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- Canadian #WomenInSTEM from our archives: Connie Eaves, with Terry Fox Laboratory & medical genetics prof @UBC bit.ly/1o6L9EO 6 years ago
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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Herstory 2015 preview: Centenarian Thelma Finlayson
Born in 1914, Thelma Finlayson is a retired entomologist living in Burnaby, B.C. She was the first woman to be hired at Dominion Institute for Biological Control, but when she married in 1940, government regulations restricting married women from public … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, British Columbia, Ontario
Tagged anisota finlaysoni, B.C., Burnaby, Centenarian, Dominion Institute for Biological Control, entomology, herstorian, Kristine Flynn, mesopolobus finlaysoni, Ontario, Order of Canada, Simon Fraser University, Thelma Finlayson, Vancouver
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From the archives: Ellen Neel (Herstory 2012)
Ellen May Neel was the first and most famous female carver of West Coast totem poles. She was born in 1916 at Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Her parents were Charles … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Art, British Columbia
Tagged Alert Bay, American, art, artist, B.C., British Columbia, Canada Council, Canadian art, Charles Newman, Charlie James, City of Vancouver, Cormorant Island, Edward Neel, Ellen May Neel, Ellen Neel, Indian culture, Kaka'solas, Kwakwaka'wakw, Lucy James, Stanley Park, Thunderbird Pole, totem pole carver, totem poles, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, West Coast, Woodward's
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