Profiles of Canadian Women in Science

Elizabeth Cannon – Pure and Applied Mathematics

Geomatics Engineer and world expert in the research and development of satellite navigation tools using GPS

Doreen Kimura – Psychology

World expert on sex differences in the brain. Wrote the book Roberta Lynn Bondar – Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science

First Canadian woman astronaut in space

Maria Anna Stuchly – Biomedical Engineering

An internationally respected authority in the field of bioelectromagnetics

Janet Rossant – Cell Biology

A world leader in developmental biology

Shirley Marie Tilghman – Molecular Biology

Molecular biologist; conducted pioneering research on the role genes play in the development of the mammalian embryo

Sandra Witelson – Medicine

Neuroscience, biological basis for cognition in male and femal brains

Alexandra (Hubbard) Morton – Evolution and Ecology

Famous for studying orca whales and proving the effects of sea lice from salmon farms on wild Pacific salmon numbers

Memory Elvin-Lewis – Botany

Ethnobotanist and Infectious Disease Microbiologist: Dr. Elvin-Lewis is an expert on evaluating traditional medicines and their use

Biruté Galdikas – Zoology, Animals, Physiology, Metabolism

World’s foremost authority on orangutans

Catherine Kallin – General Physics, Subatomic Particles, Optics, Biophysics, Theoretical Physics

Physicist: Contributed to the theory of high temperature superconductors

Alice Virginia Payne – Mining and Mineral Processing

Contributed to mineral and petroleum geology, encouraged women to pursue career in science

Martha Eva Salcudean – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Internationally recognized expert in computational fluid dynamics, Canada’s first female head of a university engineering department