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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
- Canadian #WomenInSTEM from our archives: Alice Wilson, pioneering geologist for Geological Survey of Canada bit.ly/1TUSS4D 6 years ago
- Check out Canadian #WomenInSTEM from our archives: Thelma Finlayson, BC entomologist bit.ly/1SjaveP 6 years ago
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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: Mary Cousins (Herstory 1974)
Featured in the 1974 issue of Herstory, Mary Cousins (Feb. 22, 1938-April 22, 2007) was a nurse, teacher, journalist, ambassador for the North, and an Inuit rights activist. The entry in Herstory is short, and of course, only lists her … Continue reading
Posted in 1974, From the archives, North, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec
Tagged Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, C.D.Howe, Department of Northern Affairs, Eastern Arctic Teacher Education Program, Gordon Robertson Education Centre, Hamilton, Inuit, Inuit rights, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inukitut, Iqaluit, Mary Cousins, McGill University, Montreal, Nakasuk School, nursing, Ontario, Panigusiq, tuberculosis, Vanier Institute of the Family
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From the archives: Connie Eaves (Herstory 2000)
Fascinated by “how thing work in the body,”(1) Connie Halperin of Kingston, Ontario, set out early on a career in biomedical research that has spanned more than three decades. Now Connie Eaves, deputy director of the Terry Fox Laboratory and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged biomedical research, blood formation, blood-forming system, Canadian Brest Cancer Research Initiative, cancer research, cancer research policy, Connie Halperin, gene therapy, Kingston, leukaemia, leukemia, medical genetics, National Cacner Institute of Canada, Ontario, Terry Fox Laboratory, UBC, University of British Columbia
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From the archives: Emily Howard Stowe (Herstory 1974)
Emily Howard Stowe Emily Howard Stowe was born in Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, on May 1, 1831, one of six daughters of Quaker parents. They considered education as important for girls as boys, hence she was taught at home by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society for the Advancement of Women, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Brantford Central School, Canadian university, Dominion Women's Enfranchisement League, education, Emily Howard Stowe, Medical College, New York Medical College for Women, Ontario, Quaker, Toronto, Toronto Women's Literacy Club, Toronto Women's Suffrage Club, University of Toronto, women's rights
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