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1925 artwork of the ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï downtown campus / Å’uvre d'art de 1925 du campus du centre-ville de l'Université ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï
Event

Ingrid Birker - Women in Science at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï

Monday, February 9, 2015 17:00
Redpath Museum Auditorium, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA

The James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society and Sigma Xi ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï-Montreal Chapter presents the Maysie MacSporran Annual Lecture

Women in Science at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï

by Ingrid Birker

From early figures like Harriet Brooks and Maude Abbott to the present, women have been playing an increasingly prominent role in Science at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

Ingrid Birker is Science Outreach Program Administrator, Faculty of Science, and is particularly well known for public education and programs at the Redpath Museum.

All are welcome


The Maysie MacSporran Annual Lecture

Born into an established Montreal family, Maysie MacSporran (1903-2000) was educated at ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï. In 1930, assisted by a scholarship from the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, she received an M.A. in History for her ground-breaking study of James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï.

For many years she taught at a local private school, Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s, eventually becoming its Head Mistress. A long-time member of the James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society, attending its functions and asking pertinent questions well into her nineties, Miss MacSporran was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in 1993. In addition to establishing such things as a series of Fellowships in the Faculty of Medicine, her gifts to the University permitted the Society to institute, in 2001, the Maysie MacSporran Annual Lecture, thereby ensuring that her memory will continue into perpetuity.

Maysie MacSporran was a well-known and respected figure, with a wide circle of friends, who will long be cherished for her forthright and friendly manner, and generosity of spirit.


James ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Society: One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Meeting

Monday, February 9, 2015

Reception: 5:00 p.m. in the Redpath Museum Auditorium.
Presentation: 5:45 p.m.


The second group of five women to graduate from ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï in 1889. Maude Abbott, who went on to become Canada’s leading cardiologist, is in the back row, right side.

Illustration

The second group of five women to graduate from ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï in 1889.

Maude Abbott, who went on to become Canada’s leading cardiologist, is in the back row, right side.

The photo was taken at Notman Photographic Studios and is now held as part of the McCord Museum.

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