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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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EVENTS |
1980
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January 1,
1980 -
The Chinese Canadian National Council for Equity created to
safeguard dignity & equality for all Chinese Canadians
1980 -
Copenhagen, Denmark, hosts the 2nd International Conference on
Women’s Issues
1980 -
Dr Lois
Miriam Wilson (1927- ) is
elected as the 1st woman moderator of the United Church of
Canada
1980 - The Canadian Supreme Court recognizes the equal
distribution of assets in failed common-law relationships
February 18, 1980
-
In the federal election only 14 women were elected to fill 282 seats
in the House of Commons
1980 -
Fishermen’s
wives working get jobless benefits as unemployment insurance is granted to
10,000 women working with their husbands
1980 - 32% of graduate doctors in Canada are
women
April 14,
1980 - Jeanne Sauvé (1922- 1993)
is appointed the 1st woman Speaker of the House of Commons April 14,
1980 to January 15, 1984 Source: Parliament of Canada web
site
1980 -
The New Brunswick Family Services Act abolished the concept of
illegitimacy and both parents of a child become responsible to
provide for s or her support inasmuch as they are able.
Also a single mother could place her child for adoption without
the father's consent unless the father acknowledged his paternity or
declared himself the child's father in court, then the father must
give consent for adoption
April 21, 1980 - Jacqueline Gareau
(1953- ) is the 1st Canadian woman
to win the Boston Marathon
1980
- Evelyn Hart (1956-
)
is
the 1st Canadian to be
awarded a Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna,
Bulgaria
1980
- Clerical workers in the Public Service
Alliance of Canada (P S A C) who work for the federal government go on
strike for better provisions for time off for the care and nurturing
of pre-school-age children, adoption leave and paid maternity leave
June 27,1980
- O Canada is officially declared as the national anthem of
Canada
June 1980 - Kateri Tekakwitha
is beatified (one of the major steps to become a saint within the
Catholic Church)
July 4, 1980 - The Canadian Post Office issues a commemorative stamp
to celebrate Dame Emma Albani (1847-1930),
a celebrated international opera singer
July 22, 1980 - Judy LaMarsh
(1924-1980) is presented with the Order of
Canada at her hospital bed
1980 - Alexa
McDonough
(1944- ) is the
1st woman to lead a recognized political party in
Canada when she is leader of
the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party
September 9, 1989 -
Anna Ruth Lang of New Brunswick saved two people after a
horrendous highway accident
Fall 1980 - The
Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees, representing
federal government translators over half of whom were women, went on
strike demanding paid maternity leave. The strike was unsuccessful
1980 - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (C U P W )
include fully paid maternity leave in its demands. In 1981 they
become the first national union in Canada to obtain fully paid
maternity leave
1980 - The
Government of Canada, through Fitness and Amateur Sport, (Sport
Canada) creates a Women's Program
Source: Status of Women Canada.
Adult fact Sheet Women and sports in Canada: an historical overview.
(Ottawa, 2002)
1980 - The Association of Canadian Medical Colleges reports that 32% of
graduate doctors are women
Source: Canadian Chronology (accessed April 28,
2003)
1980 - The provincial Advisory Council of the
Status of Women for Newfoundland and Labrador is established for
social, cultural and political equity for women
1980 - Terry James becomes the 1st Black female police
Officer in the Toronto Police Force
Source: Herstory: Milestones
in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online
Accessed June 2011.
1980 - Sandra Post (1948-
) who earned over $1000,000 US on Ladies Professional Golf
Association (LPGA) Tour 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 year in a row
Births 1980:
January 30, 1980 -
Born
Margot Finlay (1980- ) actor
March 7, 1981 - Born Alena Sharp (1981- )
champion golfer
May 1980 - Born Johanna Shively Skibsrud (1980- )
award winning author
June 30 1880 - Born Idella 'Dell' Gertrude MacGregor (1880-1947)
World War 1 Nursing Sister
June 23, 1980 - Born Gillian Ferrari (1980- ) member
of Canada's gold medal winning hockey teams in 1990's. and 2000's
August 29, 1980 - Born Perdita Felicien (1980- ????)
international track & field champion in hurdles
August 29, 1980 - Born Genevieve Jeanson (1981- )
champion cyclist
September 24, 1980 - Born Amy Sky (1980- ) contemporary
singer
November 18, 1980 - Born Carol Huynk (1980- ) Olympic
Gold Medalist in wrestling
Deaths 1980:
1980 - Died Lovedy Josephine Campbell Scott
(1894-1980) lawyer
1980- Died Lilias
Torrance Newton (1896-1980) artist
1980 - Died
Eileen 'Bunty' Noble-Brennan (1906-1980) champion figure skater
1980- Died
Edith Louise Patterson (1891-1980) judge in
the juvenile court & 1st woman member of the
Law Society of British Columbia
1980 - Died Elizabet
'Lizzie' von Rummel (1897-1980) businesswoman, environmentalist & mountaineer
March 15, 1980 - Born Shelly-Anne Marie Brown (1980-
) Olympic medalist in bobsledding
March 31, 1980 - Died Jean Flatt Davey ( -1980) 1st
Canadian woman doctor to enter the Canadian Armed forces.
April 19, 1980 - Born Bardish Chagger (1980- ) 1st women
to be appointed as Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
May 1, 1980 - Died
Lovedy Josephine Campeau - Scott (1894-1980) first woman
lawyer in Essex county, ON
May 17, 1980
- Died Kathleen Shield
Perrin-Helliwell (1894-1980) World War l Nursing Sister
May 25, 1980 - Died
Gertrude Langoria English (18881980) World War 1 Nursing Sister
August 9, 1980 -
Died Mary Eileen Abbott (1896-1980)
Manitoba community volunteer
August 18, 1980 - Died Elizabeth
Stern (1915-1980) pioneer medical researcher credited with early
detection of cervical cancer
August 23, 1980 -
Died Catherine DeNully Fraser (1879-1980) World War 1 Nursing
Sister
September 1980 - Died Mary Lee Edward (1885-1980) physician
who was given Croix de Guerre for service on front lines in WW1
September 28, 1980 - Died
Alice C. Green (1908-1980) missionary nurse in Canadian northwest
and community activist P E I
October 1, 1980 -
Died Dorothy Gentlewoman (1905-1980) pioneer teaching children with
special needs
October 23, 1980 -
Died Robina 'Ruby' Elizabeth Stewart-Burris (1885-1980) World
War l Nursing Sister
October 27, 1980 - Died
Judy Verlyn LaMarsh (1924-1980) Liberal politician & Doyenne of
Canada's Centennial celebrations 1967
November 4, 1980 - Died
Elsie Gregory McGill (1905-1980) Canada's 1st woman graduate in
electrical engineering & 1st to design aircraft
November 19, 1980 - Died
Margaret Aitken (1908-1980) politician, journalist & author
November 24, 1980 - Died Molly Reilly (1922-1980) 1st woman
commercial pilot
November 27, 980 - Died Ethel Kirk
Grayson (1890-1980) novelist
December 9, 1980 -
Died Dorise Neilsen (1902-1980) first Communist Member of
Parliament
December 22, 1980 - Died Ethel Davis Wilson (1888-1980) novelist
for whom a British Columbia Literary Award is named, Order of
Canada
December 26, 1980 - Died Elizabeth Carmichael Monk
(1898-1980) lawyer, one of four women 1st to be called to the
Quebec Bar |
| 1981 |
1981 - The census now records data for
common law unions
February 5, 1981 - Joni Mitchell is inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of FameFebruary 13, 1981 - Canadian Air Force Captains
Leah
Mosher (1955- ), Nora Bottomley, and Dee Brasseur
(1953- ) graduate as the 1st Canadian female military
pilots
1981 -
Lieutenant Karen McCrimmon becomes the Canadian Air Force's 1st
woman air navigator Source:
National Defense and the Canadian Armed Forces, Fact sheet.
Online (Accessed March 2014)
February 14, 1981 - Some 1,300 women from across
Canada marched into the Parliament buildings and held their own Ad
Hoc Women and the Constitution Conference to debate the proposed
Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms
1981 - Second-Lieutenant Inge Plug
is the 1st woman helicopter pilot in the Canadian
Forces
Source "Women throughout Canadian military
history." in Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23
February 2005.
1981 - Lieutenant Karen McCrimmon
becomes the Canadian Forces first feamle air navigator
1981 -
The Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (C U P W ) becomes the first national union in Canada
to obtain fully paid maternity leave after a six weeks strike
April 1981 - Section 28 is adopted as part of the
Charter of Rights & Freedoms, it will be signed into law in 1982
as part of the Charter
1981 - New Brunswick passes a new Act prohibiting the
practice of midwifery in the province, putting and end to a
profession that has served families for centuries
1981 - Abby Hoffman
(1947- )
becomes the 1st woman director of Sport Canada, a part of the
federal government
Source: Status of Women Canada.
Adult fact Sheet Women and sports in Canada: an historical overview.
(Ottawa, 2002)
July 30, 1981 -The United Nations Human Rights Commission
(UNHRC) rules that for Sandra Lovelace, who had lost her Indian
Status after her marriage to a non-status Indian, that her loss of
status was tantamount to cultural interference
1981 - The Ontario Federation of Labour and Action Day
Care holds public forums across the province of Ontario resulting in
the formation of an ongoing Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care
to lobby Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament
1981 - Jean Paré publishes the 1st cookbook in
the series Company's Coming: 150 Delicious squares
1981- The Society for Canadian Women in Science
and Technology is founded. This is a non profit association that
promotes, encourages and empowers women and girls in science,
engineering and technology
1981 - The Women in Coaching Program is established
by the Coaching Association of Canada
1981 - 19% of academic staff at the University of
Alberta are women. Only 55 of these women are in the faculty of
Science and 2% in Engineering
Source: Herstory: The Canadian Women's calendar.
2008 (Saskatoon Women's Calendar Collective / Coteau
Books, 2007)
1981 -
47% of students in university undergraduate programs are women. 37% of
women enrolled in university graduate programs are women
1981 - The Canadian Historic Sites and Monuments Board declares
Tookoolito and her husband, Ipirvik, National Historic Persons.
October 23, 1981 - Pearl McGonigal
(1929- ) becomes the 1st woman Lieutenant
Governor of Manitoba
1981 - Pat Messner (1954-
) national, international, and Olympic medalist in water
skiing is awarded Member in the Order of Canada
1981 - Tracey Wainman
(1967- )
winner of the St Ivel International figure skating
competition
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 year in a row
1981 - Susan Nattrass
(1950- ) shooting champion is voted
by the Canadian Press to be awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's
Top Overall Athlete of the year
Births 1981:
April 9, 1981 -
Born Geneviève Elveram (1981-2016) cartoonist & musician
November 24, 1981 -
Born Lauren Wollstencroft (1981- )
one of Canada's top Paralympic athletes
Deaths 1981:
1981 -
Died
Rhea Clyman (1904-1981) trailblazing
journalist
1981 - Died
Ella Emma Dunn (1876-1981) Black entrepreneur
1981 - Died Rosa
L. Shaw (1895-1981) journalist
1981 - Died
Marie Uguay (1955-1981) poet
January 4, 1981 - Died
Ruth Lowe-Sandler (1914-1981) pianist and songwriter I'll never
smile again.
January 8, 1981 - Died
Myrtle MacKinnon (1889-1981) milner, businesswoman, and matron of a
home for unwed girls in Toronto
January 20, 1981 - Died
Beatrice Lillie
(1894-1989) outstanding comedic actor known as the funniest woman in
the world
February 9, 1981 - Died Anna Selick-Raginsky
(1891-1981) social activist in the Canadian Zionist movement
February 11, 1881 -
Born Emma Henry Sister St. Victor (1881-1968) social activist
February 26, 1981 - Died Jane "Jennie" Smillie Robertson (1878-1981) perhaps 1st
woman doctor to perform surgery in Canada
March 3, 1981 - Died
Ethel Thedora
Paynter-McKay (1884-1981) World War 1 Nursing Sister
March 20, 1981 -
Died
Ruby Belle Dickie (1890-1981) World War l Nursing Sister
March 22, 1981 -
Died Anne Molson (1823-1899) philanthropist wife of John
Molson of Molson Breweries
March 31, 1981 -
Died Ethel Thedora Paynter-McKay (1884-1981) World War 1
Nursing Sister
April 9, 1981- Born Geneviève Castrée-Elverum (1981-2016)
cartoonist, illustrator, and musician
April 19, 1981 - Died
Irene Baird-Grierson (1900-1981) novelist
May 31, 1981 - Died Edwina
Chamier (1890-1981) Olympic alpine skier
June 21, 1981 -
Died Marion Elizabeth Gilroy (1912-1981) librarian
June 23, 1981
- Died Florence Spalding Hardy McConney (1894-1981) specialist in
internal medicine
June 25, 1981 -
Died Marion Belle Harvie (1892-1981) World War 1 Nursing
Sister
August 24, 1981
- Died Victoria Faulkner (1891-1981) social activist
August 25, 1981 -
Died Ida Hattie May Ferguson (1885-1981) World War 1 Nursing Sister,
Crois de Guerre
October 17,
1981 - Died Dorothy Louise Walton (1909-1981) one of the top
badminton players in Canada
November 2, 1981 - Died Thérèse Casgrain (1896-1981),1st individual Canadian woman to
appear on Canadian money
November 23, 1981 -
Died Jessie B. Tuite (
-1981) beloved teacher Belleville, Ontario
December 4, 1981 - Died
Marie-Angèle ‘Jovette’ Alice Bernier (1900-1981) poet and journalist
December 16, 1981 - Died Mary Olivia Wilson (1892-1981) World
War 1 Nursing Sister
December 17, 1981
– Died Judith Robinson (1897-1981) acclaimed journalist |
| 1982 |
1982 - The Constitution Act declares Aboriginal and Treaty
Rights to be guaranteed equal to men and women
1982 - There is an outcry from women across the nations
when NDP Member of Parliament Margaret Mitchess is laughed at when
she brings up the issue of violence against women in the House of
Commons
January 11, 1982 - CBC television debuts The Journal, a
show case for full features on daily news happenings with hosts
Barbara From (1937-1992) and
Mary Lou Finlay (1947- )
1982
- Canada enters the worst depression
since the 1930's
March
4, 1982 - Bertha Wilson (1923-2007) is the
1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court of
Canada.
Spring 1982 - The 1st issue of
Breaking the Silence is
published as a project of the Feminist Caucus of the Carleton School
of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa. Ontario. The purpose is
to raise the level of women's awareness of social welfare issues and
to promote and strengthen a feminist perspective among those working
in the field of social welfare
April 17, 1982 -
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms covers fundamental
rights, equality between men & women, language rights & legal rights
1982 - Canada is the first country to allow women to enter
combat roles as a result of the Charter of Rights & Freedoms
May 12, 1982 -
Member of Parliament
Margaret Mitchell
(1925- )
brings forth in the House of Commons that 1 in 10 Canadian husbands
regularly beat their wives. Her speech was followed by shouting and
laughing in the House of Commons. Her reply was “This is no laughing
matter”
Source: Canada. House of Commons Debates 1982. ; Nancy J. White,
‘MPs laughed when she spoke on battered women’ The Toronto Star,
January 13, 2008. Online (Accessed January 2016)
May
23, 1982 - Mother Marie-Rose née Eulalie
Durocher (1811-1849) is beatified ( a step
towards becoming a saint) by the Roman Catholic Church)
May 28,
1982 - Karen Mitchell establishes M A D D - Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving. to commemorate the death of her
daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. The organization was
originally known as P. R. I. D. E. - People to Reduce Impaired Driving
Everywhere
July 26, 1982 - Karen Diane Baldwin is the 1st Canadian
to ever win the Miss Universe beauty contest Source : Miss
Universe web pages.
October 27, 1982 -
July 1 is officially named Canada Day
October 31, 1982 - Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700)
is canonized (becomes a saint) in the
Roman Catholic Church. She is the first Canadian woman to become a
saint. Source: Currents by Christopher Webb. The Beaver
Oct./Nov. 2007 pg 12.
1982 - The Canadian Women's Studies Association is founded.
Source A Chronology of the development of women's studies in Canada.
The Canadian Electronic Feminist Network
(accessed April 28, 2003.
1982 - The Society for Women in Science
and technology holds its first world conference in Vancouver,
British Columbia
source: Canadian
Chronology (accessed April 28,
2003)
1982 -
The
Canadian Women's National Championship for ice hockey is
reintroduced. The Hamilton Golden Hawks defeat the Edmonton Chimos
for the title
1982 -
Health and Welfare Canada revises Canada's Food Guide with three new
emerging principles. 1) variety in food choices and eating patterns.
2) moderation in the use of fat, sugar, salt and alcohol. 3) Balance
between energy intake and energy expenditure
1982 - Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and
Technology: WISEST is founded by the University of Alberta to
attract women to the fields of engineering and technology
Source: Herstory: The Canadian Women's calendar.
2008 (Saskatoon Women's Calendar Collective / Coteau
Books, 2007)
1982 - Elizabeth "Betty" MacRae
(1941-
) becomes Canada's 1st woman neurosurgeon when
she set up practice in Calgary, Alberta Source:
Herstory: Canadian Woman's Calendar 2007.
1982
- Gwendolyn Ringwood (1910-1984.)
is the 1st Canadian playwright to publish a volume of collected
plays
1982 - Iona
Campagnolo
(1932- .)
is
the 1st woman President of the Liberal Party of
Canada
1982 - Rachelle Halpenny
(1950-2012) returns
home from the 5th International Cerebral Palsy Games with two gold
as silver and a bronze medal
Sources: “Life Story” by Joanne Lovett Potter,
Ottawa Citizen
February 2, 2013. ; “Rachelle Halpenny: A woman first, an athlete
second and way at the other end of the scale, disabled” by Lyse
Blanchard in Canadian Woman Studies Spring 1983; Personal
friendship.
1982 -
The YWCA
in Peterborough, Ontario publishes Fresh Start, a book for
women in abusive situations - the book is translated into several
languages and tens of thousands of copies are sold.
Source: History of the YWCA
1982 - Gerry Sorensen (1958-
) winner of the world downhill ski championship
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
Births 1982:
1982 - Born Larissa Vingilis-Jarenko (1982- )
scientist
April 9, 1882 -
Born Ella Cecilia MacKinnon/McKinnon-Pearson (1882-1959) poet &
artist
July 24, 1982 - Born Anna Paquin, (1982-
) academy award winning actor
September 3, 1982 - Born Sarah Burke (1982-2012) medal
winning pioneer of women's freestyle skiing
October 15, 1982 - Born Charline Labonté
(1982- ), medal winning hockey player.
November 30, 1982 - Born Elisha Cuthbert (1982- ), TV and
Movie star
Deaths 1982:
1982 -
Died Ida Manning Armstrong (1905-1982) physician and sportswoman.
1982 - Died
Jean Cairns (1886-1982) the 5th woman to be called to
the bar (Lawyer) in Ontario
1982 -
Died Elizabeth Goudie (1902-1982) a writer she recorded the
firs history of family life in the wilds of Labrador.
1982 -
Died Jean Hall (1896-1982) architect
1982 -
Died Anna Hicks (1896-1982) Member of the Agricultural Hall of Fame
1982 -
Died
Helen Mary Kendall (1892-1982) Nursing Sister World War 1 & ll
1982
- Died Jean E. Millar Kilborn (1906-1982) medical doctor in China
1982 -
Died Marguerite Michaud (1903-1982) first Acadian woman to
graduate from university
1982 -
Died
Daphne H. Patterson (1905-1982) early woman aviator
1982 - Died
Gladys Walker (1895-1982) early aviator
January 5, 1982 - Died Elizabeth Catherine Bagshaw (1881-1982)
January 6, 1982 -
Died Pearl Miella Fournier (1907-1982) social activist for
Franco-Canadiennes
January 24, 1982 - Died
Diana Kingsmill-Weight (1908-1982) Olympic skier
January 30, 1982 - Died
Elinor
Francis Elizabeth Black (1905-1982) 1st Canadian woman member of the British Royal College of
Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
February 13, 1982 - Died Miriam Mandel (1930-1982) a poet and author
, winner of a Governor General's award in literature.
February
11, 1982 -
Died Jean Cowie-Harry (1888-1982) World War 1 Nursing Sister
February 28, 1982
- Born Angela Bailey (1982-2021) track & field sprinter
March 8, 1982 -
Died Grace Trotman (1911-1982) Black musician
March 11, 1982 -
Died Laura Blanche McCain
(1891-1982) volunteer and social activist in New Brunswick.
March 30, 1982 - Died Violet Pauline King Henry
(1919-19982) 1st Black woman lawyer in Canada
April 18, 1982 -
Died Jean Cairns (1886-1982) 5th woman to be called to the
bar (Lawyer) in Ontario
June 10, 1982 - Died Elizabeth Goudie (1902-1982) a writer
who told the story of early family life in Labrador
July 6, 1982 - Died Jane Elizabeth Vasey (1949-1982) blues
musician.
July 30, 1982 - Died Margaret Grant Andrew (1912-1982) Social
activist for the Arts on Canada's west coast.
August 8, 1992 -
Died Myrtle Raivio (1914-1982) Alberta's first woman guide
and outfitter
September 10, 1982 -
Died Lucy Qinnuayuak Inuit artist
September 12, 1982 - Died Sally Kathleen Creighton (1903-1982)
writer and journalist
September 25, 1982 -
Died Margaret Teresa Lally 'Ma' Murray (1888-1982) newspaper editor,
owner & journalist
October 17, 1982 -
Died Mary Jamison-Pepper (1886-1982) World War 1 Nursing
Sister
November 2, 1982 -
Died
Carol Dunlop (1946-1982) author, photographer, & activist
November 14, 1982 -
Died Eunice Marion Wishart (1898-1982) first woman mayor of
Port Arthur, Ontario
November 27, 1902 - Died Frances Shelley Wees (1902-1982)
author of mystery and romance novels and educator.
December 25, 1982 -
Died Margaret Teresa Lally Murray (1888-1982) newspaper editor,
owner and journalist |
| 1983 |
1983 - The Canadian Human Rights Act
prohibits sexual harassment and it becomes a criminal offence for a
man to rape his wife
1983 - Bill C-127 becomes law making it illegal for a man to
sexually assault his wife. The law also includes sexual aggression
as an offence for the 1st time.
March 30, 1983 - Bertha
Wilson (1923- ) is sworn in as Judge of the Supreme Court of
Canada.
1983 - Elsie Wayne
(1932-2016) becomes the 1st woman to be Mayor
of Saint John , New Brunswick. In 1993 she would be elected as a
Member of Parliament.
1983 - Anne Barbara Underhill
(1920-2003)
wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
December 1983 - Dr. Roberta Lynn
Bondar (1945- )
is selected from the 4,000 applicants as one of
the original six &
the 1st woman Canadian astronaut.
1983 -
Bill C-127 abolished the offences of rape, attempted
rape and indecent assault and introduced a three-tiered structure
for sexual assault offences. The Bill also eased the circumstances
under which police could lay charges in incidents of sexual and
non-sexual assault.
1983 - Abortion rights activist Judy Rebick
intervenes saving Dr. Henry Morgentaler when is attacked by a man
wielding garden shears
1983 - Herizon, Canada's Feminist magazine
publishes its 1st Magazine edition
1983 - Joy Logan is the 1st woman
elected as a Vice-President of the British Columbia Federation of
Labour.
Source: British Columbia
Federation of Labour.
1983 - Joy Kogawa (1935-
) publishes her novel Obascan (Penguin Books). It is based on her experiences in a Canadian
detention camp with her family in Western Canada during World
War II. Source; Japanese Canadian Timeline (accessed
June 2012.)
1983 -
Delia Operokew is called to the bar in Alberta after
having been called to the Bar in Ontario in 1979. She is one of the
1st aboriginal lawyers to be called to the Bar in both provinces.
Source: Diversifying the bar; Law Society of Upper Canada
online accessed January 2013.:
1983 - Laura Sky
(1947- ) opens SKYWORKS, a charitable
foundation that is community bases not-for-profit educational
documentary production organization
Sources: Herstory, the Canadian Women’s Calendar 2006 Coteau
Books, 2005
1983 - Carling Bassett
(1967- )
winner of one tournament and finalist in two other tournament in
her 1st year on the professional tennis tour
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
f
Births 1983:
June 12, 1983 - Born Christine Margaret Sinclair (1983-
) soccer player
November 19, 1983 - Born Daria Werbowy (1983- )
international Model with star on Canada's walk of fame.
Deaths 1983:
1983 - Died
Florence Leong Aseam (1905-1983) Alberta businesswoman
1983 - Died
Agnes Laskin Jamieson (1909-1983) first woman coroner in Ontario
1983 - Died Mabel Jones - Charles (????-1983) Indigenous nurse
1983 - Died
Margaret Frances Taylor-Aikens (1891-1983) World War l Nursing
Sister
1983 - Died Mona Harrigan (- 1983) one of the 1st women to be a
Park Guide in Canada
January 5, 1983 -
Died Lillian Helena Smith (1887-1983) 1st hired trained
children's librarian
January 28, 1983
- Died Alix Cleo Roubaud (1952-1983) Canadian photographer in
France
April 6, 1983 - Died Helena Beatrice Walker (1867-1983)
politician in Regina, Saskatchewan
May 1, 1983 -
Died Clara May Theurer Bernhardt (1918-1993) poet & author
May 4, 1983 - Died
Lenore Talbot Crawford (1909-1983) journalist who
maintained a weekly column in the London Free Press
May 23, 1983 -
Died Clara Armstrong (1895-1983) poet
May 23, 1983 - Died Winnifred
Blair Drummie (1903-1983) the 1st Miss Canada, 1923
June 3, 1983 - Died
Cecilia Clara Ellen Jowitt (1890-1983) home child & registered nurse
June 10, 1983 - Died
Elizabeth Elsie Harvey (1892-1983) social activist
June 12,1983 - Died
Norma Shearer (1900-1983), movie star & Academy Award best actor
June 14, 1983 - Died Bernice Anna Petch-Beatty (1894-1983) World
War 1 Nursing Sister
June 30, 1983 - Died
Mary Livingstone (born Sadie Marks 1904-1983) radio & TV
comedienne, wife of comedian Jack Benny
July 13 , 1983 - Died Gabrielle Roy,(1909-1983), internationally
renowned author & winner of Governor's General Award
July 17, 1983 - Died
Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton (1902-1983) poet
August 5, 1983 - Died Mary Rose Thacker-Temple
(1922-1983) Canadian and North American champion figure skater
August 10, 1983 -
Died Anne Anna/Annabelle Jane Thompson McFarlane (1924-1983)
played with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
November 4,1983 - Died Betty Lambert (1933-1983), prolific
Canadian playwright
November 24, 1983 -
Died Mary Alice Dafoe (1891-1983) community activist
December 2, 1983 - Died Fifi D'Orsay (1904-1983) vaudeville
performer and early movie actress known as the French Bombshell
December 8, 1983 - Died
Ethel Sylvia Wilson (1902-1983) Alberta politician
December 16, 1983 - Died Hilda Alice Hellaby (1898-1983) 1st
Canadian women to earn a theological degree
December 21, 1983 - Died
Alpha Isabella Hodgins ( - 1983) award winning law student |
| 1984 |
1984 - The Canadian Constitution is amended to affirm
that Aboriginal and treaty rights are guaranteed equally to both men
and women
January 13, 1984 - Anne Cools (1943-
) became the 1st Black woman to be appointed to the Canadian
Senate
February 8-19, 1984 - Olympic Games
Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia. Canadian women did not show in the medals at these
games. Sharon and Shirley Firth, Cross country skiers,
become the first Canadian women to compete in four straight Winter
Olympic Games when they compete in Sarajevo (1972, 1976,
1980, & 1884)
March 30, 1984 - The Paktuutit Inuit Women's
Association is incorporated to advocate for the needs of Inuit women
in social justices issues, health issues, and midwifery practices
May
14, 1984 - Jeanne Sauvé
(1922-1999.)
is sworn in as 23rd Governor General of Canada. She is the 1st woman
to hold this position
June 1, 1984 - Betty Hughes
is appointed Chair of the Canadian National Railways becoming
the 1st Canadian woman to head a crown corporation
1984 -
Transport Canada changes regulations to allow a pilot who is pregnant
to fly "while under her doctor's supervision"
Source: Rosella Bjornson, Canadian Hall of Fame
inductee. Canadian Ninety-nines online
(accessed July 18,
2005)
1984 -
Federal unemployment Insurance Benefits included 17 weeks maternity
leave for woman at 93% pay plus 10 weeks parenting leave
Unemployment Insurance Benefits
July 28-August 12, 1984 - Olympic Games Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A. In response to the
American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer
Olympics in Moscow, 14
Eastern Bloc countries, including
the
Soviet Union,
Cuba and
East Germany,
boycotted the Games; only
Romania elected to attend. For
differing reasons,
Iran and
Libya also boycotted.
Women are allowed to compete in the Marathon. Previously it had
been considered to strenuous.
Canada. Gold Medals: Sylvie Bernier (1964-
) in women's 3 meter
springboard diving; Lori Fung (1963-
) in women's individual
all-round rhythmic gymnastics; Linda Thom,
(1943- ) in women's
25 meter pistol shooting; Anne Ottenbrite
(1966- ) in women's
200 meter breaststroke swimming. Silver Medals; Angela
Bailey
(1962- ) , Marita Payne
(1960- ), Angela Taylor-Issajenko
(1958- )
and France Gareau
(1967- )
in women's 4X100 meter running relay; Charmaine Crooks
(1962- ),
Jillian Richardson (1965- ), Molly Killingbeck
(1959- ) and Marita Payne
(1960- )
in the women's 4X400 meter running relay; Alexandra
Barre (1958- )
and Susan Holloway (1955- )
in women's k-2 500 meter canoeing;
Marilyn Brain (1959- ), Angela Schneider
(1959- ),
Barbara Armbrust (1963- ),
Jane Tregunno (1962- )
and
Lesley Thompson (1959- ),
in women's four with coxswain rowing;
Elizabeth Craig (1957- )
and
Tricia Smith (1957- ) in women's pairs rowing;
Anne Ottenbrite (1966-
) in women's 100 meter breastbone
swimming; Sharon Hambrook (1963-
) and Kelly Kryczka
(1961- ) in women's
synchronized swimming; Carolyn Waldo (1964-
) in women's solo
synchronized swimming; Bronze Medals; Lynn Williams
(1960- ) in
women's 3000 meter run; Alexandra Barre
(1958- ), Lucie Guay
(1958- ), Susan
Holloway (1955- ) and Barbara Olmsted
(1959- ) in women's K-4 500 meter kayak;
Silken Laumann (1964-
) and Daniele Laumann
(1961- ) in
woman's double sculls rowing; Reema Abdo
(1963- ), Anne Ottenbrite,
(1966- ) Michelle
MacPherson (1966- )and
Pamela Rai (1966- ) in women's X 100 meter
swimming medley relay; Source: Canadian Olympic
Committee.
August 15, 1984 - The 1st televised federal debate on
women's issues is held in Toronto. It is organized by the National
Action Committee on the Status of Women and it features leaders from
the three major political parties
1984 - Sylvie Bernier (1964- )
Gold Medal Olympic diver
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
1984 - The Canadian government, through the Secretary of
State, establishes five regional chairs across the country in
women's studies with and endowment fund at Mt. St Vincent
University, Laval University, Ottawa Carleton Universities .
University of Manitoba and Simon Fraser University
Source A Chronology of the development of women's studies in Canada.
The Canadian Electronic Feminist Network
(accessed April 28, 2003.
)
1984 - Betty Hughes is appointed Chair of the
Canadian National Railways, the 1st Canadian woman to head a crown
Corporation Source: Heroines.ca
Women in Canadian history. (Accessed June 9, 2007)
August 1984 - Lisa Buscombe
becomes Canada's 1st Archery World Field Champion in Finland Source: Federation of
Canadian Archers.
1984 - Dormer Ellis (1925 - )
is the 1st woman to receive the Ontario Professional
Engineers Citizenship Award
Source The Toronto Business and Processional Women’s Club. Online
Accessed February 2013.
September 11, 1984 - Mother
Marie-Léonie (1840-1912) is the 1st to be beatified (a step towards
becoming a saint) on Canadian soil during the Papal visit to Canada
1984 - Cayenne is 1st published as a
socialist feminist bulleting produced by a group who were formerly
part of the International Women's Day Committee. It ceased
publication in 1989
1984
-
33% of medical school students and 50% of law school
students in Canada are women
1984 -
Mothers are Women / Meres et Femmes; Revue
Homebase Magazine (M A W) is founded in Ottawa. Its name
statment is a rallying cry for women doing unpaid work of mothering
and caring for family Source: Herstory 2004
1984 - Daurene E. Lewis is elected mayor of Annapolis Royal,
Nova Scotia. She is
the 1st female black mayor in North America
1984 - Marianne Florence Scott
(1928- ) is the
1st
woman to be appointed as National Librarian,
at the level of a deputy minister in the federal government
1984 - Ursula Martius Franklin
(
1921- )
becomes the
1st woman to be named a university professor at the University of
Toronto
1984 - Pat Messner
(1954- ) national, international and
Olympic medalist in water skiing is inducted into the Greater Ottawa
Sports Hall of Fame
November 1984 -
Eaton's Department Store employees (predominantly women) members of
the Wholesale and Department Store Union begin a strike that lasts
through the winter
1984 -
Sister Vision Educational Press is founded. It is the 1st press for
Black women and women of colour in Canada
December 21, 1984 - Brenda Mary Robertson
(1929-2020) was appointed to the Senate of Canada
Births 1984:
January 15, 1884 - Born Eleanor Rivington-Downs (1884-1970)
World War l Nursing Sister
February 10, 1984 -
Born Stephanie Dixon (1984- ) highly decorated Paralympic athlete
September 27, 1984 -
Born
Avril Lavigne (1984- ) contemporary singer and son writer
who rose quickly as an entertainer and star.
Deaths 1984:
1984 -
Died Bertha Ogilvie Archibald (1889-1984) first woman pharmacist
in Nova Scotia
1984 -
Died Eva Catherine Ault-Buels
(1891-1984) pioneer ladies ice hockey player know as 'Queen of the
Ice'.
1984 -
Died Jane Gray (1896-1984) early radio broadcaster
1984 - Died Madge Edgar (1898-1984) administrative assistant
January 22, 1984 - Died Ella 'Dora 'Sheri' Sherritt-Burley
(1889-1984) World War 1 Nursing Sister
March 28, 1984 - Died
Arrabelle MacKenzie-McCallum (1895-1984) first paediatric dentist in
Canada
April 14, 1984 - Died
Jane Mallett (1899-1984) stage, radio and film actor
April 20, 1984 - Died Sheila Every Branford, (1918- 1984) author of one of the best animal tale,
Incredible Journey
April 27, 1984 - Died
Lorraine McAllister (1922-1984) singer &
actor on the west coast
May 7, 1984 - Died Helen Kalvak (1901-1984) Inuit artist who
helped found the Holman Eskimo Co-operative. Order of Canada
May 24, 1984 - Died
Gwendolyn Ringwood (1910-1984) Governor General Award winner or
outstanding service to Canadian Drama
May 26, 1984 - Died
Mae Garnett (1875?- 1984) one of the 1st women general news
reporters in western Canada
June 28, 1984
- Died Mary Graham-Archibald (1887-1984) World War 1 Nursing Sister
July 16, 1984 -
Died Sadie A. Knowles (1889-1984) acclaimed children's
librarian in Ontario
July 16, 1984 - Died Camille Bernard (1898-1984) opera singer
July 24,
1984 -
Died Zenora 'Nora' Rose Hendrix (1883-1984) Black pioneer of Vancouver and
grandmother to Jimi Hendrix
October 8, 1984 - Died Francoise Aubut
( - 1984) renowned organist & educator
December 8, 1984 - Died Jeanne Chevalier (1892-1984) Champion
figure skater in pairs & singles |
| 1985 |
1985 -
The United Nations holds
an international conference on women's issues in Nairobi. It is 10 years since
the UN declared the International year of the woman
January
22, 1985 - Wilma Helen Hunley
(1920-2012) becomes the 1st woman Lieutenant Governor of the
province of Alberta.
1985 –
Nairobi
Hosts the 3rd International Conference on Women’s
Issues1985 - The Canadian Indian Act is
changed to restore Indian status to many women and their children as
well as to enfranchised native veterans. This bill ends more than 100 years of
legislative discrimination against aboriginal women not having native
status. The United nations Human Rights Commission high lighted this
injustice with a ruling for a complaint brought before the UNHRC in
1977 by Sandra Lovelace
1985 -
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms legally gives women
equal rights
June 17,
1885 -
Bill C-31 in the House of Commons in Ottawa eliminates sexual
discrimination form the Indian Act for First Nations Women so that
Aboriginal women's rights of status would be upheld when she marries
a non-status Indian
1985 -
The Canadian Divorce Act eliminates discrimination on the basis of
sex with respect to the right to divorce or the custody of children
1985 -
The Canada Pension Act is amended to continue disability pensions at
the married rate for one year after the death of a veteran
1985 -
The Association for Women's Equity in the Canadian Armed Forces
is founded
1985 -
The Canadian First Minister's Conference on the Economy endorses
'A framework for Economic Equality for Canadian Women'
Source: Progress towards equality of women in Canada
. Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
1985 - Shirley Theresa Dysart
(1926-2016) becomes the 1st woman to serve as interim leader
of the Opposition in the New Brunswick legislature
April 17, 1985 - Canada Post issues a commemorative stamp honouring
the life of Thérèse Casgrain (1896-1981),
a leader in rights for Canadian women and respected politician
August 1985 - Lisa Buscombe retains her
title as World Champion in the sport of Field Archery Source:
Federation of Canadian Archers.
1985 - Bonnie Cappuccino (1934-
) is director and founder of Child Haven International, a not-for-profit organization that helps
destitute women and children around the world
1985
- Lynn Johnston (1947- ) is the 1st woman to win the Reuben Award
for outstanding cartoonist of the year from the national Cartoonist
Society and in 1988 she became the first woman to be president of
this society
September 6, 1985 - The Canadian Encyclopedia,
a three volume set of books from Hurtig publishers, is released in
Edmonton, Alberta
1985 - Sue Johanson (1930-2023) begins
Sunday Night Sex with Sue on community TV
1985 - Anne of Green Gables, the television mini
series, wins many awards including 10 Gemini Awards, & Emmy Award, & a Peabody Award
1985 - The Sister Vision: Black Women and Women of
Colour Press is formed to publish books by and for women of colour
1985
- Seventeen women from across Canada came together to discuss
issues of women with disabilities and form D A W N, Disabled Women's
Network of Canada
1985 - Carling Bassett
(1967- )
ranked 17th in the world Women's Tennis
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
Births 1985:
July 18, 1885 -
Born Violet Irene Guymer (1885-1955) first Canadian women funeral
director
August 6, 1885 -
Born Anne Canning (1885-????) World War 1 Nursing
Sister
September 4, 1985 - Born Kaillie Humphries (1985-
) international & Olympic champion in bobsleigh
October 29, 1885 -
Born Mary Hale Hambly-Young (1885-1929) World War 1 Nursing Sister
Deaths 1985:
1985 - Died
Lillian Beatrice Allen (1904-1985) artist & teacher
1985 - Died Elsie Catherine Barclay (1902-1985) co-founder
of Hostelling in North America
1885 - Died
Marie-Alice Dumont (1892-1985) professional photographer in Eastern
Quebec
1985 - Died
Esther Marjorie Hill, (1895-1985) 1st Canadian woman to become a
graduate architect
1985 - Died
Helen May McKercher (1911-1985)
agricultural education activist
January 26, 1985 -
Died Susannah Isabelle Steckle (1898-1985) horticulturist
February 2, 1985 -
Died
Micheline Saint-Marcoux (1938-1985) composer &
teacher
February 16, 1985 - Died Marion Ruth Engel (1933-1985) acclaimed
author
March 18, 1985 - Died Myrtle Alice Cook (1902-1985)
acclaimed athlete and Olympic team member 1928
April 9, 1985 - Died
Mary Elizabeth 'Mary Beth' Brugger
Dolin (1936-1985) politician
April 27, 1985 - Died Marcelle Ferron. (1924-1985) member of a group of artists known as
Les Automatistes
April 28, 1985 - Died
Ada Annie Rae-Arthur (1888-1985) pioneer
botanist know as 'Cougar Annie '
June 8, 1985 - Died
Blanche Macdonald (1931-1985) educator
& Aboriginal rights activist on the west coast
June 12, 1985 - Died
Elizabeth Pauline MacCallum (1895-1985) diplomat
June 15, 1985 - Died Anne Terry (????-1985) broadcaster know
as 'First Lady of Cape Breton'
August 10, 1986 - Died
Paraskeva Clark (1898-1986) artist
September 6, 1985 - Died Jessie Isabel Meighen (1883-1985) wife
of Prime minister Arthur Meighen (1874-1960)
October 5, 1885 - Died
Jessie Louise Beattie (1896-1895) poet & novelist, member of the City of Cambridge (Ontario) Hall
of Fame
October 28, 1985 -
Died Jean Isobel 'Jennie' Drummond-Field (1892-1985) World
War l Nursing Sister
November 3, 1985 - Died Anna Gertrude Lawson Cheney (1897 - 1985) portrait
painter & 1st medical artist in British Columbia
December 14, 1985 - Died Catherine de
Hueck Doherty (1896 1985) founder of Madonna House,
Cumbermere, Ontario
December 26, 1985 - Died
Cornelia Lucinda Wood (1892-1985) Alberta provincial politician |
| 1986 |
April
14, 1986 - Canada Post issues a commemorative stamp honouring the life
of Molly Brant (1736-1796), a
renowned aboriginal leader in Canadian history
May 1986 - Karen Kidd (Robo the Clown) founds the 1st
formal therapeutic clown program in the Child Life Department of the
Winnipeg General Hospital
May
2, 1986 - October 13, 1986 - Vancouver, British
Columbia hosts a world exposition called Expo 86
May 12, 1986 - Police Constable Kathryn
Farrell is the 1st female assigned to the Toronto Police Force
Mounted unit Source: Herstory: Milestones
in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online
Accessed June 2011.
1986 - The National Organization of Immigrant and
Visible Minority Women of Canada is founded
1986 - Women on Wheels is established in the Yukon
Territory. It travels to Yukon communities to provide workshops on
women's issues like childcare & wage equity
Source: Indicators of Yukon Gender equality, Timeline
Online (accessed 2022)
1986 - The Yukon Territory Women's Directorate produces
How to Get a Job, an employment handbook for women.
Source: Indicators of Yukon Gender equality, Timeline
Online (accessed 2022)
1986 - Susan Ursel (1958
- ) is called to the Bar in Ontario. She is the
1st openly Lesbian lawyer in Ontario
1986 - Shirley Carr is the 1st woman to be president
of the Canadian Labour Congress
1986 -
3% of judges in
Canada are women Source:
Canadian Chronology (accessed April 28,
2003)
1986
- Sharon Adele Wood (1957-
) is
the
1st woman from the Western hemisphere to stand on top of
the world on Mt. Everest
1986 -
Roberta Jamieson
(1953- )
is the
1st Aboriginal and the first woman to be appointed as
provincial Ombudsman for Ontario
1986 -
Sports Canada issues a Policy on Women in Sport, calling
for equal opportunities for women and men to compete, coach,
officiate and administer sport at all levels
Source: Status of Women Canada.
Adult fact Sheet Women and sports in Canada: an historical overview.
(Ottawa, 2002)
1986 - Laurie Graham
(1960- ) a top notch downhill
skier
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
1986 -
Tiger Lily: A Journal by Women of Colour is published for
the 1st time. It is a chance for refugee and immigrant women to have
literary space to share experiences. It runs in publication through
the early 1990's
1986 -
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
releases its policy on sex-role stereotyping in Canadian
broadcasting
Source: Progress towards equality of
women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
1986 -
Federal Employment Equity legislation, which covers federally
regulated industries, ensures equitable participation of women in a
paid workforce
Source: Progress towards equality of
women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
1986 -
The Public Service of Canada launches special initiatives to
increase training, apprenticeship and hiring of women in
'non-traditional' occupations in the federal Public Service
Source: Progress towards equality of
women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
Births 1986:
January 13, 1986 - Born Jeannie Rochette (1986- )
champion & Olympic medal winning figure skater
January 15, 1886 - Born Edith Frances Macey (1886-1951) World
War l Nursing Sister
Deaths 1986:
1986 -
Died
Pearl Anderson-Boal (1923-1986) served in RCAF WW ll & nurse
1986 -
Died
Helen Kemp Frye (1910-1986) academic
1989 -
Died
Stella Avura Panarites (1924-1986) 1st woman lawyer of Greek heritage in Ontario
January 15, 1886 - Born Edith Frances Macey (1886-1951) World
War 1 Nursing Sister
February 9, 1986 - Died
Dora Oake Russell (1912-1986) teacher,
journalist & community worker with Girl Guides
February 5, 1986 - Died
Florence Fernet-Martel (1892-1986)
social activist, educator & Quebec feminist
February 9, 1986 - Died
Dora Oake Russell (1912-1986) teacher,
journalist & community worker with Girl Guides
February 13, 1986 -
Died Millie Gamble (1887-1986) amateur photographer
March 6, 1986 -
Died Beatrice Davidson
(1909-1986) architect
April 29, 1986
- Died Victoria ‘Vickie’ Pano/Panos (1920-1986) played with the All
American Girls Professional Baseball League
June 8, 1986 - Died Lizette Gervais (1932-1986) journalist and
communications administrator
June 17, 1986 - Died
Gertrude 'Anahareo' Moltke Bernard (1906-1986) writer, animal rights
advocate, & conservationist
August 1986 - Died Myrtle Philip (1891-1986)
businesswoman & pioneer ski lodge owner
August 3, 1986 - Died
Margaret Ann Whitfield-Lough (1893-1986) World War l Nursing Sister
September 4, 1986 - Died
Francoise Gaudet-Smet (1902-1986) journalist
September 6, 1986 - Died
Jeanne Fisher Marnery
( 1908-1986) 1st woman appointed professor in Biochemistry at
the University of Toronto
September 15, 1986 - Died Judith Crawley (1914-1986) film producer,
director & scriptwriter
September 21, 1986 -
Died Helen Bell Milborn (1892-1986) physician & pioneer in
study of breast cancer
October 25, 1986 - Died
Phyllis Ruth Blakeley (1922-1986)
historian & archivist
October 26, 1986 -
Died Mary Elizabeth Scott-Williams (1882-1986) World War 1
Nursing Sister
November 1, 1986 - Died
Judy Jarvis (1946-1986) dancer, choreographer, & teacher
November 14, 1986 - Died Alice Theodora 'Dora' Oliver
(1888-1986) World War 1 Nursing Sister
November 23, 1986 - Died
Marjorie Elliott Wilkins Campbell (1901-1986) author of historical
fiction & biographer
December 13, 1986 - Died
Mildred 'Millie' Gamble (1887-1986) Early photographer in Prince
Edward Island
December 30, 1986 - Died Cassie Eileen
Brown (1919-1986) journalist & author |
| 1987 |
1987 - The Supreme Court of Canada states that sexual
harassment in the workplace is a form of sexual discrimination under
the Canadian Human Rights Act. (Robichaud v Canada 1987 2 S. C. R. 84)
and employers who tolerate sexual harassment would be held
responsible
1987 - Sheila
Copps (1952- ) becomes the
1st member of the Canadian Parliament to have a baby while holding
office
1987 -
In the case of Bonnie Robichaud (Public Service
Association of Canada) vs the Canadian Government, the Supreme
Court of Canada finds that "employers are responsible for
maintaining a harassment free work environment'
April
21-26, 1987 -
The
1st World Invitational Tournament in women’s hockey is held in
Mississauga, Ontario. The Championship is not recognized by the
International Ice Hockey Federation (I I H F). The trophy is named in
honour of
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion (1921-2023)1987 -
The Raging Grannies is 1st organized
in Victoria British Columbia.
They were looking for a different way to
protest and set off a spark for a future international organization
that allows older women to serve with a purpose
1987 -
Dr.
Geraldine Kenney-Wallace
(1943- ) is the
1st woman appointed Chair of the Science Council of
Canada
1987 - The Elektra Woman's Choir is
founded by Diane Mary Loomer (1940-2012).
It becomes recognized internationally.
Source: “Choral conductor had a gift for getting the best from her
singers” by Suzanne A Hearne, The Globe and Mail January 9,
2013.
1987 - In the Canadian Air Force, combat roles,
including flying fighter aircraft like the CF-18, and tactical
helicopters, become open to women for the 1st time
Source Canada Women's
Foundation. History of the women's movement: selected moments of
importance in the history of Canadian women , 2004
1987 - Colonel Sheila A.
Hellstrom, a graduate of National Defense College, becomes
the 1st woman serving as a Regular Force officer to be promoted to
the rank of Brigadier-General.
Source: National Defense and
the Canadian Armed Forces, Fact sheet. Online (Accessed March
2014)
1987 -
The federal government's Canadian Jobs Strategy is
amended to enable
immigrant women to access language training in order to compete in the
labour market
Source: Progress towards
equality of women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada.
1995.
1987
- Herizon, Canada's Feminist Magazine goes
into a publishing hiatus only resurfacing in 1992
1987 - The British Columbia Coalition
for Abortion Clinics ( Now the Pro-choice Action Network) is founded
to establish abortion clinics in British Columbia
Source : A History of Abortion in
Canada
(accessed July 30, 2003)
1987 - The Yukon Advisory Council
on Womens Issues (Y A C W I) is established to serve as a forum for
rural and urban, Indigenous and non-Indigenous women to advise the
government on issues of importance and concern to women
Source: Indicators of Yukon Gender
equality, Timeline Online (accessed 2022)
1987 - Wendy Murphy invents the world's
1st evacuation stretcher for infants, the WEEVACS6 after having
see the destructive earthquake rescues in Mexico in 1985
1987 - Carolyn Waldo
(1964- ) winner of two Gold Medals
at the World Aquatic Championships
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
Births 1987:
September 7, 1987 - Born Aleksandra Woznisak (1987-
) top ranking tennis player
Deaths 1987:
1987 - Died Aileen Alethea Meagher (1910-1987) medal winning
track athlete
1987 - Died Mary Louise Northway (1909-1987) psychologist,
businesswoman & philanthropist
1987 - Died Lillian Alice Chase ( -1987)
medical doctor
1987 - Died Gladys "Gladdy" Balsillie
(1919-1987) businesswoman who was a burlesque agent
1987 - Died Christine Hamilton (1921-1987) social activist in
Hamilton, Ontario
1987 - Died
Alice R. McGlashan (1902-1987) businesswoman in Outaouais, Quebec
1987 - Died Marian Lucille
Skillen-Stoneham (1890-1987) World War l Nursing Sister
1987 - Died
Barbara Spohr (1955-1987) photographer
January 1, 1989 - Died
Flora Velma Abbott (1929-1987) played with the All American Girls
Professional Baseball League
January 5, 1987 - Died Margaret Lawrence, (1926-1987) award
winning author
February 2, 1987 - Died
Olive Bend Little (1917-1987) member of the American Girls
Professional Baseball League
February 7, 1987 - Died Georgette Vachon
(1900-1987) author
February 9, 1987 - Died
Haru Moriyama (1892-1987) Japanese
picture bride
February 18, 1987 - Died
Lida Bell Pearson Sturdy (1895-1987) in 1921 is the 1st woman lawyer in Preston Ontario with
her own practice
March 5, 1987 - Died
Isabella Sinclair-Trotter (1889-1987) World War l Nursing Sister
April 1987 - Died Jean Whittier (????-1987) doctor and medical
missionary
April 16, 1987 -
Died Cecile Lalande - Dagenais (1923-1987) nurse & nursing
administrator
May 10, 1987 - Died Violet Keene (1883-1987) acclaimed
portrait photographer
May 31, 1987 - Died
Gladys A. Bunn (1892-1987) piano teacher
& artist
June 1, 1987 -
Died Edith Beatrice 'Bea' Catharine Lennie (1905-1987)
acclaimed sculptor
July 1987 - Died
Evelyn Grace Galloway-Richards (1893-1987) World War l Nursing
Sister
August 1 , 1987- Died
Evelyn Merle Nelson (1943-1987) renowned mathematician
August 26, 1987 -
Died Anna Marion Dougall (1904-1987) physician
August 28, 1887 - Died
Lillian Alice Chace (1894-1987) indomitable early woman doctor
August 30, 1988 -
Died Joan Miller (1910-1988) actor
September 12, 1887 - Died
Jessie Agnes Anne Clark (1885-1987) World War 1 Nursing Sister
September 26, 1987 -
Died Ethel Catherwood, (1908-1987) member of the first Canadian
women's Olympic team
October 8, 1887 - Died Isabella Flora Frid (1889-1987) World War l
Nurse with the American Red Cross
November 6, 1987 - Died
Simone Routier (1901-1987) poet
November 9, 1987 -
Died Martha Elizabeth 'Beth' Douglas (1913-1987) educator
November 14, 1986 -
Died Alice Theodora 'Dora' Oliver (1888-1986) World War l
Nursing Sister
November 23, 1987 - Died Elizabeth Muriel McGregor-Baker
(1887-1987) World War 1 Nursing Sister
November 24, 1987 - Died Jehane Benoit (1904-1987)
renowned chef & author, officer in the Order of Canada
November 29, 1987 - Died Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987)
renowned poet
|
| 1988 |
1988 - United Nations
Peacekeepers (including Canadians) win the Nobel Peace Prize
January 28, 1988 -
The Supreme Court of Canada
declares Canadian abortion law as unconstitutional.
The law is found to violate section 7 of the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms because it infringes upon a woman's right to life,
liberty and security of the person.
Source : A History of Abortion in Canada
(accessed July 30, 2003)
1988 - Carol Anne Letheren (1942-2001)
becomes the 1st woman appointed Chef de Mission for the Olympic
Games.
February 15 - 28, 1988 - Olympic Games, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada. Silver Medals; Elizabeth Manley
(1965- ) in
women's singles figure skating. Bronze Medals: Karen Percy
(1966- )
in women's downhill alpine skiing and women's super-G alpine skiing;
Tracy Wilson (1961- ) and Robert McCall
ice dancing, the 1st Canadian Olympic medal in Ice dance..
August 30, 1988 - Long distance swimmer Vicki
Keith becomes the first person to swim across all five
great lakes
September 17 - October 2, 1988 - Olympic Games Seoul, Korea.
Carol Anne Letheren (1942-2001)
serves as Team Canada's first woman Chef de Mission.
Gold
medals; Carolyn Waldo (1964- )
in
synchronized swimming and a second in the duet synchronized
swimming with Michelle Cameron (1962-
). Waldo is the 1st
Canadian woman to win two gold medals at a Summer Olympics.
Bronze Medals; Gina Smith
(1957- ), Cynthia Ishoy
(1952- ), Ashley Nicoll
(1963- ) and
Eva-Maria Pracht (1937- )
in equestrian dressage team; Andrea
Nugent (1968- ), Allison Higson
(1973- ), Jane Kerr
(1968- ) and Lori Melien
(1972- ) in women's
4X100 meters swimming medley relay. Source: Canadian
Olympic Committee
November 21, 1988 - Ethel Dorothy
Blondwin-Andrews (1951- )
becomes the 1st Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Commons in
Ottawa
1988 -
Canadian women college graduates earn an average
salary of under $20,000. Canadian men with an education of Grade 8 or less
received an average annual income of $22,387.
1988 - Carolyn Waldo (1964-
) winner of two Olympic Gold Medals
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 year in a row & winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy
as Canada's Top Overall Athlete of the Year
1988 -
The Canada Scholarship Program is established to encourage
undergraduate studies in natural sciences and engineering. Part of the
requirements of the program is that half of the recipients must be
women.
Source: Progress towards equality of
women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
1988 - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation develops
the Project Haven Program, creating emergency shelters for
abused women and children.
Source: Progress towards equality of
women in Canada . Canada. Status of Women Canada. 1995.
1988 - The Yukon Indian Women's Association develops
the Dene Nets'et'edan project to empower rural First Nations women
to pursue persona & community economic development
Source: Indicators of Yukon Gender
equality, Timeline Online (accessed 2022)
1988 - Diva: A Quarterly Journal of Women of
South Asian Origin begins publication by a small group of South
Asian feminist women in Toronto, Ontario. It ceases publication in
1996
1988 - Vicki Keith
Munro.
(1961- .) A
superb marathon swimmer, becomes the 1st person to swim cross
all five North American Great Lakes.
She swims the Great Lakes to earn money
for charity
1988 - Ethel Blondwin
(1951- ) is the 1st Native woman to
sit in the Canadian House of Commons.
1988 - The first female gunners in Regular Forces graduate from
qualification training
1988 - Coltilda Yakimchuk becomes the 1st Black person
elected president of the Registered Nurses Association of Nova
Scotia
1988 Colonel Sheila A. Hellstrom is the firs woman graduate
of the National Defence College. She becomes the firs Regual Force
woman to be promoted to the rank of brigadier-general
1988 - Private Shannon Wills is the 1st woman to win the
Queen's Medal for Champions Shot of the Canadian Reserve Forces at
Connaught Ranges, Ottawa, Ontario
Source "Women throughout Canadian military history." in
Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23 February 2005.
1988 - Debbie
Palmer (1955- )
escapes with her 8 children from the polygamous community of
Bountiful, British Columbia bringing the spotlight on polygamous
Mormon marriages in Canada
1988 - Bonnie and Fred
Cappuccino (1935- ) becomes the 1st Canadians presented with the UNESCO Prize for
Teaching of Human Rights
1988 - Dr Allie Vibert Douglas (1894-1988)
has a planet named Vibert Douglas in her honour. Source: Historical
figures in Astronomy by Carmen Rush, Royal Astronomy Society of Canada
(accessed July 28, 2005)
1988 -
Joyce Trimmer
(1927-2008) is elected the 1st woman Mayor of
Scarborough, Ontario ( now part of Toronto Greater Area)
1988 - Lawyer Laura Legg (1923-2010) is elected the 1st woman
treasurer of the Ontario Law Society. The Laura Legg Award is
established to honour other women who exemplify leadership in the
profession.
Source: Diversifying the bar; Law Society of Upper Canada
online accessed January 2013.:
1988 -
For the 1st time at the University of British
Columbia women law students outnumber men
Births 1988:
October 10, 1988 - Born Karen Percy (1988- ) Olympic medalist in skiing.
Deaths 1988:
1988 - Died Helen Grossman (1905?-1988), one of the early Jewish women lawyers
in Canada
1988 - Died
Pearl Steen (1893-1988), social
activist, President of National Council of Women 1964-1967
1988 -
Died Agnes Harrigan ( 1988), one of the first women
park guides in Canada.
January 2, 1988 -
Died Vega Dawson (1894- 1988), Order of the
British Empire for war services.
January 4, 1988 -
Born Karine Blais (1888-2009) Canadian Army, Killed in line of duty
January 15, 1988 -
Died Audrey Burger (1912-1988), Social activist for public housing
January 20, 1988 -
Born Ethel Davis Wilson (1888-1980), novelist for who the British
Columbia Literary Award is named, Order of Canada.
January 28, 1988 -
Died Sheila M. MacQuarrie (1951-1988) champion rifle sharp
shooter
February 18, 1988 - Died Dorothy Bruce Garbutt (1897-1988), journalist
& historian, host of the CBC program "Houses I have known."
March 2, 1988 - Died Sister Ethelberta (1900-1988), brought her
religious order to Canada and was hospital administrator
April 5, 1988 - Died Marjorie Brook (1898-1988), hospital
administrator
April 11, 1988 -
Died Mary Imrie (1918-1988) architect
April 18, 1988 - Died Phyllis Marie Gregory Ross (1903-1988)
economist
April 19, 1988 -
Died Ethel Mary Bennett (1891-1988), award winning writer of
historical novels
April 26, 1988 - Died Dorothy Danzker (
-1988), Winnipeg community worker
May 3, 1988 - Died Sheila Cantor (1939-1988), internationally
renowned
researcher in the field of schizophrenia.
May 17, 1988 - Died
Nora Ellen Dunwoody
(1899-1988),
she was
known for establishing gift shops as fund raisers for hospital
auxiliaries
June 6, 1988 - Died Margaret Craig Eaton Dunn (1913-1988),
Director General Canadian Women's Army Corp 1944
July 2, 1988 - Died
Allie Vibert Douglas (1894-1988), 1st woman in Canada to graduate
with a PhD in astrophysics
July 4, 1988- Died Constance Eleda Brewster (1888-1988), a well
respected nursing administrator in Hamilton, Ontario
July 4, 1988 - Died Gwendda Dorothy Owen Davies (1896-1988),
concert pianist and teacher of music
July 22, 1988 - Died
Ann Conner Brimer
(1940-1988), educator and promoter of books for children
July 24, 1988 - Died Celeste Victoire Liersch
(1911-1988) poet
July 31, 1988 - Died Margaret Eileen Stuart Underhill
(1889-1988), badminton player and member of the British Columbia
Sport Hall of Fame
August 1988 - Died Alix Goolden (1897-1988), social activist
and philanthropist
August 10, 1988 - Died Agnes Fontaine (1912-1988), a mother of 15 who
received the QE Coronation Medal for community Services
August 22, 1988 - Died Frances Adaskin (1903-1988), award
winning singer who championed the works of Canadian composers
September 1988 - Died
Mary Littlejohn (1903-1988) Olympic figure skater
October 28, 1988 - Died
Ethel Viola Bieber (1920-1988), national and provincial swimming
champion of the 1930's
November 1988- Died Laura Banks (1914-1988), TV broadcaster who
used the name of Laura Lindsay
November 10, 1988 - Died Margaret Bennie (1897-1988) award
winning educator
November 10, 1988 - Died Margaret Bennie (1897-1988), award
winning educator
November 19, 1988 - Died Helen Birdsall (1906-1988), dance instructor
and choreographer to the C N E in the 1920's and 1930's
December 14, 1988 -
Died Hilwie Jomba Hamda (1905-1988) helped establish the
first Mosque in Canada
December 19, 1988 - Died Lotta Dempsey (1905-1988), journalist
known for her column in the Toronto Starr and her large hats
December 31, 1988 - Died Eleanor Reed Townsend (1944-1988),
champion Fiddler
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1989 - The Supreme Court of Canada declares that 'sexual
harassment' in the workplace may be broadly defined as unwelcome
conduct of a sexual nature that detrimentally affects the work
environment or leads to adverse job related consequences for the
victims of the harassment.' (Janzen v Platy Enterprises Ltd. )
January 19,
1989 - Heather
Erxleben (1966- ) becomes
the 1st Canadian woman to be
a combat soldier.
She graduates from Canadian Forces Base,
Wainwright, Alberta Source: National Defence
and the Canadian Armed Forces, Fact sheet. Online (Accessed
March 2014)
June 20, 1989 - Jane Foster and Deanna Brasseur
(1953- ) pass courses to become
Canada's 1st two female fighter pilots certified to fly fighter
aircraft and available for combat roles...possible they are the 1st
women in the world Source: The Kids Book of Canadian
Firsts by Valerie Wyatt (Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2001) pg. 17
Source: National Defense and the Canadian Armed Forces, Fact
sheet. Online (accessed March 2014)
1989 - Private Heather Erleben is the
first female Regular Force infantry soldier in Canada
1989 - Lorraine Francis Orthlieb is the
1st woman to hold the rank of Commodore in the Canadian Forces
Source: National Defense and the Canadian Armed
Forces, Fact sheet. Online (accessed March 2014)
January , 1989 - Kim Campbell (1947- )
is appointed Minister of State for Indian and Northern Development
Source Club de Madrid. Kim Campbell (accessed January 2006)
February 5, 1989 - Karen Percy
(1966- ) of Banff ,
Alberta wins a Silver Medal in women's alpine skiing
-
February 20, 1989 -
The Canadian Human Rights Commission tribunal rules
that all obstacles to women's access to any military job must be
removed, with two exceptions: Service aboard submarines and Catholic
chaplains
September 15, 1989 - Joan Pennefather
is the 1st woman appointed as Government Film
Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada
December 2,
1989 - Audrey McLaughlin, (1936- ) of the New
Democratic Party,
is the 1st woman
federal leader of a Canadian political party
December 6, 1989 -
14 young
female engineering students are murdered by a gunman at Ecole
Polytechnique, Montreal. 10 other
women were injured and four men were injured
December 11, 1989 -
Monique Frize ,
at the University of New Brunswick, is
the 1st Chair of Women in Engineering
(perhaps the first in the world)
Her first official duty is to attend the funeral of
the murdered engineering students in Montreal
Source A Chronology of the development of
women's studies in Canada. The Canadian Electronic Feminist Network (accessed April 28, 2003.
)
1989 - Ingrid Hall
is the 1st woman from any country to become an
ambassador to Indonesia
Sources: Margaret K. Weiers, Envoys Extraordinary: Women of the
Canadian Foreign Service. (Toronto; Dundurn, 1995);1989 - Chantal Daigle of Chibougamou, Quebec
has an abortion, despite her former boyfriend’s seeking of an
injunction preventing the abortion which was upheld by the Quebec
Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court overturned the case in favor of
Daigle
1989 - Doreen Wicks
(1935-2004)
is inducted into the Order of Canada. Her husband Ben was inducted in
1986, making them
the 1st husband & wife to be inducted into the
Order
1989 - Dr Henry Morgentaler is arrested in Nova Scotia when he
operates a
clinic in the province after the provincial government passes
legislation prohibition abortions at clinics
Source : A History of Abortion in Canada
(accessed July 30, 2003)
1989 - The federal government
introduces Bill C-43, an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada
that would prohibit abortion unless a doctor finds the pregnancy is
a threat to the woman's physical, mental or psychological health Source : A
History of Abortion in Canada
(accessed July 30, 2003)
1989 - The Canadian one dollar
bill is replaced with a coin. The depiction of a common loon, a type
of bird, on the coin leads to the coin being commonly called a
"loonie"
1989 - Mrs. June Rowlands
becomes the 1st woman Chairperson of the Metropolitan
Toronto Board of Commissioners of Police Source: Herstory: Milestones
in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online
Accessed June 2011.
1989 - Helen Kelesi
(1969- ) ranked at 13th in the
World Women's Tennis
is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld
Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year
Births 1989:
January 17,1989 -
Born Mo Zhang (1989- ) Canadian champion in table
tennis
October 21, 1989 - Born Ashley Callinbull-Burnham (1989-
) 1st Canadian & 1st First Nations woman to win Miss Universe
pageant
Deaths 1989:
1989 -
Died
Annie Almira Anderson-Dickson (1889-1989) early woman doctor
1989 -
Died
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Graham-Jenkinson (1905-1989) pioneer
hockey player who wore a face mask in 1927
1989 -
Died
Marion Elder Grant (1900-1989) psychologist & President of the
Federation of University Women
1989 -
Died Tmima Mamie Littner Cohn
(1907-1989) lawyer & strong supporter for women's rights
1989 -
Died Helen Mary Creighton (1899-1989) distinguished folklorist
1989 - Died Mattie Rotenberg (1897- 1989) 1st woman & 1st Jew to earn a PhD in physics at the University of
Toronto
1989 - Died
Merle Shain (1935-1989)
journalist & novelist
1989 -
Died Eliza May Stewart (1887-1989) World War I nursing sister
January 23, 1989 - Died Olive Marie Campbell-Menzies
(1890-1989) World War 1 Nursing Sister
January 29, 1989 - Died
Beatrice Lillie, (1894-1989) outstanding comedic actor of her era
March 9, 1989 - Died Hilda Strike (1910 - 1989) Olympic
medalist in 1932
April 8, 1989 -
Died Marie Antoinette Papen (1907-1989) radio host & director
in Saskatchewan
April 9, 1989 - Die4d Betty Farrally (1915-1989) dancer &
co-founder of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
May 5, 1989 -
Died Jennifer Hodge de Silva (1951-1989) acclaimed Black
filmmaker
May 22, 1989 - Died
Eirene McClelland (1919-1989) local historian Cantley, Quebec
May 25, 1989 - Died Helen Frances Gregor (1921-1989) textile
artist
May 31, 1989 -
Died Elizabeth 'Liz' Cruickshank (1895-1989) 'Liz Roly' OBE,
journalist
June 15, 1989 - Died Bessie
Portigal Buchwald (1901-1989) early Canadian Zionist
July 28, 1989 - Died Norah Louise Hughes (1905-1989)
1st woman to be head of a Conference in the United Church of Canada
October 3, 1989 - Died Fredelle Bruser Maynard (1922-1989)
writer & journalist who lived in Cabbagetown, Toronto
October 10, 1989 -
Died Imelda Dallaire (Sister Marie-Joseph) (1902-1989) hospital
manager
October 30, 1989 - Died
Agnes Watts (1899-1989) philanthropist
November 18, 1989 - Died
Mildred Amanda Gottfriedson (1918-1989) Aboriginal leader & 1st
Aboriginal woman to receive Order of Canada
December 8, 1989 - Died Annie Powers (1907-1989) 1st
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