The Grey Highlands Public Library has created this website about a political pioneer in Canada. You will find biographical information, photographs and documents about Agnes Macphail, the first woman elected to Canadian Parliament.
In this short documentary, Buffy St. Marie candidly discusses her hopes, creative vision and songwriting skills, as well as her role as an Aboriginal activist.
Learn more about Canada's one and only female Prime Minister. The Canadian Encyclopedia has this detailed profile of Kim Campbell, including her political career.
Pickford was one of the first actors to star in movies and became one of the most renowned stars of the silent film era. She was a trailblazer for women in the motion picture industry.
In this 20 minute video, you can learn about the life of Emily Carr and "her beloved landscape of British Colombia from childhood talent through struggles for acceptance in a male-dominated art world." (site)
A 20 min video that explores the life of the creator of the most famous literary orphan in the world, Lucy Maud Montgomery's life was not as rosy as her stories.
A 20 minute documentary focuses on McClung's whirlwind career as women's suffrage and temperance activist set her place as one of the most important women in Canadian history.
Elsie MacGill was the world’s first female aeronautical engineer and Canada’s first practicing woman engineer. She oversaw Canada’s production of Hawker Hurricane aircrafts at the Canadian Car & Foundry factory during the Second World War.
This lesson includes a Heritage Minute video about Emily Murphy and her quest to have women recognized as "persons" in Canada. There are also learning resources for teachers to access.
This Historica Heritage Minute, created in 2016, tells the story of Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak. It tells how she started creating her art which now hangs in galleries around the world.
Montgomery's works are internationally recognized as touchstones for Canadian culture. The L.M. Montgomery Institute is dedicated to the study of L.M. Montgomery's life, work and influences.
Mabel Robinson broke barriers back in the 40s when she became the first woman in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, to launch her own business—a hairdressing salon where she still provides shampoo-n-sets over 70 years later.
In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer's fiction and what motivates her characters.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a writer, educator, lawyer, abolitionist and the first black newspaperwoman in North America. She founded her newspaper in Canada.
This short documentary looks at the lives of Tegan and Sara as artists, as individuals, as sisters, as queer women, and as leading activists in the LGBTQ community.
This short film explores the passions of singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan, using her own words and drawings to guide us through her rich creative world, the founding of the groundbreaking Lilith Fair, and her philanthropic work.
Thérèse Casgrain was a reformer, activist, and politician. Best remembered as one of the leaders of the campaign for women's suffrage in Québec, she had a long political career and vigorously fought against social, economic and political injustices affecting both women and men.
Mary Two-Axe Earley was a pioneer and architect of the Canadian women’s movement. Her political activism helped to forge a coalition of allies to challenge Canadian laws that discriminated against Indigenous women.
Michelle Douglas joined the Canadian military in 1986 but was dismissed in 1989 for being “Not Advantageously Employable Due to Homosexuality.” She sued the Department of National Defence. In 1992, just before her case went to trial, the Canadian military abandoned its policy banning gays and lesbians and settled out of court.
In this video, you'll learn about Rosemary Brown who is Canada's first Black female member of a provincial legislature and the first woman to run for leadership of a federal political party.