EVENTS

1960 - Isabel Janet Macneill / MacNeill  (1908-1990) becomes the 1st woman prison warden when she is appointed to head the Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. Source: Herstory 2006: The Canadian Women’s Calendar. Coteau Books, 2005) ; Macneill, Isabel 1908-1990. Fonds. Memory Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Public Archives. Online (Accessed October 2014)

October 1960 - Fernande Saint-Martin (1927-2019) becomes the first woman editor-in-chief of Châtelaine

1960- Mary Jane Wright (1915-2014) becomes the 1st woman to chair a major psychology department at a university Source: Obituaries. Globe and Mail April 26, 2014; Laura Bell,(2010)  Mary Jean Wright In A. Rutherford (Ed.), Psychology's Feminist Voices Multimedia Internet Archive. Online (Accessed August 2014)

1960 - The Ontario Training Schools for Girls, established in 1952 for young female offenders under the age of 16 are closed

December 1960 - Birth control pills, the first oral contraceptive pills, are available for purchase to the general public

1960 - Marie Daria Haust (1921-   ) becomes the first woman on the Medical Faculty, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario  ^{Sources: Science.: Profile (Accessed June 2011); Canadian Who’s Who 2006 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.}

1960 - The 1st self-cleaning oven arrives in the home sales market.  Finally!!!!

1960 - Toronto Policewomen begin wearing wearing derby style hats to prevent them from being mistaken for airline stewardesses of Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) guides Source: Herstory: Milestones in the History of the Toronto Police Service Women Online Accessed June 2011.

Births 1960:
1960 - Born Nicole Bruinsma (1960-2002) activist and physician
1960 - Born Aaju Peter (1960-   ) social activist,  fashion designer, & Inuk lawyer
1960 - Born Annie Louisa Prat (1861-1960) Nova Scotia artist
1960 - Born Amanda C. J. Vincent (1960-   ) marine biologist & scientific researcher who works with seahorses.
1960 - Born Lauren Waters (1960 -  ) acclaimed wood worker
1960 - Born Jin-Me Yoon (1960-  ) visual artist
January 9, 1960 - Born Lisa Young Walters (1960-   ) champion golfer
February 14, 1960 - Born Meg Tilly1960-  ) actor
March 13, 1960 - Born Judie Barbara Alimonti (1960-2017) scientist who developed Ebola vaccine
March 22, 1960 - Born Rebecca Belmore (1960-   ) Aboriginal visual artist
March 30, 1960 - Born Laurie Graham-Flynn, 1960-  ) world ski racing champion
April 2, 1960 - Born Stephanie Lemelin, (1960-  ) international renowned musician
April 2, 1960 - Born Sheri-Lyn Plewes (1960-2014) civil engineer
April 8, 1960 - Born Pat Duncan, (1960-  )Premier of the Yukon 2000-2002
April 30, 1960 - Born Judy Illes (1960-   ) neuroscientist
May 28, 1960 - Born Gail Asper (1960-  ) social activist.
June 1, 1960 - Julie White (1960-   ) track & field high jump champion
June 22, 1960 - Born Denyse Julien,(1960-  ) medal winning badminton player
July 13, 1960 - Born Gail Greenough (1960-  ), champion equestrian rider and member of the Order of Canada
July 19, 1960 - Born Jan Betker ( 1960-   ) Member of medal winning curling Team Schmirler 
August 7, 1960 - Born Deborah Ellis (1960-   ) Governor General Award winning author
September 18, 1960 - Born Gayle Frieson (1960-   ) Award winning author of books for youth
October 2, 1960 - Born Sonja Skarstedt (1960-2009) Poet & author of short stories


Deaths 1960:
1960 - Died Maude Annie Andrews (1887-1960) World War 1 Nursing Sister
1960 - Died Mary Letitia Lamb (1879- 1960) missionary to China
February 26, 1960 - Died Mary Emily MacLeod More (1871-1960) World War l correspondent
April 1, 1960 - Died Katherine Constance Barbour-Hoburn (1915-1960) poet
April 4, 1960 - Died Marie Rose Delorme-Smith (1861-1960) Métis pioneer
April 25, 1960 - Died Elizabeth Dafoe (1900-1960) librarian
June 10, 1960 - Died Ellen ‘Nellie’ Fulton (1887-1960) author
June 20, 1960 - Died Jane 'Jean' Thompson-Stevenson (1877-1960) journalist & poet
July 1960 - Died Carmen Elizabeth Clarke (1911-1960) 1st woman to write a son that sold over 1, 000,000 copies!
July 10, 1960 - Died Edith Louise Marsh (  -1960) historian
July 20, 1960 - Died Maud Leonora Menten (1879-1960) 1st Canadian woman to receive a medical doctorate in 1911
August 29, 1960 - Died Jessie Helen Weir-Short (1892-1960) World War l Nursing Sister
October 3, 1960  - Died Helena Rose Gutteridge (1879-1960) 1st woman elected to Vancouver City Council
October 14, 1960 - Died Gertrude May Hall (1897-1960) nurse & nursing director
November 12, 1960 - Died Gertrude Seton Usborne (1886-1960) World War l Nursing Sister
November 16, 1960 - Died Leonora Herrington (1873-1960) World War l Nursing Sister
November 24, 1960 - Died Olga Alexandrova Kulikovsky,(1882-1960) Russian Grand Duchess of the Romanoff family, she  immigrated to Canada to live & work a farmer
December 7, 1960 - Died Bertha Oxner (1895-1960) educator in Saskatchewan
December 13, 1960 - Died Emma Murton (1878-1960) World War 1 Nursing Sister
December 15, 1960 - Died Florence Katherine Whittick-McKeen (1895-1960) World War 1 Nursing Sister
 

1961 - 25% of Canadian engineers are women: 2.64% of Canadian lawyers are Women: 4.49% of Canadian dentists are women; 7.33% of Canadian medical doctors are women Source: Canadian Chronology Http://tdi.uregina.ca/~maguirec/chron.html (accessed April 28, 2003)

February 1, 1961 - Gladys Muriel Porter (1893-1967) is the 1^st woman elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

August 12, 1961- Mary Stewart  (1945-   ) breaks the world record in Women's 100 m butterfly. Mary is awarded the Robbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Tope Female Athlete of the year by the Canadian Press

May 21, 1961 - Died Theresa Frances Cherrier (1890-1961) first woman lawyer in Hamilton, ON

December 14, 1961 - Marie-Claire Kirkland (1924-2016) is the 1st woman elected to the Quebec National Assembly

1961- Fitness and Amateur Sport Act outlines involvement in development & promotion of fitness and amateur sport

December 21, 1961 - Mary Stewart  (1945-   ) is named Canada's woman athlete of the year

1961 - Pauline Johnson (1861-1913.) becomes the 1st individual Canadian woman to appear on a Canadian postage stamp

1961 - Jean Casselman -Wadds (1920-2011) is the 1st woman appointed by the Canadian Government as a delegate to the United Nations ^{Sources: Obituary. Ottawa Citizen December 3, 2011.}

1961 - E. V. 'Billie' Mitchell is the 1st woman elected chair of the British Columbia Section of the Canadian Figure Skating Association becoming the 1st woman on the National Board of Directors

1961 - The C.C.F (Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) party becomes the New Democratic Party

1961 - Pampers disposable diapers become available to purchase Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002.

Births 1961:
1961 - Born Francoise Baylis (1961-   ) academic
1961 - Born Silvia Pecota (1961-  ) photographer
January 10, 1961 - Born Ruth Taylor (1961-2006) poet
January 16, 1961 - Born Marie Bottrell (1961-   ) country music writer & performer
January 27, 1961 - Born Margo Timmins (1961-   ) lead singer in the award winning group the Cowboy Junkies
February 21,1963 - Born Rebecca "Becky" Grambo (1963-   ) acclaimed nature author & photographer
March 21, 1961 - Died Ethel Flora Fortune Gordon (1883-1961) Titanic survivor
March 23, 1961 - Born Marta Nielson (1961-2014) producer & director of documentary films
June 2, 1961 - Born Susan Jane Budge (1961-   ) orienteering champion
August 13, 1961 - Born Carolyn Ann Young (1961-   ) historical researcher & author
August 25, 1961 - Born Marie Saint Pierre (1961-   ) award winning designer of clothing
August 31, 1961 - Died Ruby Gordon Peterkin McKay (1887-1961) World War ! Nursing Sister
September 24, 1961 - Born Nancy Ellen Garapick (1961-   ) Olympic medal winning swimmer
September 25, 1961 - Born Tracy Wilson (1961-   ) international champion figure skater in ice dance, 1st pair to win an Olympic medal for Canada

Deaths 1961:
1961 - Died Flora Ann Campbell (1883-1961) 1st policewoman hired by Ottawa Police Force
1961 - Died Jessie Winnifred Cochrane-Coombe (1888-1961) World War 1 Nursing Sister
1961 - Died Isabel McKinnon (1882-1961) World War l Nursing Sister
January 4, 1961 - Died Maria Vogt (1881-1961) nurse
February 10, 1961 - Died Mary Ether MacGregor (1872-1961) novelist in south western Ontario
February 15, 1961 - Died Evelyn Jane Tanner Burns (1890-1961) Politician, and civil servant, municipal official Rosser Manitoba for 48 years
March 21, 1961 - Died Ethel Flora Fortune Gordon (1883-1961) Titanic survivor
April 8, 1961 - Died Phyllis Dewar(1916-1961) swimmer and member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
May 10, 1961 - Died Anne Wilkinson (1890-1961) author, biographer & poet
May 21, 1961 - Died Theresa Frances Cherrier (1890-1961) first woman lawyer in Hamilton, ON
June 5, 1961 - Died Edith Anne Liddy (1882-1961) indomitable early woman doctor
July 12, 1961 - Died Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961) author of the famous Jelna series
July 23, 1961 - Died Flora Lawford-Nesbitt (1883-1961) World War 1 Nursing Sister
August 2, 1961 - Died Martha Mary Edith Timlick (1889-1961) World War l Nursing Sister
August 28, 1961 - Died Born Mary White-Murdock (1883-1961) World War 1 Nursing Sister
August 31, 1961 - Died Ruby Gordon Peterkin-McKay (1887-1961) Nursing Sister World War l
September 3, 1961 - Died Lylia Miller Drummond-Plunkett (1886-1961) World War 1 Nursing Sister
October 9, 1961 - Died Anna Sprott (1879-1961) founder of West Coast Radio School and Vancouver alderman
November 6, 1961 - Died Hortense Crompton Gordon (1887-1961) early Canadian abstract artist and teacher
November 7, 1961 - Died Wilhelmina 'Mina' Alexander (1871-1961) painter
December 2, 1961 - Died Lily J. Laverstok (1880 ? -1969) west coast theatre impresario
December 21, 1961 - Died Hughena Dickson Elliott McCorquodale (1881-1961) journalist & editor of the High River Times, Alberta
 

July 1, 1962 - Saskatchewan introduces socialized Medicare

July 28, 1962 - Mary Stewart (1945-   ) breaks the world record in butterfly swimming, a record she will hold through to August 16, 1963.She is the 1962 Top Female Athlete of the Year as voted by the Canadian Press for the second year in a row  Source:  British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Online (Accessed June 2008)

1962 - Norah Louise Hughes (1905-1989) becomes the 1st woman to be head of a Conference in the United Church of Canada

September 3, 1962 - The Trans-Canada Highway opens

December 5, 1962 - Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (1924-   ) is the 1st woman appointed to the Quebec provincial cabinet when appointed as Minister without portfolio

December 11, 1962 - The last execution in Canada takes place in Toronto

1962 - The Voice of Women for Peace organizes an international conference in Mount Donat, Quebec.

1962 - The Canadian Nurses Foundation is established to promote health and patient care in Canada by supporting nursing education and research Source :  http://www.canadiannursesfoundation.com/

1962 - The drug Thalidomide that caused birth defects in new born babies, is removed from the Canadian market Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002.

1962 - Canadian inventor Edward Asselbergs introduced his instant mashed potatoes  Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. pg 19.

1962 - Canadian food scientist pioneers a different process for preserving potatoes. Potatoe flakes broke down into hot liquie providing a smooth riche finished product

Births 1962:
1962 - Born Wafa Dabbagh (1962- 2012) 1st woman to wear a religious head covering in the Canadian Armed Forces
1962 - Gloria Macarenko (1962-   )award winning  broadcast journalist, Order of Canada.
1962 - Died Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1962) social activist in the Toronto Jewish community
February 28, 1962 - Born Rae Dawn Chong (1962-   ) actor
February 29, 1962 - Born Sylvie Daigle,(1962-   ), Olympic medal winning speed skater
March 13, 1962 - Born Rukhana "Roxy" Khan (1962-   ) author
March 20, 1962 - Born Tina Keeper (1962-   ) actor, director, producer & politician
March 24, 1962 - Born Meredith Marks (1962-2012) physician and medical educator
March 28, 1962 - Born Jann Arden (1962-   ), award winning singer
April 22, 1962 - Born Suhana Meharchand (1962-   ) award winning television news journalist
June 12, 1962 - Born Camilla Scott (1962-   ) TV personality & actor
June 24, 1962 - Born Barbara Underhill (1962-   ) champion skater in pairs with partner Paul Martini
August 12, 1962 - Born Robin Marie Corsiglia-Scholefield (1962-   ) champion & Olympic medal winning swimmer
October 28, 1962 - Born Brenda Taylor (1959-   ) Olympic medalist in rowing
December 23, 1962 - Born Sarah 'Sass' Jordan (1962-   ) Canadian rock singer

Deaths 1962:
1962 - Died Susan Mellett Bowen (1870-1962) Anglican Church missionary to the Canadian northwest
1962 - Died Ah Fung 'Agnes' Chan (1904?-1962) is the first Chinese Canadian nurse
1962 - Died  Frances Emily Lynch (1900-1962) one of the 1st Roman Catholic women lawyers in Ontario
1962 - Died Lady Elsie Elizabeth Allardyce (1878-1962) founder of Girl Guides in Newfoundland
1962 - Died Mary Helen Irwin Rutnam (1873-1962) Medical missionary in Ceylon who established the Women's Institute in Ceylon
1962 - Died Alice Mary Schneider (1875-1962) pioneer of Northern Ontario
March 1962 - Died Emma Eliza Dempsey (1886-1962) first woman mayor of Cochrane, Ontario
March 2, 1962 - Died Margaret Ethel Fraser (1871-1962) indomitable early woman doctor
March 3, 1962 - Died Cairine Wilson (1885-1962) First woman appointed to the Canadian Senate
March 16, 1962 - Died Alice Lucy Bodkin (1887-1962) World War 1 Nursing Sister
March 24, 1962 - Died Janet McClung (1885-1962) World War 1 Nursing Sister
May 1962 - Died Mary Helen Irwin Rutnam (1873-1962) medical missionary in Ceylon who established the Women's Institute in Ceylon
June 1962 - Died Margaret Wilhelmina MacRae (1882-1962)
June, 1962 - Died Sandra Tewksbury (1942-1962) Olympic figure skater  
August 17, 1962 - Died Helen Shackleton - Brietzcke (1882-1962) poet
August 21, 1962 - Died Nora Birkett-Rose (1886-1962) World War l Nursing Sister
September 12, 1962 - Died Maude Stappleford (1884-1962) social activist
November 3, 1962 - Died Harriet 'Hattie' Brydon (1881-1962) World War l Nursing Sister
 

Births 1964:
1964 - Born Sherry Hawco Delanty (1964-1991) Canadian Olympian in gymnastics.
1964 - Born Hana Zalzal (1964 -   ) award winning businesswoman
1964 - Born Cornelia Wieman (1964-  ) Canada's 1st female aboriginal psychiatrist in 1993.
January 9, 1964 - Born Lorie Kane (1964-    ) champion golfer.
January 31, 1964 - Born Sylvie Bernier (1964-   ), 1st Canadian to win a medal in Olympic diving.
April 15, 1964 - Died Laura May Hubley (1875-1964) World War l nursing matron
May 7, 1964 - Born Kathy Shaidle (1964-2021) journalist & blogger
July 25, 1964 - Born Lisa Laflamme (1964-   ) journalist and TV broadcaster with CTV National news
September 11, 1964 - Born Leah Pells (1964-   ) Track and field athlete.
October 27, 1964 - Jill Hetherington-Hultquist (1864-   ) Olympic tennis player
December 25, 1964 - Born Kathryn 'Kat' Pennington Teasdale (1964-2016) champion auto racer


Deaths 1964:
1964 - Died Alice Marion Curtis (1877-1964) social activist in Home and School associations.
1964 - Died Marie Laurent dit Poirier-Laflamme (1872-1964) Quebec businesswoman
1964 - Died Eileen Magill - Cera (1906-1964) first woman pilot in Manitoba
1964 - Died Mary Isabel Ross Pinkham (1878-1964) social activist and volunteer.
1964 - Died Henriette Tassé (1879-1964) journalist & author
February 22, 1964 - Died Grace Helen Mowat (1875-1964) author & playwright
March 24, 1964 - Died Clara Cynthia Benson (1875-1964) professor of food chemistry and promoter of university women's athletic
March 25, 1964 - Died Pearl McCarthy, (1895-1964) journalist and art critic.
April 4, 1964 - Died Sarah Ramsland  (1882-1964) is the 1st  woman elected to the Saskatchewan legislature.
April 15, 1964 - Died Laura May Hubley (1879-1964) World War l Nursing Matron
April 15, 1964 - Died Alice Wilson (1881-1964) a paleontologist, the 1st woman elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
June 29, 1964 - Died Laura Emma Jamieson (1883-1964) British Columbia Juvenile court judge, Vancouver alderman and Member of B.C. Legislative Assembly
August 1964 - Died Elizabeth 'Elsie' Montizambert (1875-1964) World War l correspondent
August 10, 1964 - Died Constance Winnifred Travers Sweatman (1879-1864) author, playwright, & poet
August 13, 1964 - Died Agnes McKeague (1886-1964) World War l Nursing Sister
August 26, 1964 - Died Cora Bell Ahrens (1891-1964) teacher, lecturer, and pianist
September 6, 1964 - Died Cora Taylor Casselman (1888-1964) first Liberal Party woman MP and first woman speaker of the House
November 1964 - Died Muriel Caroline Harman (????-1964) medical missionary

October 23, 1964 - Died Jean Dickson Lyall (1880-1964) World War 1 Nursing Sister
October 25, 1964 - Died Christina Irene Parker (1888-1964) World War l Nursing Sister
November 19, 1964 - Died Miriam Green Ellis (1879-1964) celebrated journalist in the Canadian prairies
 

1965 - The Government of Canada decides to continue to employ women in the Canadian Armed Forces. A ceiling of 1500 members, including women in all three services, is established. This limit represents about 1.5% of the total Canadian Armed Forces of the day Source "Women throughout Canadian military history." in Canadian Forces Personnel Newsletter Issue 2/05 23 February 2005.

1965 - Jocelyn Bourassa (1947-   ) wins the Quebec Golf Championship as well as Canadian Ladies Amateur top title as part of her national and international golfing career

Births 1965:
1965 - Born Jane Young Cooper (1965-   ) tennis champion
1965 - Born Beverley K. Jacobs (1965-   ) Aboriginal lawyer & social activist
1965 - Born Bonnie Schmidt (1965-    ) scientist who is able to popularize her field for youth, Order of Canada
1965 - Mary Matilda 'Tillie/Tilly' Winslow-MacAlpine (1885-1963) the 1st Black woman to graduated from a Canadian university
January 21, 1965 - Born Jackie Shymanski (1965-2016) journalist with CTV & CNN
January 31, 1965 - Born Ofra Harnoy (1965-   ) cellist
February 7, 1965 - Born Barbara Sue Turnbull (1965-2015) quadriplegic journalist
March 16, 1965 - Born Sarah Hunter, (1965-   ) wheelchair tennis player
March 20, 1965 - Born Mary Shaw (1965-  ) author of children's books with hockey themes
March 27, 1965 - Born Jean Chamberlain  Froese (1965-   ) medical doctor founder of 'Save the Mothers'
April 11, 1965 - Born Yonah Martin (1965-    ) 1st Korean Canadian Parliamentarian, appointed to the Senate.
June 7, 1965 - Born Hélène Desmarais (1965-   ) businesswoman
June 8, 1965 - Born Joan Elizabeth McCusker (1965 -   ) member of medal winning curling Team Schmerler
July 9, 1865 - Born Jennie Carson (1865-1933) indomitable early woman doctor
July 17, 1965 - Born Carrie Serwetnyk, (1965-    ) Award winning international soccer star.
August 7, 1965 - Born Elizabeth Manley (1965-   ) Olympic medalist in figure skating.
August 22,1965 - Born Patricia Hy-Boulais (1965-   ) Canadian champion tennis player
August 28, 1965 - Born Shania Twain (1965-   ) country/Pop singer & song writer
September 8, 1965 - Born Marcia Gudereit (1965-   ) medal winning team member of of Team Schmerler in Curling
November 10, 1965 - Born Marni Abbott-Peter (1965-    ) medal winning para-athelete in Swimming & wheelchair basketball
November 27, 1965 - Born Kathleen Heddle (1965-2021) Gold medal Olympic rower
December 4, 1965 - Born Theresa Breen (1965-   )  champion curler
December 6, 1965 - Born Theresa Breen (1965-   ) champion in the sport of curling
December 12, 1965 - Born Mina Shum (1965-  ) award winning independent film director

Deaths 1965:
1965 - Died Daisy Baig (1916-1972) teacher & painter
1965 - Died Eleanor Christopherson (1893-1965) Nursing Sister world War l
1965 - Died Susan 'Susie' Mae Elliott (1889-1965) World War 1 Nursing Sister
1965 - Died Marjorie Mews (1902-1965) renowned Maritime librarian
1965 - Died Regina Mary "Polly" Rowell Craig (1882-1965) pioneer land owner in Regina Saskatchewan
1965 - Died Viola Desmond (1914-1965) first black woman to challenge discrimination successfully in Canada
January 1965 - Died Eleanor Christopherson (1893-1965) Nursing Sister World War l
January 6, 1965 - Died Sadie Ferguson-Hook (1888-1965) World War 1 Nursing Sister
January 17, 1965 - Died Annie Johnston-Argue (1879-1965) World War 1 Nursing Sister
January 27, 1965 - Died Laurette Laroque-Auger (1906-1965) French language script writer, actor, playwright, & critic
January 31, 1965 - Died Eva Bradley (1886-1965) World War l Nursing Sister
January 31, 1965 - Died Isabella Preston, (1881-1965) 1st professional hybridist in Canada
March 19, 1965 - Died Violet Pooley Sweeny (1886-1965) champion west coast golfer
March 30, 1965 - Died Lillian Lynch (1889-1965) World War l Nursing Sister
April 12, 1965 - Died Hilda Mary Slayter (1882-1965) survivor of the Titanic
April 23, 1965 - Died Annie Ella Higbee (1864 -1965) indomitable early Canadian woman doctor
April 28, 1965 - Died  May Lawson (1901-1965) singer for choirs & opera in Manitoba
May 4, 1965 - Died Annie Grant Hill Ridout (1871-1965) early doctor & dentist
May 8, 1965 - Died Mary Shaw (1887-1965) World War l Nursing Sister
June 16, 1965 - Died Helen Lauder Fowlds-Marryat (1889-1965) World War l Nursing Sister
July 12, 1965 - Died Irene Parlby (1868-1965) one of the "Famous Five" who worked on the Persons Case 1929
July 17, 1965 - Died Lilian Gibson Spence (1885-1965) Nursing Sister World War l, awarded the Croix de guerre
September 20, 1965 - Died Madge MacBeth (1878-1965) multimedia author with over 20 novels to her credit
October 10, 1965 - Died Ellanore Parker (1883-1965) World War l Nursing Sister, inventor, & author
November 22, 1965 - Died Edith Stewart-Murray 1900-1965) journalist on the Canadian west coast
November 24, 1965 - Died Born Marcelle Barthe (1904-1965) 1st bilingual woman announcer hired by CBC Radio
November 25, 1965 - Died Gwethlyn Graham Erichse-Brown (1913-1965) award winning author
December 9, 1965 - Died Muriel Shirecliffe Parker Ellis-Sliven (1887-1965) World War 1 Nursing Sister
December 12, 1965 - Died Jean Kathleen Boyce-Fisher (1889-1965) World War 1 Nursing Sister
December 24, 1965 - Died Edith Rice-McKenney (1877-1965) nurse, librarian & businesswoman
 

1966 - The Canadian government establishes the Canada Pension Plan which is payable to eligible persons dependant on earning paid to all Canadians over 65 years of age.

1966 -  There are only 530 women enlisted in the RCAF Source: A Brief History. RCAF Women. www.rcafwomen.ca

1966 - The Osler School of Nursing is established at Weston Hospital, Toronto. In 1980 is becomes West Park Hospital & in 2000 it became West Park Healthcare Centre

1966 - Dr Marion Powell  (    -1997), helps launch the 1rst municipally funded birth control clinic in the country.

1966 - Jean Sutherland Boggs (1922-2014) is appointed as Director of the National Gallery of Canada and becomes the 1st woman in the world to head up a national art gallery. Source Canada Women's Foundation. History of the women's movement: selected moments of importance in the history of Canadian women , 2004 http://cdnwomen.org.

1966 - Jean Edmonds (1921- ) is  the 1st woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration

1966 - Marjorie Bowker (1906-2006) is appointed Alberta's 1st woman Family Court Judge

1966 - Elaine Tanner-Watts (1951-  ) at 15 becomes Canada's outstanding athlete of the year, the youngest person to ever receive this Lou Marsh Trophy. She also won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete

1966 - A federal government committee considers amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada on abortion. It is estimated that 35,000 to 120,000 illegal abortions are performed each year Source : A History of Abortion in Canada (accessed July 30, 2003)

Births 1966:
1966 - Born Heather Erxleben (1966-   ) first Canadian women combat soldier
1966 - Born Marie E. Tracey O'Donnell (1966-   ) 1st Aboriginal woman elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada
March 16, 1966 - Born Chrissey Redden (1966 -   ) champion medal winning cyclist
May 12, 1966 - Born Anne Ottenbrite (1966-  ) 1st Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming
May 21, 1966 - Born Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966-   ) Gold medal Olympic athlete in Cycling, businesswoman & author
May 31, 1966 - Born Jessica Monroe-Gonin (1966-   ) medal winning Olympic rower
June 1966 - Born Linda Hasenfratz (1966-   ) 1st woman to be Canada's E Y Entrepreneur of the year.
September 9, 1966 - Born Alison Sydor (1966-   ) world champion mountain biker
September 21, 1966 - Born Kerrin Lee-Gartner (1966-   ) Olympic gold medalist in downhill skiing
December 16, 1966 - Died Mary Irene Burns-Thomas (1883-1966) World War 1 Nursing Sister

Deaths 1966:
1966 - Died Emma Mary Turner (1885-1966) World War l Nursing Sister
1966 - Died Dr. Rowena Grace Douglas Hume (1877-1966) indomitable woman doctor
January 6, 1966 - Died Yvonne Millicent Firkins (  - 1966) theatre producer & director
January 27, 1966 - Died Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903-1966) sculptor who left a legacy of statues & fountains in municipalities across Canada
February 1966 - Died Ellen Neel (1916-1966) carver of totem poles
February 24, 1966 - Died Ruth Adelaide McClelland-Moody (1884-1966) World War l Nursing Sister
April 21, 1866 - Died Victoria Belcourt Callihoo (1861-1966) Métis historian
May 1966 - Died Victoria Chung (Cheung) (1897-1966) Canadian medical doctor who helped modernize medicine in China  
May 12, 1966 - Died Grace Irene Harriott-Tickell (1888-1966) World War 1 Nursing Sister
June 5, 1966 - Died Dorothy Stevens (1888-1966) portrait & figure painter
August 31, 1966 - Died Ethel Eva Cutler-Jackson (1888-1966) world War 1 nurse with American Red Cross
September 4, 1966 - Died Annie Ross (1872-1966) early woman doctor
September 10, 1966 - Died Blondwen Davies (1897-1966) author & historical researcher
October 2, 1966 - Died Rowena Grace Douglas Hume (1877-1966) physician
October 29, 1966 - Died Roberta Bond-Nichols (1901-1966) the 1st woman to lecture in anatomy in Canada
November 14, 1966 - Died Jeanne St Laurent (1886-1966) wife of Prime Minister Louis St Laurent (1882-1973)
December 4, 1966 - Died Mabel Aileen Mortimore (1888-1966) doctor & medical missionary
December 6, 1966 - Died Yoshiko Kasahara (1912-1966) noted population statistician
December 15, 1966 - Died Florence Katherine Whittick-McKean (1885-1966) World War 1 Nursing Sister
December 16, 1966 - Died Mary Irene Burnes-Thomas (1883-1966) World War 1 Nursing Sister
 

1967 - The United Nations adopts the Declaration of Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

1967 - Canada's Secretary of State Judy LaMarsh (1924-1980) presides over Canada's Centennial events with great flair

April 25, 1967 - The Canadian Armed Forces unites the army, air force and navy

April 27, 1967 - Expo '67 opens in Montreal

June 20, 1967 - The National Library and Public Archives Building is officially opened at 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

July 1, 1967 - Canada Centennial of Confederation is celebrated
                    - The Order of Canada is established

1967 - Mary Elizabeth Kinnear (1898-1991) is appointed to the Senate of Canada. She retires from the senate in 1973 Source: Obituary, New York Times, December 28, 1991. ; Senate of Canada Biographies Online (accessed July 2014)

1967 - Women who married while they were employed by the New Brunswick provincial government lost their jobs; some married women could be hired as casuals but not as permanent employees. Women had to be separated or divorced or married to an unemployable man before they could be considered for permanent employment. This was a common practice among employers. Note that men who married often received a bonus from their employer Source:  New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Celebrating Achievers; Behind Every Successful Woman Are All the Women Who Came Before Her., September 2002. Online (accessed January 2016)

1967 - Anna Minerva Henderson (1887-1987) became the 1st Black woman in Canada to publish a book of poetry

September 9, 1967 - Mary Walker Sawka (1916-   ) member of the Progressive Conservative party, is the 1^st woman to run for party leadership, she won 2 votes

September 11, 1967 - Jean Gordon (1918-2008) becomes the 1^st woman elected to the Yukon Territorial Council

October 23, 1967 - Brenda Robertson (1929-   ) is the 1^st woman elected to the New Brunswick legislature

1967 - The village of Tweed, Ontario, is the 1st in Canada to have an all women municipal council

1967 - Elaine Tanner-Watts (1951-   ) is the 1st Canadian woman to win 2 gold and 3 silver medals in swimming at the Pan-American Games

1967 - Joni Mitchel (1943-   ) releases her 1st album Song to a seagull

1967 - The Canadian TV show, Mr. Dressup is aired for the 1st time. Generations of children will grow up watching this show Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002.

1967 - Nancy Greene (1943-   ) wins the 1st woman’s season championship in the World Cup of ski racing. She wins the final race of the season by seven-hundredths of a second. The Canadian Press votes her winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Tope Female Athlete of the Year & the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Top Overall Athlete of the Year

1967 - The 1st Dominion Ladies Hockey Tournament is held in Brampton, Ontario, with 22 teams and players ranging in age from 9 to 50 competing Sources: www.femalehockey.ca : A history of Women's Hockey for Dummies. On line accessed January 2013.

1967 - Canada's Women's Basketball team wins is 1st medal, a bronze

1967 - Pat Messner (1954-   ) earns the Ontario Centennial Sports Achievement Award. Pat is an Nation, international and Olympic medalist in water skiing

Births 1967:
1967 - Born - Julia S. Shin Dol (1967-   ) lawyer & co-founder of the Korean Canadian Lawyers association
1967 - Born ManJusha R. Pawagi (1967 -   ) journalist, Lawyer & author of children's books
January 4, 1967 - Born Marina Orsini (1967-   ) actor of radio, TV, film & stage
January 27, 1967 - Born Susan Aglukark (1967-   )  renowned Canadian entertainer
January 31, 1967 - Born Shauna Rolston ( 1967-   ) internationally known cello player
February 1, 1967 - Born Jo-Anna Downey (1967-2016) comedienne
February 13, 1967 - Kate Pace Lindsay (1967-   ) competed internationally with the Federation International du ski (FIS) World Cup circuit
February 19 1967 - Born Natalie Bondil (1967-   ) award winning museum curator
February 20 , 1967- Born Theresa Anne Luke (1967-   ) medal winner & member Canadian Olympic rowing team in the 1990"s.
May 27, 1967 - Born Tracey Wainman (1967-  ) champion figure skater
July 1, 1967- Born Pamela Anderson (1967-   ) actor
July 12, 1967 - Born Tonya Lee Williams (1967-   ) award winning actor
October 9, 1967- Born Carling Bassett-Seguso (1967-   ) award winning tennis player
December 29, 1967 - Born Ashleigh Banfield (1967-  ) Emmy winning news anchor

Deaths 1967:
1967 - Died Donalda Charron (1886-1967) early women's union leader
1967 - Died Margaret Davidson (1915-1967) journalist & news photographer
1967 - Died Jessie Margaret Gent-Newton (1883-1967) World War ! Nursing Sister
1967 - Died Belinda Mulrooney (1872-1967) astute Klondike businesswoman
1967 - Died Eudoxia Sorochan Shewchuk (  -1967) Ukrainian - Canadian pioneer
1967 - Died Geraldine Bertram Wright  (   -1967) 3rd woman called to the Bar in Ontario 1907
1967 - Died Florence Harvey (1878-1968) member of Canada's Golf Hall of Fame
February 9, 1967 - Died Kathryn/Katherine Dorothy Ross (1894-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
February 10, 1967 - Died Alexandra Birkiukova (1895-1967) architect
February 12, 1967 - Died Edith Deason (1889-1967) World War 1 Nursing Sister
February 19, 1967 - Died Lilly Naomi Gray (1881-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
February 24, 1967 - Died Vera Harrison Prindle-Chappell (1891-1967) World War 1 Nursing Sister
April 30, 1967 - Died Gladys Muriel Porter (1894-1967) 1st woman elected to the Nova Scotia Provincial Legislature
May 8, 1967 - Died Christine Elizabeth Jenkins-Howson (1898-1967) Black woman newspaper owner & editor
May 11, 1967 - Died Margaret McTavish Konantz (1899-1967) International welfare organizer & member of the Canadian parliament
June 15, 1967- Died Ellen Harris ( 1904-1967) prominent west coast broadcast journalist
June 19, 1967 - Died Marie Albertina Wallace (1867-1967) Black pioneer in British Columbia
July 10, 1967 - Died Donalda Charron (1886-1967) pioneer union leader & activist
July 27, 1967 - Died Mildred Valley Thornton (1890-1967) an artist who captured Canadian Native life on the prairies & the west coast
August 30, 1967 - Died Elizabeth Matilda Melvin-Symondson (1890-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
September 6, 1967 - Died Katherine Pinkerton (1887-1967) author of books about wilderness living in Northern Ontario
September 19, 1967 - Died Monica Proiette (1940-1967) 'Machine Gun Molly '
November 8, 1967 - Died Elsie Redford (1872-1967) philanthropist
November 1967 - Died Jessie Gertrude Macey (1891-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
November 26, 1967 - Died Laura Beatrice Berton (1878-1967) author
December 13, 1967 - Died Ann Maria Williams-Rawson (1888-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
December 28, 1967 - Died Wilhelmina Smith (1890-1967) World War l Nursing Sister
 

1968 - Elaine Tanner-Watts (1951-  ) becomes the 1st Canadian women to win an Olympic Medal in swimming bringing home two silver and one Bronze medal at the Summer Olympic Games, Mexico.  <sup>Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia. - online.  Information provided by Thomas Brandenberg.: ;The Elaine Tanner-Watt website (Accessed January 2013)

1968 - The International Stokes Mandeville Games for the Paralyzed (now Paralympic Games) is held in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hilda May Torok Binns wins two gold and a silver medal in wheelchair racing.</sup>

1968 - Bea Irwin, previously a partner in her husbands toy business, takes over the business when her husband dies. Source: I Know that name: the people behind Canada's Best known Band Names...by Mark Kearney and Randy Ray (Toronto, Hounslow Book, 2002.

1968 - Michaelle Jean, (1957-  ), a future Governor General of Canada, emigrates to Canada with her family from Haiti Source: web pages of the Governor General of Canada. (accessed March 2007) .

1968 - The Chargex credit Card (later renamed VISA) in now available in Canada. Source : Canuck Chicks and Maple Leaf Mamas : women of the Great White North by Ann Douglas Toronto, McArthur and Co., 2002. pg 19.

Births 1968:
1968 - Born Shelley Gauthier (1968-   ) 1st woman tricycle (T1) rider on international para Cycling scene
1968 - Born Qui Xai Her (1968-   ) musician
1968 - Born Isabella Pain (1968-   ) Inuit mediator
1968 - Born Megan Witfield (1968-2020) Black unionist
January 28, 1968 - Born Marnie McBean  (1968-   ) medal winning rower
January 28, 1968 - Born Sarah McLachlin  (1968-   ) a singer whose songs convey a passionate honesty
March 14, 1968 - Born Megan Fallows  (1968-   ) TV and movie actor
March 26, 1968 - Born Jennifer Kristen Barnes (1968-   ) medal winning Olympic rower
March 30, 1968 - Born Céline Dion, international singing star
August 5, 1968 - Born Terri Clark  (1968-   ) award winning country singer
September 1, 1968 - Born Michelle Buckingham (1968-   ) medal winning Judo champion
December 4, 1968 - Born Candy Palmater (1968-2021) actor, comedian, & broadcaster

Deaths 1968:
1968 - Died Julia Crawford (1896-1968) artist & teacher.
1968 - Died Margaret Adele Keeling Fairley (1885-1968) author
1968 - Died Florence Lyle Harvey (1878-1968) champion golfer
1968 - Died Beatrice Mary MacDonald (1881-1968)  most decorated woman in U.S. army during World War l
1968 - Died Gladys Elizabeth Matheson Crim (1892-1968) respected nurse on Canadian prairies.
1968 - Died Nellie Langford Rowell (1874-1968)  social activist & philanthropist.
1968 - Born Wendy Sloboda (1968 -  ) paleontologist.
1968 - Died Mary Barrett Speechly (1873-1968) social activist & member Women's Institutes.
January 2, 1968 - Died Hattie May Mastin-McLennan (1888-1968) World War 1 Nursing Sister
January 9, 1968 - Died Kathleen May Redman Strange (1896-1968) author
January 13, 1968 - Died Jocelyne Binet (1923-1968) composer, pianist & teacher.
January 14, 1968 - Died Florence Wyle (1881-1968) a sculptor who made several Canadian War Memorials and is represented in numerous art galleries.
January 21, 1968 - Died Marie-Claire Daveluy (1889-1968) librarian, historian & novelist
February 3, 1968 - Died Margaret MacDonald (1910-1968) Member of Parliament who filled the seat of her  husband.
February 5, 1968 - Died Frances Loring (1887-1968) artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Sculptors Society of Canada.
February 7, 1968 - Died Berthe Chaures-Louard (1889-1968) social activist with cooperative movement in Quebec
March 1, 1968 - Died Emma Henry  Sister St. Victor (1881-1968) social activist
March 9, 1968 - Died Kathleen Wilhelmina Ellis (1887-1968) nurse & nursing author.
March 22, 1968 - Died Margaret Iris Duley (1895-1968) author, first woman of Newfoundland to be recognized outside her home province.
May 24, 1968 - Died Katherine N. Newton (????-1968) businesswoman & milner
June 10, 1968 - Died Marie Alice 'Ayls' Charlotte Mailhot / Malhiot -  Ross (1889-1968) first Canadian woman architect
July 6, 1968 - Died Mabel Hanway (1893-1968) social activist & pacifist
July 24. 1968 - Died Mary Agnes Best (1884-1968) World War 1 Nursing Sister
July 26, 1968 - Died Mary Agnes Best (1884-1968) World War 1 Nursing Sister
August 9, 1968 - Died Dr. Norma Ford Walker (1893-1968) well known medical researcher of childhood diseases.
August 11, 1968 - Died Isabelle Atkinson (1891-1968) feminist, journalist President of the Canadian Consumers Association.
August 21, 1968 - Died Germaine Gévremont (1900-1968) French language journalist & award winning author.
September 2, 1968 - Died Ethel Johns (1879-1968) nurse, teacher & administrator.
September 22, 1968 - Died Mary Claire Wallace (1900-1968) journalist & broadcaster
October 18, 1968 - Died Elizabeth "Betsey" Flaherty (1881?-1968) pioneer woman pilot
October 26, 1968 - Died Mary Elizabeth Scott-Williams (1882-1986) World War 1 Nursing Sister
November 18, 1968 - Died Norma Turina Walker Elsey (1879-1968) World War l Nursing Sister
December 16, 1968 - Died Marcelle Gauvreau (1907-1968) botanist
December 16, 1968 - Died Christine Margaret Lighthall Henderson (1868-1968) poet
December 26, 1968 - Died Maryon Elspeth Pearson (1901-1968) wife of Lester Bowels Pearson (1897-1972) winner Nobel Peace Prize & Prime Minister of Canada
 

1969 - Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union is formed to oversee events & sanction national championships. This group merged with the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union in 1978

September 1969 - Pedestal, one of Canada's 1st feminist periodicals is published as the voice of the Vancouver Women's Caucus that was known for starting the Abortion Caravan that closed down the Canadian Parliament. The publication ceased in 1974 and was resurrected for one more year in 1975

November 28, 1969 - 200 women march in Montreal against a ban on public protests. 165 women are arrested

December 1, 1969 - The Quebec Women's Liberation Front is established as a result of the November 28 women's protest & arrests

1969 - Debbie Brill (1953-    ) is the 1st North American woman to clear 6' in the high jump Source: British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame Online (Accessed March 2014)

1969 - Beverly Boys (1951-   ) Canadian champion & winner of the English diving championships is voted by the Canadian Press winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Tope Female Athlete of the Year

1969 - Margaret Atwood (1939-   ) publishes her 1st novel Edible woman

1969 - Access to abortion is applied unevenly and often unfairly across the country. Women can wait an average of 8 weeks for an abortion. Some provinces refuse to provide any abortion services at all and abortion is largely unavailable to women outside major cities Source : A History of abortion in Canada. http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/history.html (accessed July 30, 2003)

1969 - The Ontario Mercer Reformatory for Girls, originally opened in 1872 is closed after controversial allegations of torture, beatings and experimental drugs and medical procedures were investigated

Births 1969:
1969 - Born Leanne Allison (1969-  ) social activist, filmmaker, & environmentalist
January 19, 1969 - Born Angela Cutrone (1969-   ) Olympic medalist in speed skating
March 12, 1969 - Born Karen Marie Connelly (1969-   ) author & poet
March 20, 1969 - Born Caroline Brunet (1969-  ),champion in kayak and one of Canada outstanding Female Athletes of the Year
March 30, 1969 - Born Susan Juby(1969-  ), author
May 11, 1969 - Born Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016) award winning Inuit artist
August 3, 1969 - Born Anne Marie Loder (1969-  ) accomplished TV and movie actor
August 6, 1969 - Born Kristyn Dunnion (1969 -  ) author of books for young readers
August 21, 1969 - Born Josée Chouinard(1969-  ) champion Canadian figure skater
October 1969 - Born Samantha Nutt (1969-   ) medical doctor & founder of War Child Canada
November 7, 1969 - Born Tanya Dubincoff (1969-    )1st Canadian woman to be World Champion in track cycling

Deaths 1969:
1969 - Died Elizabeth Rebecca Laird (1874-1969), a  Physics teacher & college administrator. who after she retired she became a researcher
1969 - Died Louise M. Saunders (1893-1969) first woman lawyer in Newfoundland
1969 - Died Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) commercial photographer
January 29, 1969 - Died Blanche Olive Lavallée-Trudeau (1891-1969) World War l Nursing Sister
February 4, 1969 - Died Audrey Jean Garland-Wray (1912-1969) medal winning pairs figure skater
February 12, 1969 - Died Ida Georgina Denmark-MacNutt (1886-1969) World War 1 Nursing Sister
April 11, 1969 - Died Winnifred Estella Bamback (1892-1969) award winning author & harpist
May 5, 1969 - Died Sara Corning (1872-1969) a nurse and heroine who save 5000 Armenian children in 1922 
June 9, 1969 - Died Lillian Gertrude Halladay (1890-1969) World War l Nursing Sister
July 23, 1969 - Died Ada Jane Fairlina Kent (1888-1969) musician and composer
July 29, 1969  - Died Ruth Josephine Northcott (1913-1969) astronomer
August 15, 1969 - Died Jean McWilliam-Macdonald (1877-1969) activist for women's rights & pensions
August 21, 1969 - Died Lillie Fern Bowman (1893-1969) Saskatchewan politician
September 17, 1969 - Died Daisy Louise Saunders (1885-1969) poet
November 1969 - Died Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) early woman commercial photographer
November 4, 1969 - Died Violet Alice Dryvynsyde (1888-1969) An educator who opened her own school and published books
November 11, 1969 - Died Elizabeth Kilpatrick (1892-1969) pioneer psychiatrist
November 19, 1969 - Died Vera Cryderman (1897-1969) an artist who worked in several medium helped establish Visual Arts in college
November 23, 1969 - Died Jean Alexandrina MacDonald (1888-1969) World War 1 Nursing Sister
December 21, 1969 - Died Ellen Ballon (1898-1969) child prodigy and internationally renowned pianist