EVENTS

February 6, 2006 - Bev Oda (1944-   ) is sworn in as Heritage Minister making her the 1st Japanese-Canadian to become a member of a Canadian cabinet

February 25, 2006 - Cindy Klassen (1979-   ) is the 1st Canadian to win five medals at a single Olympic Winter Games & 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 & winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Top Overall Athlete of the year

March 8, 2006 - Governor General Michelle Jean  (1957-   ), celebrates International Women's Day with a visit to women's groups in war town Afghanistan Source: CBC TV News March 8 2007.

September 18, 2006 - Kathleen O'Day Wynne (1953-  ) becomes the 1st openly lesbian provincial cabinet minister in Canada

October 5, 2006 - The Ontario Heritage Trust and Sarnia Kiwanis Foundation unveil a provincial plaque commemorating Pauline McGibbon (1910-2001) former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

December 11, 2006 - Speed skater Cindy Klassen (1979-   ) wins the Lou March Award as Canada's top female athlete

December 16, 2006 - Bev Busson (1951-   ) is appointed as the 1st woman Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Source:  Senior executives, RCMP. Biography: Beverley (Bev.) Busson.  Also available in French. (Accessed June 23, 2008)

2006 - Captain Nichola Goddard  (1980-2006) is killed in battle in Afghanistan

2006 - Brigadier General Christine Whitecross becomes the firs woman Commander of a Joint Task Force

2006 - Lori-Ann Muenzer (1966-   ) opens her own business, Pure Momentum, with the focus of discovering, promoting and building a community of female speakers of any age or race, whose experiences and stories can be shared with others
August 6, 2006 - Elizabeth May is elected leader of the Green Party of Canada

August 26, 2006 - Elizabeth May (1954-   ) is elected leader of the Green Party of Canada

2006 - The RCMP had 26,223 employees in three areas, regular, civilian and public service. Almost 14% of the overall force in all branches were women and 19.4% of regular forces are women Source: Commissioner Busson on the case by Frances Rooney. Section15.ca August 4, 2007. (accessed June 23, 2008)

Deaths 2006:
2006 - Died Hazel Sterns-Gibson (1907-2006) teacher
2006 - Died Jane McKenzie Lupton Seal (1916?-2006) senior sport enthusiast
January 5, 2006 - Died Susan Ross (1915-2006) artist, printmaker & illustrator
January 6, 2007 - Died Charmion King (1925-2007) actor o stage, radi0, TV, & film
January 23, 2006 - Died Andrea Brett Bronfman (1945-2006) community worker
January 26, 2006 - Died Yolande "Yoyo" Schick (1927-2006) played with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
January 27, 2006 - Died Jacqueline Lorraine Shepherd (1932-2006) 1960’s consumer advocate & activist
February 11, 2006 - Died Virnetta 'V' Anderson (1920-2006) 1st Black woman to be elected to Calgary council
February 18, 2006 - Died Ruth Taylor (1961-2006) poet
February 25, 2006 - Died Margaret Gibson Short (1948-2006) short story writer & novelist
February 25, 2006 - Died Micheline Tessier-Potvin (1932-2006) acclaimed soprano, music administrator, & teacher
March 8, 2006 - Died Gertrude Young Beattie (1909-2006) national champion in track & field
April 2006 - Died Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), social activist & foremost urban architect/planner
April 2, 2006 - Died  Suzanne "Suzy" Rochon Burnette (1935-2006) journalist and radio broadcaster
April 18, 2006 - Died Mercedes Palomino (1913-2006) actor, broadcaster & theatre director
May 4, 2006 - Died Dr. Joyce Nsubuga (1947-2006, social activist working for Canadian African women's rights & health and for women in her native Uganda
May 7, 2007 - Died Myfanwy Pavelic (1916-2007) portrait artist
May 17, 2006 - Died Capt. Nichola Goddard (1980-2006) 1st Canadian female of Canadian Armed Forces to die on active duty
May 17, 2006 - Died Elaine Minacs (1945-2006) businesswoman
May 28, 2006 - Died Doris Jean Saunders (1941-2006) editor  & local historian
June 1, 2006 - Died Barbara Fisken Wilkes Adams (1920-2006) artist
June 5, 2006 - Died Mary Elizabeth Macdonald (1918-2006) civil servant, Order of Canada 1980
June 11, 2006 - Died Suzanne 'Suzi' Morrow-Francis (1930-2006) international champion pairs figure skater & international skate judge
June 15, 2006 - Died Margaret Harris (1921-2006) social activist
June 22, 2006 - Died Ernestine van Merle (1929-2006) social activist for women and the homeless
June 30, 2006 - Died Carol Trotman (1954-2006) pioneer lung transplant recipient
July 5, 2006 - Died Gabrielle Goudreau (1952 2006) author, lecturer, & journalist
July 10, 2006 - Died Kathleen 'Kay' Rex (1918-2006) journalist, historian, & author
July 26, 2006 - Died Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919-2006) broadcaster
July 29, 2006 - Died Jessie Oliver (1918-2006) United Church of Canada Deaconess in British Columbia
July 31, 2006 - Died Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919-2006) Miss Lou, early Black radio personality, Order of the British Empire
August 9, 2006 - Died Melissa 'Millie' Hayden (1923-2006) internally renowned prima ballerina
August 24, 2007 - Died Andrée P. Boucher (1937-2007) 1st woman mayor of Quebec City
August 28, 2006 - Died Marjorie Bowker (1906-2006) pioneer lawyer, 1st woman appointed to Alberta's family Court as a judge
September 7, 2006 - Died Joan Marsha Donaldson (1946-2006) journalist & broadcaster
September 8, 2006 - Died Patricia Rideout - Rosenberg (1931-2006) opera singer
September 12, 2006 - Died Edna Louise Staebler (1906-2006) journalist, author, Member of the Order of Canada
September 21, 2006 - Died Edith Markiewicz (1910-2006) physician
October 8, 2006 - Died Clara Balinsky (1924-2006) volunteer at local, provincial, national & international levels on behalf of the Canadian Jewish community
October 18, 2006 - Died Anna Claudia Russell (1911-2006) comedienne considered the best in the world in her day
October 19, 2006 - Died Lindalee Tracey (1957-2006) journalist, exotic dancer, & filmmaker
November 4, 2006 - Died Edna Miller Lockhart - Duncanson (1916-2006) baseball professional
November 14, 2006 - Died Isobel J. Tibbie 'Tibi' Hardie (1916-2006) Member of the Canadian parliament
December 2006 - Died June Elizabeth Bantjes (1930 - 2006) social activist & founding member of the Women's Calendar Collective
December 9, 2006 - Died Mildred Marion McAuley (1922-2006) played with the All American Girls Professional Baseball League
 

2007 - Margaret Madge Rose Robertson Watt (1888-1948) instrumental at establishing the Women's Institutes in England. is declared an Person of National Historic Significance Source: Parks Canada. ca

2007 - The Canadian Women's Hockey League is formed and the women compete for the Clarkson Cup

March 2007 - A Little Kindness Would go a Long Way: A Study of Women's Homelessness in the Yukon is published by the Yukon Status of Women Council

April 18, 2007 - Yolande James (1977- ) is the 1st Black woman to be elected to the Quebec National Assembly. When she is appointed Minister for Immigration and Cultural Communities  she is the 1st Black cabinet minister in the province of Quebec. Premier Jean Charest appoints the 1st gender balanced cabinet nine men nine women in Canada,

May 22, 2007 - Debbie Muir (1954-  ) award winning coach of synchronized swimming is inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame Source: Sheila Robertson, Groundbreaker: Debbie Muir accorded her sport’s highest international honour. Coach.ca Accessed March 2016.

June 16, 2007 - Canada Post issued commemorative stamps honouring Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray, and Paul Anka

2007 - Lieutenant Colonel Tammy Harris becomes the first woman Wing Commander in the Canadian Forces


2007 - Commodore Jennifer Bennett becomes the first woman appointed as a Commander of the Canadian National Reserve and is the first woman to command a Formation

July 22- 29 2007 -  XV Pan American Games, Rio De Janero, Brazil
Gold Medals: Stephanie Dixon (1884-   ) wins 7 gold medals in swimming ; Diane Cummins (1974-   ), 800 meters athletics; Megan Metcalfe (1982-   ), 5000 meters athletics; Jessica Zelinke (1981-   ), heptathlon; Kia Byers (1987-   ),  and Marie-Christine Schmidt (1986-   ), canoeing K-2 500 meter; Julian D'Alessio (1985-   ), canoeing K-1 500 meter; Anne Samplonius (1968-   ), cycling time trial; Catharine Pendrel (1980-   ), mountain-biking; Emilie Heymans (1981-   ), and Marie-Eve Marleau (1982-   ),10 meter platform synchronized swimming; Jill Henselwood, (1962-   )  Equestrian individual jumping; Alexandra Orlando (1987-   ),( 3 gold medals)  rhythmic gymnastics clubs, ropes and hoop; Karen Cockburn (1980-   ), gymnastics  individual trampoline; Natalie Maurer, Zoe Hoskins, Peggy Hyslop and Cristin McCarty rowing quadruple sculls; Dominique Vallée (1981-   ), sailing;  Susan Nattrass ( 1950-  ), trap shooting; Avianna Chao (1975-   ), air pistol shooting; Alana Miller (1980-   ), Runa Reta and Carolyn Russell (1974-   ), squash; Karine Sargerie (1985-   ), welterweight taekwondo; Whitney McClintock, water skiing (2 gold) tricks and slalom: Carol Huynh (1980-   ) 48 kg freestyle wrestling. Silver Medals: Marie-Pier Baudet, Kristen Niles and Kateri Vrakking, archery; Nicole Forrester (1976-   ), athletics high jump; Perdita Felicien (1980-   ),  athletics 100 meter hurdles; Rosannagh MacLennan (19 88-   ), gymnastics trampoline; Karen Cudmore, Jill Henselwood (1962-   ), equestrian team jumping; Andrea Bresee, Diane Creech, and Karen Pavicic (1971-   ), equestrian team dressage; Julie Leprohon (1980-   ), fencing individual épée; Monica Pinette (1977-   ), modern pentathlon; Peggy Hyslop and Cristin McCarty rowing double sculls; Zoe Hoskins and Nathalie Maurer pairs rowing; Alana Miller (1980-   ), squash; Stephanie Horner (1989-   ), swimming 200 meter freestyle; Annamay Pierse (1983-   ), 200 meter breaststroke swimming and 100 meter breaststroke swimming; Elizabeth Collins, Seanna Mitchell (1988-   ), Chanelle Charron-Watson (1984-   ), and Hilary Bell (1991-   ), 4 X 100 meter freestyle swimming; Chanelle Charron-Watson, Elizabeth Collins, Hilary Bell (1991-   ) and Stephanie Horner (1989-   ), 4 X 200 meter freestyle swimming; Elizabeth Wycliffe, Annamay Pierse (1983-   ), Stephanie Horner (1989-   ) and Chanelle Charron-Watson (1984-   ), 4 X 100 meter medley swim;
Marie-Pier Bordeau Gagnon  (1983-   )and Isabelle Ramping (1985-   ),synchronized swim duet; Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon (1983-   ), Jessika Dubuc (1983-   ), Marie-Pierre Gagné  (1983-   ), Dominika Kopcik, Ève Lamoureux, Tracy Little (1985-   ), Élise Marcotte (1988-   ), Isabelle Rampling  (1985-   ) and Jennifer Song (1983-   ), synchronized swim team; Women's national softball team; Chris Xu, Mo Zhang and Judy Long (1969-   ) table tennis; Shannon Condie, featherweight taekwondo; National water polo team;  Whitney McClintock, water ski jump; Christine Girard (1985-   ) 63 kg weightlifting; Ohenewa Akuffo (1979-   ), 72 kg freestyle wrestling. 
Bronze Medals: Sarah MacMaster, singles badminton; Meaghan Benfeito (1989-   ) and Kelly MacDonald (1988-   ) 3 meter springboard synchronized diving; Women's football/soccer team, Sasha Andrews (1983-   ), Melanie Booth (1984-   ), Candace Chapman (1983-   ), Martina Franko (1976-   ), Randee Hermuss (1979-   ), Kristina Kiss (1981-   ), Kara Lang (1986-   ), Karina LeBlanc (1980-   ), Diana Matheson (1984-   ), Andrea Neil (1971-   ), Christine Sinclair (1983-   ), Taryn Swiatek (1981-   ), Melissa Tancredi (1981-   ), Katie Thorlakson (1985-   ), Brittany Timko (1985-   ), Amy Vermeulen (1983-   ), Amy Heather Walsh  (1977-   ) and Rhian Emilie Wilkinson (1982-   ); Savannah King (1992-   ), 800 meter freestyle swim; Elizabeth Wycliffe (1983-   ),100 meter and 200 meter backstroke swim; Stephanie Horner (1989-   ), 200 meter individual medley swim; Tanya Hunks (1980-   ), 10 km open water swim

August 12-19, 2007 - Stephanie Dixon (1884-   ) wins 7 gold medals in swimming

August 23, 2007 - Catherine White scores the 1^st goal in the history of the Canadian National Women’s Under 18 program in Ottawa, Ontario

September 17, 2007 - Eve-Mary Thai Thi Lac (1972-   ) is the 1st Vietnamese elected as a member to the Canadian Parliament

2007 - For the 1st time, the Quebec provincial cabinet id comprised of an equal number of men and women

2007 - Hayley Wickenheiser (1978-   ) who is captain of the Canadian women's hockey team leads her team to the World Championships and is named most valuable player of the tournament

December 27, 2007 - Hayley Wickenheiser (1978-   ) is chosen by the Canadian Press winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as the Top Female Athlete of the Year   

2007 - Carrie Matilda Derick (1862-1941) is the 1st woman to be a professor at a Canadian university, becomes a National Historic Person

Deaths 2007:
2007 - Died Alice Boissonneau (1918-2007) author
2007 - Died Tess Boudreau (1919-2007) photographer
January 8, 2007 - Died Margaret Yvonne De Carlo (1922-2007) well known actor of movies & television best known for her role in The Munsters
February 13, 2007 - Died Sister Bernice Cullen ( 1913-2007) female head of St. Dustan's University, P.E.I.
February 16, 2007 - Died Ester Binder (1910-2007) social activist and community volunteer in Manitoba, member of the Order of the Buffalo Hunt
February 19, 2007 - Died Prima ballerina Celia Franca (1921-2007) founder of Canada's National Ballet
February 19, 2007 - Died Therese Champagne (1928-2007) educator
March 2007 - Died Doris Anderson (1921-2007) feminist, social activist & well known journalist, winner of the 1991 Persons Case Award
March 15, 2007 - Died Fleurette Marie Berthe Beauchamp-Huppé (1907-2007) pianist, teacher, soprano
March 23, 2007 - Died Agnes McCausland Benidickson (1920-2007)  President of the National Association of Canadian Clubs & president of the Canadian Council on Social Development
April 16, 2007 - Died Mary Louise Lynch (1909-2007) lawyer
April 14, 2007 - Died June Callwood (1924-2007) renowned social activist, journalist, broadcaster & author
April 28, 2007 - Died Bertha Wilson, (1923-2007) 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada
May 10, 2007 - Died Marguerite Fidler (1907-2007) social activist on family life
May 21, 2007 - Died Erica Deichmann Gregg (1913-1989) potter
May 24, 2007 - Died Victoria Hopper (1909-2007) actress on stage & film
June 13, 2007 - Died Suzanne Blais - Genier (1936-2007) member of Canadian parliament
June 27, 2007 - Died Margaret Mary MacBurney-Vasheresse (1909-2007) basketball player with Edmonton Grads
July 1, 2007 - Died Dr. Ricky Kanee Schachter (1918-2007) leader in her field of dermatology
July 15, 2007 - Died Bluma Levett Appel (1919-2007) noted philanthropist
July 31, 2007 - Died Margaret Avison (1918-2007) award winning poet. librarian & social worker
August 12, 2007 - Died Nora A, Cebotarev (1928-2007) professor & renowned sociologist
September 2007 - Died Anna Maria de Souza (   -2007) social activist for immigrants in Toronto
September 9, 2007 - Died Dorothy Betz (1929-2007) served a lifelong career in aboriginal law & community service
September 29, 2007- Died Lois Maxwell (1927-2007) actor remembered for her role as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films.
October 13, 2008 - Died Eileen Viola Mayotte (1916-2008) environmentalist
October 17, 2007 - Died Judith St John (1914-2007) internationally acclaimed children's librarian & lectured on children's literature.
October 23, 2008 - Died Clairette Oddera (1919-2008) actor, singer from Quebec
October 25, 2007 - Died Gloria Violet Barwell-Kay (1923-2007) Registered Nurse & collector of nursing caps
November 27, 2007 - Died Jane Rule (1931-2007) author & Order of British Columbia
December 27, 2007 - Died Barbara Ruthvern Tunis (1920-2007) World War ll & author
 

2008

2009

March 2009 - the University of Ottawa held a conference called Sexual Assault Law, Practice and Activism in a Post-Jane Doe Era. It marked the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking case of Jane Doe v. the Metropolitan Toronto police. The conference also celebrated the work of the Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé. As a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, she helped shape landmark equality-rights rulings Source: Section15.ca

May 13, 2009 -  Member of Parliament, Anita Neville  (1942-   ), asks the Canadian government to launch a public investigation to the disappearance of some 520 aboriginal women in Canada's western provinces. Source: Heroines .ca (accessed June 2009)

May 14, 2009 - The City of St Albert, Alberta establishes Lois Hole (1929-2005) Day to honour Alberta's 15th  Lieutenant Governor

April 6, 2009 - Commander Josée Kurtz is the 1st woman to command a major Canadian Navy warship ^{Source: Women’s History Month, Women in Canadian Military Forces: A Proud Legacy. Status of Women Canada. October 2011.}

July 6, 2009 - Dorothy Dworkin (1889-1976) a social activist of Toronto, is declared a National Historic Person Sources: Dorothy Dworkin. Backgrounder. Parks Canada. Online (Accessed July 2014) :Toronto’s 1^st Jewish nurse writes of early Toronto. April 15, 2013  (Accessed July 2014)

2009 - Andrea Horvath becomes the 1st woman to lead the New Democratic Party

2009 - Shelley Gauthier (1968-   ) is the 1st female tricycle (T1) rider on the international para-cycling scene

2009 - The Elsie Gregory MacGill Award , 'The Elsie' is established by the Northern Lights Aero Foundation to annually honour outstanding women and in aerospace in Canada

October 24-25, 2009 - St Michael's College at the University of Toronto holds a 2 day event to mark the 100^th anniversary of her birth and the 50^th Anniversary of Sheila Martin Watson's (1909-1998) book Double Hook. She is noted for her works in some 1800 books!

2009 - Sharon McIver wins her battle to force changes to the Indian Act so that grandchildren of Aboriginal women who marry non-Aboriginal may be granted Indian Status

2009 - Aleksandra Wozniak (1987-   ) is the 1st Canadian in ten years to reach the fourth round of a Grand slam tennis event and is voted by the Canadian Press as winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's Top Female Athlete of the Year

2009 - Sylvia Olga Fedoruk (1927-2012) is inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame


Deaths 2009:
2009 - Died Edith Hope Cromwell (1916-2009) Black activist & teacher in Nova Scotia
January 4, 2009 - Died Margaret L. Bridgman (1940-2009) member of Canadian parliament
January 10, 2009 - Died Linda Marie Gillingwater Rainsberry (    - 2009) entertainer, director and producer , businesswomen and philanthropist
January 19, 2009 - Died Mona Fleur Winberg (1942-2009) journalist & activist for the disabled
January 22, 2009 - Died Helen Maksagak (1931-2009) 1st Inuk Commissioner of the Northwest Territories & 1st Commissioner of Nunavut
January 31, 2009 - Died Therese Lavoie-Roux (1928-2009) politician who served in Quebec & in the Senate of Canada
February 2009 - Died Laurelea Vorona Conrad (1952-2009)
February 2009 - Died Margaret Huling (1920-2009) basketball player
February 11, 2009 - Died Shyamala Goplan (1938-2009) breast cancer researcher
February 22, 2009 - Died  Laddie Dennis (1920 - 2009) 1st Canadian woman to appear on Canadian television
February 23, 2009 - Died Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913-2009) internationally acclaimed sculptor
March 6, 2009 - Died Aidrie Main-Cruikshank (1908-2009) champion figure skater
March 11, 2009 - Died Theresa Helen McNeil (1928-2009) 1st Canadian woman to be appointed High Sherriff (Annapolis County, N S)
March 13, 2009 - Died Norah Urquhart (1918-2009) pioneer scientist who with her husband Fred discovered the secret of the Monarch butterfly
March 20, 2009 - Died Rose Sheinin (1930-2009) professor and author and trailblazer in sciences
March 22, 2009 - Died Lorna Lucille Bergey (1921-2009) local historian Cambridge, Ontario
March 23, 2009 - Died Arlene Billinkoff (1942-2009) long time legislative reporter for Winnipeg Free Press
March 23, 2009 - Died Helen Lawrence Buckley (1923-2009) economist & author
March 31, 2009 - Died Lorna deBlicquy (1931-2009) pilot and first woman parachuter
April 2, 2009 - Died Audrey Jeanne Kunkel (1946-2009) award winning journalist
April 2, 2009 - Died Norma Scarborough (1918-2009) founder of Canadian Abortion Rights Action League
April 13, 2009 - Died  Karine Blais (1888-2009) Canadian Army, Killed in line of duty
May 28, 2009 - Died Betty Edwards Tancock (1911-2009) medal winning & record setting swimmer
May 30, 2009 - Died Eva Dawes Spinks (1912-2009) track & field star
June 8, 2009 - Died Sheila Abby Finestone (1927-2009) Member of Canadian parliament & Senator
June 29, 2009 - Died Pauline Picard (1947-2009) Member of the Canadian parliament
July 3, 2009 - Died Rose Johnstone (1938-2009) biochemist
July 6, 2009 - Died Ruth Matheson Buck (1905-2009) historian & biographer
July 12, 2009 - Died  Mary Doris "Dodie" Barr (1921-2009) player in All American Girls Baseball League and member of Baseball Hall of Fame.
July 13, 2009 - Died Margaret 'Peggy' Jean Kurtin (1932-2009) social activist
July 14, 2009 - Died Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (1926- 2009) poet
July 20, 2009 - Died Joy Langan (1943-2009) social activist, feminist and Member of Parliament
July 31, 2009 - Died Sonja Skarstedt (1960-2009) Poet & author of short stories
August 1, 2009 - Died Martha Shepard (1911-2009) librarian with major responsibility of establishing the National Library of Canada
August 2, 2009 - Died Gene Sutton (1945-2009) award winning coach in gymnastics
August 17, 2009 - Died Viola Wyse (1947-2009) Chief of the Snuneymuxu
August 21, 2009 - Died Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009) historian & professor of medieval studies
August 22, 2009 - Died Muriel Helen Duckworth (1908-2009) social Activist for peace & the advancement of women's rights.
September 24, 2009 - Died Isabelle Fortier/Nelly Arcan (1973-2009) Quebec novelist
September 25, 2009 - Died Eva Mariene Heddle (1933- 2009) at three she was Canada's Sweetheart
October  7, 2009 - Died Jennie Huie (1928-2009) academic
October 18, 2009 - Died Ziona Kaplan (1925-2020) Jewish member of RCAF in World War ll
October 22, 2009 - Died Helen Pauline Wattie (1911-2009) educator
October 27, 2009 - Died Theodosia Mary Dawes Bond-Thornton (1915-2009) photographer
December 9, 2009 - Died Goldie Semple ( 1952-2009) stage actor
December 16, 2009 - Died Jeannine Guillevin Wood (1929-2009) acclaimed businesswoman
December 30, 2009 - Died Michelle Justine Lang (1975-2009) journalist killed in Afghanistan war
 

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