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- Canadian #WomenInSTEM from our archives: Connie Eaves, with Terry Fox Laboratory & medical genetics prof @UBC bit.ly/1o6L9EO 5 years ago
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Tag Archives: Order of Canada
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: Catherine Hennessey (Herstory 2012)
Born in September 1933, Catherine G. Hennessey was raised in Charlottetown near the city’s historic Queen Square and has lived, for the most part, on Prince Edward Island. Her enthusiasm and passion for PEI’s “place in the world” has not … Continue reading
Posted in From the archives, Heritage activist, PEI
Tagged architecture, Canadian Housing and Design Council, Catherine Hennessey, Charlottetown, Charlottetown's best-known heritage activist, heritage, heritage buildings, Heritage Canada, Lieutenant Governor's Medal, Order of Canada, PEI, PEI's Heritage Foundation, Prince Edward Island, Province House, Queen Square, University of PEI
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From the archives: Pitseolak Ashoona (Herstory 1974)
Featured in Herstory 1974, artist Pitseolak Ashoona was “part of one of the last generations of Inuit who grew up with the traditional lifestyles enjoyed by the North American Inuit since before 1000 BC.” (Wikipedia) Pitseolak began drawing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Canada, From the archives, Women
Tagged Annie Pootoogook, art, artist, International Women's Day, Inuit, National Film Board, Order of Canada, Pitseolak Ashoona, Pitseolak: Pictures Out of My Life, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
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From the archives: LOTTA HITSCHMANOVA (Herstory 2010)
Many Canadians will remember the accented voice of Lotta Hitschmanova from her radio and television commercials in the 1960s and ‘70s that made 56 Sparks Street the second most famous address in Ottawa and perhaps all of Canada. Lotta was … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Canadian, Social Issues
Tagged 56 Sparks Street, Alzheimer's disease, American Unitarian Service Committee, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Museum of Civilization, charity, Companion of the Order of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Dr. Lotta, HITSCHMANOVA, humanitarian aid, Jewish, LOTTA HITSCHMANOVA, Lotta's Army, Marseille, Max Hitschmann, Order of Canada, Ottawa, Personalities Hall, Prague, Sorbonne, Unitarian Service Committee of Canada, University of Prauge, USC Canada, volunteerism, World War II
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