan Marsha Donaldson (1946-2006) journalist & broadcaster
September 8, 2006 -
Died Patricia Rideout - Rosenberg (1931-2006) opera singer
September 12, 2006 - Died
Edna Louise Staebler (1906-2006) journalist, author, Member of the
Order of Canada
September 21, 2006 -
Died Edith Markiewicz (1910-2006) physician
October 8, 2006 - Died
Clara Balinsky (1924-2006) volunteer at local, provincial, national
& international levels on behalf of the Canadian Jewish community
October 18, 2006 -
Died
Anna Claudia Russell (1911-2006) comedienne considered the best in
the world in her day
October 19, 2006 - Died
Lindalee Tracey (1957-2006) journalist, exotic dancer, & filmmaker
November 4, 2006 -
Died Edna Miller Lockhart -
Duncanson (1916-2006) baseball professional
November 14, 2006 -
Died Isobel J. Tibbie 'Tibi' Hardie (1916-2006) Member of the
Canadian parliament
December 2006 - Died June Elizabeth Bantjes (1930 - 2006)
social activist & founding member of the Women's Calendar Collective
December 9, 2006 - Died
Mildred Marion McAuley (1922-2006) played
with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
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2007 |
2007 - Margaret Madge Rose
Robertson Watt (1888-1948)
instrumental at establishing the Women's Institutes in England. is
declared an Person of National Historic Significance
Source: Parks Canada. ca
2007 -
The Canadian Women's Hockey League is formed and the women compete
for the Clarkson Cup
March 2007 -
A Little Kindness Would go a Long Way: A Study of Women's
Homelessness in the Yukon
is published by the Yukon Status of Women Council
April 18, 2007 - Yolande James
(1977- ) is the 1st Black woman
to be elected to the Quebec National Assembly. When she is appointed
Minister for Immigration and Cultural Communities she is the
1st Black cabinet minister in the province of Quebec. Premier Jean
Charest appoints the 1st gender balanced cabinet nine men nine women
in Canada,
May 22, 2007 - Debbie Muir (1954- )
award winning coach of synchronized swimming is inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame
Source: Sheila Robertson, Groundbreaker: Debbie Muir accorded her
sport’s highest international honour. Coach.ca Accessed March
2016.
June 16, 2007 - Canada Post issued commemorative
stamps honouring Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell,
Anne Murray, and Paul Anka
2007 - Lieutenant Colonel Tammy Harris becomes the
first woman Wing Commander in the Canadian Forces
2007 - Commodore Jennifer Bennett becomes the first woman
appointed as a Commander of the Canadian National Reserve and is the
first woman to command a Formation
July 22- 29 2007 - XV
Pan American Games, Rio De Janero, Brazil
Gold Medals:
Stephanie Dixon
(1884- )
wins 7 gold medals in swimming ;
Diane Cummins
(1974- ),
800 meters athletics; Megan Metcalfe
(1982- ),
5000 meters athletics; Jessica Zelinke
(1981- ), heptathlon;
Kia Byers
(1987- ),
and
Marie-Christine Schmidt
(1986- ),
canoeing K-2 500 meter; Julian D'Alessio
(1985- ), canoeing
K-1 500 meter; Anne Samplonius (1968-
),
cycling time trial; Catharine Pendrel
(1980- ),
mountain-biking; Emilie Heymans (1981-
), and
Marie-Eve Marleau (1982- ),10
meter platform synchronized swimming; Jill Henselwood,
(1962- )
Equestrian individual jumping; Alexandra Orlando
(1987- ),( 3 gold
medals) rhythmic gymnastics clubs, ropes and hoop;
Karen Cockburn (1980- ),
gymnastics individual trampoline; Natalie Maurer, Zoe
Hoskins, Peggy Hyslop and
Cristin McCarty rowing quadruple sculls; Dominique
Vallée (1981- ),
sailing; Susan Nattrass ( 1950- ),
trap shooting;
Avianna Chao (1975- ),
air pistol shooting; Alana Miller
(1980- ), Runa Reta and
Carolyn Russell (1974- ),
squash; Karine Sargerie (1985-
), welterweight taekwondo; Whitney
McClintock, water skiing (2 gold) tricks and slalom:
Carol Huynh (1980- ) 48 kg freestyle wrestling.
Silver Medals: Marie-Pier Baudet, Kristen Niles and
Kateri Vrakking, archery; Nicole Forrester
(1976- ), athletics
high jump; Perdita Felicien (1980-
), athletics 100 meter hurdles; Rosannagh
MacLennan (19 88- ),
gymnastics trampoline; Karen Cudmore, Jill Henselwood
(1962- ),
equestrian team jumping; Andrea Bresee, Diane Creech,
and Karen Pavicic (1971- ),
equestrian team dressage; Julie Leprohon
(1980- ), fencing
individual épée; Monica Pinette (1977-
), modern pentathlon; Peggy Hyslop
and Cristin McCarty rowing double sculls;
Zoe Hoskins and Nathalie Maurer pairs rowing;
Alana Miller (1980- ),
squash; Stephanie Horner (1989-
), swimming 200 meter freestyle; Annamay Pierse
(1983- ), 200
meter breaststroke swimming and 100 meter breaststroke swimming;
Elizabeth Collins,
Seanna Mitchell
(1988- ),
Chanelle Charron-Watson
(1984- ), and
Hilary Bell
(1991- ), 4
X 100 meter freestyle swimming;
Chanelle Charron-Watson,
Elizabeth Collins,
Hilary Bell
(1991- ) and
Stephanie Horner
(1989- ), 4 X 200 meter
freestyle swimming;
Elizabeth Wycliffe,
Annamay Pierse
(1983- ),
Stephanie Horner
(1989- ) and
Chanelle Charron-Watson
(1984- ), 4
X 100 meter medley swim;
Marie-Pier Bordeau Gagnon (1983-
)and Isabelle Ramping
(1985- ),synchronized swim
duet;
Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon
(1983- ),
Jessika Dubuc
(1983- ),
Marie-Pierre Gagné
(1983- ),
Dominika Kopcik,
Ève Lamoureux,
Tracy Little
(1985- ),
Élise Marcotte
(1988- ),
Isabelle Rampling
(1985- )
and
Jennifer Song
(1983- ),
synchronized swim team; Women's
national softball team;
Chris Xu, Mo Zhang and Judy Long
(1969- ) table tennis;
Shannon Condie, featherweight taekwondo; National water
polo team; Whitney McClintock,
water ski jump; Christine Girard (1985-
) 63 kg weightlifting; Ohenewa Akuffo
(1979- ), 72 kg freestyle wrestling.
Bronze Medals: Sarah MacMaster, singles badminton;
Meaghan Benfeito (1989-
) and
Kelly MacDonald
(1988- ) 3 meter springboard
synchronized diving; Women's football/soccer team,
Sasha Andrews
(1983- ),
Melanie Booth (1984-
),
Candace Chapman
(1983- ),
Martina Franko
(1976- ),
Randee Hermuss
(1979- ),
Kristina Kiss
(1981- ),
Kara Lang
(1986- ),
Karina LeBlanc
(1980- ),
Diana Matheson
(1984- ),
Andrea Neil (1971-
),
Christine Sinclair (1983-
),
Taryn Swiatek
(1981- ),
Melissa Tancredi
(1981- ),
Katie Thorlakson
(1985- ),
Brittany Timko
(1985- ),
Amy Vermeulen
(1983- ),
Amy Heather Walsh
(1977- ) and
Rhian Emilie Wilkinson
(1982-
); Savannah King (1992-
), 800 meter freestyle swim; Elizabeth
Wycliffe (1983- ),100
meter and 200 meter backstroke swim; Stephanie Horner
(1989- ),
200 meter individual medley swim; Tanya Hunks
(1980- ), 10 km open
water swim
August 12-19, 2007 -
Stephanie Dixon
(1884- )
wins 7 gold medals in swimming
August 23, 2007 -
Catherine White
scores the 1st goal in the history of the Canadian
National Women’s Under 18 program in Ottawa, Ontario
September 17, 2007 - Eve-Mary Thai Thi Lac (1972-
) is the 1st Vietnamese elected as a member to the
Canadian Parliament
2007 -
For the 1st time, the Quebec provincial cabinet id
comprised of an equal number of men and women
2007 - Hayley Wickenheiser
(1978- ) who is captain of the
Canadian women's hockey team leads her team to the World
Championships and is named most valuable player of the tournament
December 27, 2007 - Hayley Wickenheiser
(1978- ) is chosen by
the Canadian Press winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as the Top Female
Athlete of the Year
2007 - Carrie Matilda Derick
(1862-1941)
is
the 1st woman to be a professor at a Canadian university,
becomes a National Historic Person
Deaths 2007:
2007
-
Died Alice Boissonneau (1918-2007) author
2007 - Died Tess Boudreau (1919-2007) photographer
January 8, 2007 - Died Margaret Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007)
well known actor of movies & television best known for her role in The
Munsters
February 13, 2007 - Died
Sister Bernice Cullen ( 1913-2007)
female head
of St. Dustan's University, P.E.I.
February 16, 2007 - Died Ester Binder (1910-2007) social
activist and community volunteer in Manitoba, member of the Order of
the Buffalo Hunt
February 19, 2007 - Died Prima ballerina Celia Franca
(1921-2007) founder of Canada's National Ballet
February 19, 2007 -
Died Therese Champagne (1928-2007) educator
March 2007 - Died Doris Anderson (1921-2007) feminist, social activist &
well known journalist, winner of the 1991 Persons Case Award
March 15, 2007 - Died Fleurette Marie Berthe Beauchamp-Huppé (1907-2007) pianist,
teacher, soprano
March 23, 2007 -
Died Agnes McCausland Benidickson (1920-2007) President of
the National Association of Canadian Clubs & president of the
Canadian Council on Social Development
April 16, 2007 -
Died Mary Louise Lynch (1909-2007) lawyer
April 14, 2007 - Died June Callwood (1924-2007) renowned
social activist, journalist, broadcaster & author
April 28, 2007 -
Died Bertha Wilson, (1923-2007) 1st woman appointed to the Supreme
Court of Canada
May 10, 2007 - Died Marguerite Fidler (1907-2007) social
activist on family life
May 21, 2007 - Died
Erica Deichmann Gregg (1913-1989)
potter
May 24, 2007 - Died
Victoria Hopper (1909-2007) actress
on stage & film
June 13, 2007 -
Died Suzanne Blais - Genier (1936-2007) member of Canadian
parliament
June 27, 2007 -
Died Margaret Mary MacBurney-Vasheresse (1909-2007) basketball
player with Edmonton Grads
July 1, 2007 -
Died Dr. Ricky Kanee Schachter (1918-2007) leader in her
field of dermatology
July 15, 2007 - Died
Bluma Levett Appel (1919-2007) noted
philanthropist
July 31, 2007 - Died
Margaret Avison (1918-2007) award winning poet. librarian & social
worker
August 12, 2007 - Died Nora A, Cebotarev (1928-2007) professor
& renowned sociologist
September 2007 - Died Anna Maria de Souza (
-2007) social activist for immigrants in Toronto
September 9, 2007 -
Died Dorothy Betz (1929-2007) served a lifelong career in aboriginal
law & community service
September 29, 2007- Died Lois Maxwell (1927-2007)
actor remembered
for her role as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films.
October 13, 2008 -
Died Eileen Viola Mayotte (1916-2008) environmentalist
October 17, 2007 - Died Judith St John (1914-2007)
internationally acclaimed children's librarian & lectured on children's literature.
October 23, 2008 - Died Clairette Oddera (1919-2008) actor,
singer from Quebec
October 25, 2007
- Died Gloria Violet Barwell-Kay (1923-2007) Registered Nurse
& collector of nursing caps
November 27, 2007 -
Died Jane Rule (1931-2007) author & Order of British Columbia
December 27, 2007 - Died
Barbara Ruthvern Tunis (1920-2007) World War ll & author
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2008 |
2008 -
Health Canada approves levonorgestrel (the
morning after pill) to be sold on drugstore shelves without
prescriptions from a doctor. It is 95% effective at
preventing pregnancy if taken within 24 hours)
June 2, 2008 - Ontario Premier Dalton McGinty declared June 2 of every year
to be June Callwood
(1924-2007)
Day
June 11, 2008 -
The Government of Canada apologizes for policy of forcing aboriginal
children to attend boarding school aimed at assimilation
August 8 - 24, 2008 - Olympic summer games Beijing, China.
Gold
Medals:
Carol Huynh
(1980- ),
freestyle wrestling;
Silver Medal: Karen Cockburn
(1980- ),
gymnastics trampoline; Emilie Heymans
(1981- ), 10 meter platform
diving; Karine Sergerie (1985- ), 67 kg
taekwondo. Bronze Medal:
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
(1982- ),
100 meter hurdles athletics; Tanya Verbeek
(1977- ),
55 kg wrestling;
Tracy Cameron
(1975-
) and
Melanie Kok
(1983- ) lightweight double sculls
rowing
September 6 - 17 2008 - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China.
Gold
Medals: Chantal Petitclerc
(1969- ),100
meter T-54 , 400 meter T-54 ,
800 meter T-54, 1500 meter T-54, 200
meter T52, athletics; Michelle Stilwell
(1974- ), athletics 200 meter T52, 100
meter T-52; Valerie Grand'Maison
(1988- ),100
meter butterfly swim , 400 meter freestyle swim 100 meter freestyle
swim; Chelsey Gotell, 200 meter individual medley SM- 13 swim; 100 meter
backstroke swim S13;Stephanie Dixon (1984 - )
100 meter backstroke swim; Anne Polinario
(1979- ),
50 meter freestyle S10 swim; Lauren Barwick
(1977- ),
equestrian individual freestyle test grade ll; Michelle
Stilwell (1974- ), athletics 200 meter T52.
Silver and Medal: Diane Roy
(1971- ),
athletics 5000 meter T-54; Kirby Cote
(1984- )
100 meter butterfly S13; Lauren Barwick (1977-
) individual equestrian championship test, Grade ll;
Stephanie Dixon
(1984- ),
swimming 200 meter individual medley SM, 400
meter freestyle swim, ; Valerie Grand'Maison
(1988- ),
100 meter backstroke S13 and 50 meter freestyle S13;
Bronze Medal: Chelsey Gotell 100 meter Butterfly
swim, 400 meter freestyle swim S13; Stephanie Dixon (1984- ),
100 meter freestyle S-9 swim;
Stephanie Reid
(1984- )
athletics 200 meter T-44;Llana Duff, athletics 100 meter T-53;
Diane Roy
(1971-
),
400 meter athletics T-54, 800 meter T54; Valerie
Grand'Maison
(1988- ),
200 meter individual medley swim SM-13;
Genevieve Ouellet and
Mathilde Hupin cycling individual
road race B&VI 1-3,October 2008 - The Pan-Canadian Young
Feminist Conference is held in Montreal. It establishes a manifesto
on which RebELLES organizations are based
Fall 2008 -
Debra Brown,
choreographer with Cirque Du Soleil, receives her Star on Canada's
Walk of Fame
October 30, 2008 - Leona Aglukkaq
(1967- )
becomes the 1st Inuk senior cabinet minister when she is appointed
as Canadian Minister of Health
November 4, 2008 - Eva Aariak becomes Nunavut's 1st
woman premier
November 11, 2008 -
Vigil 1914-1918 , a dramatic
memorial in lights with the names of 68,000 soldiers killed in World War
l projected from Trafalgar Square onto the limestone
walls of Canada House, London England. The last name appeared at
dawn on November 11 Source: Zoomer Magazine
March 2009. page 22.
December 26, 2008 - Chantal Peticlerc
(1969- )
is named by the Canadian Press as Female Athelete of the
Year &
receives the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. Chantal is the 1st wheelchair athlete to receive this award. She
also received the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Top Overall Athlete
of the Year
Deaths 2008: January 6, 2008 -
Died
Glenda Reiser (1955-2008) medal winning middle distance runner
January 21, 2008 - Died
Jean Frances 'Fran' Sutherland (1914-2008) World War ll Nursing
Sister
January 29, 2008 -
Died Eileen Valentine Duncan (1915-2008) businesswoman
February 5, 2008 -
Died
Donna Margaret Louise Blight (1936-2008) nurse &
community activist February 28, 2008 -
Died Margaret Beckman (1926-2008)
Internationally acclaimed modern pioneer of Library Science March 1, 2008 -
Died Marianne Bossen (1916-2008) civil servant, who among many services,
worked on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
March 3, 2008 -
Died Joan Huestis Foster (1929-2008) artist
March 4, 2008 - Died
Rosalinda "Linda"
Linsangan Natividad-Cantiveros (1946-2008), community activist
March 24, 2008 - Died
Sherri Woods (1979-2008) journalist March 28, 2008 - Died Jane Margaret Carson Champaign
(1930-2008) painter, author, & editor April 8, 2008 - Died Norma Busby (1930-2008), nurse who
was on the front of labour lines fighting for higher standards & respect of the profession.
May 10, 2008 -
Died
Marjory Shedd (1926-2008) champion badminton player who also
excelled in volleyball and basketball
May 13, 2008 -
Died Ruth Middleton Gentry (1930-2008) played with the All American Girls
Professional Baseball League
May 13, 2008 -
Died
Noel MacDonald Robertson (1915-2008) basketball player,
member Canada Sports Hall of Fame May 22, 2008 -
Died Effie
Constance Astbury (1916-2008) librarian & 1st Director Canadian
Bibliographic Centre (National Library of Canada) May 23, 2008 -
Died Jean Southworth (1923-2008) pioneer newspaper
journalist and musician June 2, 2008 - Died Dr. Sheela Bassrur (1956-2008)
1st woman of colour to be named Toronto’s Chief Medical
Officer of Health June 7, 2008 - Died Sherrill "Shay" Cheda (1926?-2008) founder
of Emergency Librarian July 22, 2008 - Died
Helen Gardiner (1938-2008) philanthropist
& co-founder of the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
July 28, 2008 - Died
Althea Pearleen Borden Oliver (1917-2008) social activist for
maritime Black women July 30, 2008 -
Died Janina 'Jabka' Stykolt Seydegart
(1920-2008) social activist & founding member of the Feminist Party
of Canada. August 14, 2008 -
Died Gladys Powers (1988 - 2008) last surviving WWI veteran 2008
September 2008 -
Died Grace Irwin (1907-2008) novelist
September 6, 2008 -
Died Annette Herscovics (1938-2008) scientist & biochemist
September 13, 2008 -
Died Edythe ‘Edie’ Millicent Brown (1913-2008) first woman
mayor in Manitoba
September 15, 2008 - Died Marion Dewar ( 1928-2008), former
Mayor of City of Ottawa
September 23, 2008 - Died
Joan Elizabeth Humphrey
(1936-2008) professional name J. J. McColl Vancouver's first woman
radio D.J. October 2008 - Died
Constance
Rooke (1943-2008) author & academic administrator October 4, 2008 -
Died Marial M. Mosher (1917-2008) academic
October 4, 2008 - Died
Connie Rooke, (1942-2008) academic.
October 25, 2008 - Died Joyce Trimmer (1927- 2008) 1st woman mayor
of city of Scarborough, Ontario 1988
December 1, 2008 - Died Hélène Pedneault (1952-2008)
author, playwright, & feminist December 6, 2008 - Died
Dorthea Monta Crittenden (1915-2008) public servant December 11, 2008 -
Died Eira "Babs" Friesen (1917-2008) social activist
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2009 |
January 2009 - Yonah Martin (1965 -
) is appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen
Harper. She is the first Korean Canadian parliamentarian. She is
also awarded the Order of Civil Merit Morn Medal from the Republic
of Korea
Source: Senate of Canada online (Accessed 2010)
March 2009 -
the University of Ottawa held a conference called Sexual Assault
Law, Practice and Activism in a Post-Jane Doe Era. It marked the
10th anniversary of the groundbreaking case of Jane Doe v. the
Metropolitan Toronto police. The conference also celebrated the work
of the Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé. As a justice
of the Supreme Court of Canada, she helped shape landmark
equality-rights rulings Source:
Section15.ca
May 13, 2009 - Member of Parliament, Anita Neville
(1942- ), asks the Canadian government to launch a public investigation to
the disappearance of some 520 aboriginal women in Canada's western
provinces. Source:
Heroines .ca (accessed June 2009)
May 14, 2009 - The City of St Albert, Alberta
establishes
Lois Hole (1929-2005) Day to honour Alberta's 15th
Lieutenant Governor
April 6, 2009 - Commander Josée Kurtz is the
1st woman to command a major Canadian Navy warship
Source: Women’s History Month, Women in Canadian Military Forces:
A Proud Legacy. Status of Women Canada. October 2011.
July 6,
2009 - Dorothy Dworkin (1889-1976) a
social activist of Toronto, is declared a National Historic Person
Sources: Dorothy Dworkin. Backgrounder. Parks Canada. Online
(Accessed July 2014) :Toronto’s 1st Jewish nurse writes
of early Toronto. April 15, 2013 (Accessed July 2014)
2009 - Andrea Horvath becomes the 1st woman to lead
the New Democratic Party
2009 - Shelley Gauthier (1968- )
is the 1st female tricycle (T1) rider on the international
para-cycling scene
2009 - The Elsie Gregory MacGill Award , 'The Elsie' is
established by the Northern Lights Aero Foundation to annually
honour outstanding women and in aerospace in Canada
October 24-25, 2009 - St Michael's College at the
University of Toronto holds a 2 day
event to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth and the
50th Anniversary of Sheila Martin Watson's
(1909-1998)
book Double Hook. She is noted for her works in some 1800
books!
2009 - Sharon McIver wins her battle to force
changes to the Indian Act so that grandchildren of Aboriginal women
who marry non-Aboriginal may be granted Indian Status
2009 - Aleksandra Wozniak (1987-
) is the 1st Canadian in ten years to reach the fourth round
of a Grand slam tennis event and
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
2009 - Sylvia Olga Fedoruk (1927-2012)
is inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Deaths 2009:
2009
- Died
Edith Hope Cromwell (1916-2009) Black
activist & teacher in Nova Scotia
January 4, 2009 -
Died Margaret L. Bridgman (1940-2009) member of Canadian
parliament
January 10, 2009 - Died Linda Marie Gillingwater Rainsberry (
- 2009) entertainer, director and producer , businesswomen and
philanthropist
January 19, 2009 - Died
Mona Fleur Winberg (1942-2009) journalist & activist for the
disabled
January 22, 2009 - Died
Helen Maksagak (1931-2009) 1st
Inuk Commissioner of the Northwest Territories & 1st Commissioner of
Nunavut
January 31, 2009 - Died Therese Lavoie-Roux (1928-2009)
politician who served in Quebec & in the Senate of Canada
February 2009 - Died Laurelea Vorona Conrad (1952-2009)
February 2009 - Died
Margaret Huling (1920-2009) basketball player
February 11, 2009 -
Died Shyamala Goplan (1938-2009) breast cancer researcher
February 22, 2009 - Died Laddie Dennis (1920 - 2009) 1st
Canadian woman to appear on Canadian television
February 23, 2009 - Died Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook
(1913-2009) internationally acclaimed sculptor
March 6, 2009 - Died
Aidrie Main-Cruikshank
(1908-2009) champion figure skater
March 11, 2009 - Died Theresa Helen McNeil (1928-2009) 1st
Canadian woman to be appointed High Sherriff (Annapolis County, N S)
March 13, 2009 - Died Norah Urquhart (1918-2009) pioneer
scientist who with her husband Fred discovered the secret of the
Monarch butterfly
March 20, 2009 - Died Rose Sheinin (1930-2009) professor and
author and trailblazer in sciences
March 22, 2009 -
Died Lorna Lucille Bergey (1921-2009) local historian Cambridge,
Ontario
March 23, 2009 - Died
Arlene Billinkoff (1942-2009) long time
legislative reporter for Winnipeg Free Press
March 23, 2009 - Died Helen Lawrence Buckley (1923-2009)
economist & author
March 31, 2009 - Died Lorna deBlicquy (1931-2009)
pilot and first woman parachuter
April 2, 2009 - Died
Audrey Jeanne Kunkel (1946-2009) award winning journalist
April 2, 2009 - Died Norma Scarborough (1918-2009) founder of
Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
April 13, 2009 - Died Karine Blais (1888-2009) Canadian
Army, Killed in line of duty
May 28, 2009 - Died Betty Edwards Tancock (1911-2009) medal
winning & record setting swimmer
May 30, 2009 - Died
Eva Dawes Spinks (1912-2009) track & field star
June 8, 2009 -
Died Sheila Abby Finestone (1927-2009) Member of Canadian
parliament & Senator
June 29, 2009 -
Died Pauline Picard (1947-2009) Member of the Canadian
parliament
July 3, 2009 -
Died
Rose Johnstone (1938-2009) biochemist
July 6, 2009 - Died Ruth
Matheson Buck (1905-2009) historian & biographer
July 12, 2009 - Died Mary Doris "Dodie" Barr (1921-2009) player
in All American Girls Baseball League and member of Baseball Hall of Fame.
July 13, 2009 - Died
Margaret 'Peggy' Jean Kurtin (1932-2009) social activist
July 14, 2009 - Died Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (1926- 2009) poet
July 20, 2009 - Died
Joy Langan
(1943-2009) social activist, feminist and Member of Parliament
July 31, 2009 -
Died Sonja Skarstedt (1960-2009) Poet & author of short stories
August 1, 2009 - Died
Martha Shepard (1911-2009) librarian with
major responsibility of establishing the National Library of Canada
August 2, 2009 - Died
Gene Sutton (1945-2009)
award winning coach in gymnastics
August 17, 2009 - Died Viola Wyse (1947-2009) Chief of the
Snuneymuxu
August 21, 2009
- Died Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009) historian & professor of
medieval studies
August 22, 2009 - Died Muriel Helen Duckworth
(1908-2009) social Activist for peace & the advancement of women's
rights.
September 24, 2009 -
Died Isabelle Fortier/Nelly Arcan (1973-2009) Quebec novelist
September 25, 2009 - Died Eva Mariene
Heddle (1933- 2009) at three she was Canada's Sweetheart
October 7, 2009 - Died Jennie Huie (1928-2009) academic
October 18, 2009 -
Died Ziona Kaplan (1925-2020) Jewish member of RCAF in World
War ll
October 22, 2009 -
Died
Helen Pauline Wattie (1911-2009) educator
October 27, 2009 - Died Theodosia Mary Dawes Bond-Thornton
(1915-2009) photographer
December 9, 2009 - Died Goldie Semple ( 1952-2009) stage
actor
December 16, 2009 - Died
Jeannine Guillevin Wood (1929-2009) acclaimed businesswoman
December 30, 2009 - Died
Michelle Justine Lang (1975-2009) journalist killed in Afghanistan
war
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2010 |
February 12, 2010 - Governor General
Michaelle Jean (1957- )
declares the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games officially open
2010 - Lieutenant Colonel Susan L. Wigg is the 1st
woman to become Director of Cadets at the Royal Military College.
She is also the 1st Canadian service woman of this rank to have
children
Source: Women in Canadian Military Forces: A proud Legacy.
Women’s History Month, October 2011. Status of Women Canada. Online
(Accessed March 2014.)
2010 - Colonel Maryse Carmichael becomes
the first female Commanding Officer of the Canadian Snowbirds in its
40 year history.
2010 - Major Eleanor Taylor is the first female to
lead an infantry company in a combat Zone, when she is deployed to
Afghanistan
2010 - Plan Canada releases a full length
documentary: Because I am a Girl. girls talk about what they
wand and can do to empower themselves and those around
them...because they are girls Source: Herstory
2012: the Canadian Women's Calendar (Saskatoon Women's Calendar
Collective.
April 13, 2020 -
The
Lois Hole (1929-2005)
Hospital for Women
opens as a new wing of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton,
Alberta
2010
- The Feminist History Society is founded in Canada
May 5, 2010 -
This is the beginning of the
Red Dress Project.
Red Dress Day is an National Day of Awareness
for Missing and Murdered Women, Girls,
and Two Spirited People.
Red is traditional thought to be the only colour spirits can see
thus a red dress is a way of calling the spirits of Missing and
Murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirited back to their
loved ones
June 10, 2010 - Violet 'Vi' Milstead-Warren
(1919-2014) is inducted into the Canadian
Aviation Hall of Fame
2010 - Judy Cameron
(1954- ) is the first woman
Captain of a 777 airplane
September 4, 2010 - Susan Louise Moir Allison
(1845-1937) pioneer & author, British
Columbia, becomes a National Historic Person
September 27, 2010 -
The government of British Columbia opens the ongoing ‘Missing Women
Commission of Inquiry to inquire into the Investigation and events
leading up to the arrest and conviction of Robert W. Picton and a
broader examination of the manner in which cases involving missing
women are investigated
2010 -
S N O W - Social Network of Women is established in Ottawa. S N O W
strives to empower women to reach their full potential in all
aspects of their lives.
December 3, 2010 - Kathy Dunderdale
(1952- ) is sworn in as the 1st woman premier of Newfoundland & Labrador
Source: Women in History: A timeline
by Kirsten Smith Postmedia News March 3, 2011.
2010 - Joannie Rochette
(1986- ) winner of a Bronze
Medal at the Winter Olympics just days after her mother dies of a
heart attack is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the
Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
Deaths 2010:
2010 -
Died S. Patricia 'Pat' Filer ( -2010)
author & long time Girl Guide worker
2010 - Died Laura Legg (1923-2010), in
1975 is the 1st woman bencher of the Law Society of Ontario
January 14, 2010 - Died
P.K. Page (1916-2010) award winning
author and a artist
January 31, 2010 -
Died
Edith Josie (1921-2010), journalist from
northern Canada who was known world wide
February 1, 2010 - Died
Kati Rekai (1921-2010) author of children's
books, broadcaster & journalist
February 11, 2010 - Died
Helen Weinzweig (1915-2010) award winning
author & playwright
March 6, 2010 - Died Ann Frances Oakes ( -2010)
businesswoman
March 20, 2020 -
Died Dorothy Corrigan (1913-2010) Mayor of Charlottetown,
P.E.I.,& Order of Canada 1978
March 21, 2010 -
Died Christine Newson - Charles (1921-2010) figure skater
March 23, 2010 - Died Sister Katherine E. Bellamy
(???-2010) musician
March 28, 2010 - Died June
Havoc (1912-2010) actor & director
April 2010 - Died Mary Hart Gilliland (1940-2010)
social activist
April 17, 2010 - Died Margaret Bolender (1921-2010) educator
April 29, 2010 - Died Penny Martineuk Cooke (1919-2010) played
with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
May 7, 2010 - Died
Bertha Allen (1934-2010), volunteer and social activist, President of
the Native Women's Association
May 15, 2010 - Died
June Munro (1921-2010) librarian
May 24, 2010 - Died
Marianna O'Gallagher (1929-2010) historian & author of Irish
Canadian history
June 2010 - Died
Ruth Haythorn (1911-2010) educator
June 5, 2010 - Died
Jessie May Nickson (1918-2010) first woman alderman in Ottawa
June 22, 2010 - Died Tracy Wright (1959-2010) actor
July 4, 2010 - Died
Willa Walker (1913- 2010) author
July 10, 2010 - Died Gina Feldberg (1956-2010)n academic who
wrote on the social history of health issues
July 15, 2010 - Died Kit McDermott (1922-2010) teen spy for
Dutch resistance World War ll, journalist and publisher
July 20, 2012 - Died
Jean E. Coolican (1918-2012) volunteer &
co-founder of Save the Children Canada
July 22, 2010 -
Died Catherine "Kay' Bagg (1909-2010) poet
August 9, 2009 -
Died Réjane Laberge-Colas (1923-2009) lawyer & first woman
provincial superior court judge
August 10, 2009 - Died Sister Gilberte Pacquette (
-2009) hospital administrator & founder of 1st palliative care
centre in Ontario
August 10, 2010 - Died
Shirley Lavinia Thompson (1930-2010) civil servant
August 15, 2010 - Died Hélène Brodeur (1923-2010) educator,
journalist and author in English and French
August 15, 2010 - Died Hélène Brodeur (1923-2010) educator &
award winning author
September 10, 2010 - Died Beatrice Wickett-Nesbitt
(1917-2012) psychologist who forged the way for others to follow in
the profession
September 20, 2010 - Died
Phyllis Anne DuMoulin (1921-2010) pioneer
of social planning programmes and process in Canadian west.
September 20, 2010 - Died Mira Goddard Bennett (1928-2010)
Business woman and art Gallery owner
September 22, 2010 - Died
Jacqueline 'Jackie' Burroughs (1939-2020) actor of stage, film, & TV
October 1, 2010 -
Died Mary Yvonne Carter (1923-2018) lawyer & judge
October 30, 2010 - Died J. Margot Brown Chester
(1916-2012) journalist, editor, community volunteer, & author
November 10, 2010 - Died Audrey Yvonne Morris
(1937-2010) award winning composer
November 10, 2010 - Died
Evelyn Shapiro
(1926-2010) health administrator
November 10, 2010 - Died Ann Southam (1937-2010) composer
November 17, 2010 - Died Trish Monture-Angus (1958-2010) lawyer,
Aboriginal rights enthusiast, Sociologist, author, & teacher
November 20, 2010 - Died Margaret Ruth Springford
(1921-2010) actor of stage, film, & TV
November 22, 2010 - Died
Eleanor Coerr (1929-2010) foreign correspondent & author,
best known for her book Sadako and the 1000 Cranes (1977)
November 24, 2010 - Died Ann Southam (1937-2010) composer
November 25, 2010 - Died
Doris Jean McCarthy (1910-2010) acclaimed artist
November 26, 2010 - Died Mariette 'Mia' Matthes (1920-2010)
rural & landscape photographer
November 26, 2010 - Died Maureen Lormier Roberts (1915-2004)
founder of Canadian Medic Alert Foundation
December 14, 2010 - Died
Sister Jessie Ellis (1919-1976) teacher
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