Articles related to "Canadian Women"

During WW2, women were encouraged to volunteer for the armed forces, first as an auxiliary service, then transferred as an integral, essential part of the Canadian Army.

Building the country, climbing the ladders of science, arts, business and sports, women in Canada have not sat back to let the men do it all. Women were full participants

The rivalry between the Canadian and American women's hockey teams is as fierce as any in all of hockey, and one that will surely be renewed at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Women took on jobs when men were drafted to fight in WWII. New careers opened to women in munitions factories, sciences, and jobsites - anywhere men worked.

Determined to find wealth in the Klondike Gold Rush, Martha Louis Munger Purdy Black instead found riches of another sort: love, friendship, adventure and a beloved home.

Shorter novels or novellas often make the best summer reading. These three French-Canadian women writers will bring tales of love and transformation into one's life.

Unable to join the American '99s', because of the small, scattered population, the 'Flying Seven' opened in Vancouver, BC, a club for Canadian women pilots.

Though not permitted as pilots, over 17,000 women joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2 in jobs ranging from clerical duties to driver to airframe maintenance

A skilled journalist who wrote about issues and current events that touched her readers in a way most of her contemporaries did not.

Emily Carr is known throughout the world for her artwork but she was also an award winning writer.

A courageous nun, Marie de l'Incarnation founded the Ursuline order in Canada.

The suffrage movement in Canada was established in 1878. Dr Emily Stowe launched an aggressive campaign seeking the same provincial and federal electoral rights as men.

The first woman appointed as a Senator In the Government of Canada. Cairine Mackay Wilson dedicated her work to bettering the lives of women, children and refugees

Canadian Nursing Sisters in WWI - courageous women provided soldiers emergency medical care in the field, and security and comfort that only caring women could provide.

Edmonds, Sarah Emma Evelyn left home at age seventeen to escape her abusive father and disappeared. She then emerged as Franklin Thompson.

Using oil paints, Helen McNicoll created scenes of children, women, nature and flowers. Her skill with the brush gave her impressionist-style paintings beauty and life

Joining the CWACs in WW2, Molly Lamb was sent overseas to paint the soldiers and the aftermath of the war. Prolific, Lamb Bobak's paintings are Canadian treasures.

Doctor Emily Howard Stowe fought for womens' rights in the areas of education, politics, and working conditions. She laid the groundwork for the next generation of women.

With courage, determination, and a positive spirit, Rosemary Brown fought against racism, sexism, and economic injustice in Canada and globally.

Under Conductor Ethel Stark, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra was the first all-women orchestra in Canada. They reached the pinnacle of music performance in 1947.

A new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Kellogg's Special K of women in ten major Canadian cities has found that City of Toronto women are the most satisfied.

Fascinated with science before girls were supposed to be, Alice Wilson overcame barriers and years of roadblocks to become one of Canada's leading earth scientists.

In recent years there have been six studies investigating the relationship between cosmetic breast implants and suicide. Here's what they found.

An Education Day was held at Tom Davies Square, in Sudbury on Friday, April 3 as part of the Second Annual Northern Aboriginal Festival.

Spies have fascinated people for many years, however at the beginning of WWII Canada still did not have active foreign intelligence agencies gathering data.

A look at the claim of a Canadian woman that she became the bride of the Prince Of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in the 1920s.

Heart disease and stroke are currently the leading cause of death and disability for women in Canada and 80 per cent of Canadians currently live with one risk factor.

Daffodils, a sign of spring in many countries, have long been used in Canada to promote awareness and help fund research into a cure for all types of cancer.

Until the 1960s, it was illegal to distribute birth control information. Parents' Information Bureau risked all, and changed the lives of Canadian families and society.

The North Country's leading lady has been on a steady rise to the top of the international standings.

A storm of controversy has emerged after a 60 year old Canadian woman has given birth to twins and a single mother of six gave birth to octuplets after IVF.

Julie and Colin Angus were named National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year 2007 for rowing from Portugal to Costa Rica, surviving cyclones, hurricanes and sharks.

Canada is the world's second largest country by total area, after Russia, but is ranked 36th by total population and 227th by population density.

Elizabeth Smellie rose from hospital night supervisor to high-ranking military officer inspiring the CWACs, and to Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses

Actress Sonja Smits, athlete Hayley Wickenheiser, children's writer Robert Munsch and politician Jean Chrétien are famous Canadians who have adopted children.

Murdering a newborn baby, what could be more depraved? A woman killing a child she gave birth to is unthinkable, yet it happens. Infant homicide is a horrific crime.

Julie Angus (nee Wafaei) and her husband Colin Angus rowed across the Atlantic Ocean as part of an ongoing exploration of he natural world.

Runners with a passion for visiting China and enough training, time and money, can make 2009 the year to run 26.2 miles of The Great Wall Marathon®.

Margaret Marshall Saunders wrote the first Canadian book to become a best seller internationally.

Researchers are finding ways of assessing how well or poorly people live by looking beyond economic indicators.

The Inuit culture is something to be highly valued. Canada's Arctic gives Canada its Nordic identity. Would Canada be Canada without its north?

Elections are being held in Canada and in the U. S. this autumn. Although American politics dominate mainstream news, Canadians need to be attentive to issues at home.

Nelson and New Denver, BC, attracted massive backlashes when they tried to erect statues commemorating historic social events and injustices some preferred to forget.

More than 30 years after the feminist movement took hold in North America, women continue to battle for pay equality in the workplace. But the situation is getting worse.

Women with cosmetic implants are reported to have an increased suicide rate and mortality compared with the general population. Why is this so?

As a preview to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, this year's ISU World Figure Skating Championships showcased extremely talented, athletic, and focused women.

Martha Burns and Susan Coyne started doing it a year ago. How Are You? was their 17 minute short film based on a few transformative moments in an ordinary women's day.

Ella Cora Hind is remembered for her journalism, her uncanny knowledge of agriculture in western Canada, and for her work in support of women's rights.