Biographies of Canadian Women in Science 

Canadian women have been active participants in a broad spectrum of scientific endeavour for several hundred years. The Library and Archives Canada has compiled biographies of 15 notable scientists. Medicine, architecture, engineering, aeronautical, biological and agricultural sciences are among the fields in which these women worked. Many of them faced enormous challenges in their personal and professional lives. Despite these challenges, they have made significant contributions to scientific research, achieved firsts in their fields and furthered the advancement of women in non-traditional areas of activity.

Read more about the following pioneering women here:

Maude Abbott Physician
Roberta Bondar Astronaut
Carrie Derick Botanist; (First Canadian Female University Professor)
Ursula Franklin Physicist
Monique Frize Electrical Engineer
Jean Goodwill Nurse
Esther Marjorie Hill Architect
Irma LeVasseur Physician
Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill Engineer (first woman aircraft designer in the world)
Jeanne Mance Nurse
Margaret Newton Plant Pathologist
Julie Payette Astronaut
Marie-Henriette LeJeune Ross Midwife and Healer
Irene Ayako Uchida Geneticist
Alice Wilson Geologist