https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1 Made with panache en-us 2019-05-07 17:45:39 UTC 2023-02-09 00:07:49 UTC hello@padlet.com vanea2592 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357756169 2019-05-07 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357756169 novoa2981 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357756395 2019-05-07 17:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357756395 novoa2981 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357757106 She was born in Vancouver on march 27, 1905 and died on November 4, 1980]]> 2019-05-07 17:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357757106 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357758150 She was an engineer, consultant, advisor, author, commissioner and a strong advocate for womens rights.]]> 2019-05-07 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357758150 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357759898 First woman to receive an Eletrical Engineering degree in Canada from the University of Toronto]]> 2019-05-07 18:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357759898 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357761358 In 1929, Elsie was diagnosed with a form of polio called acute infantile myelitis. She was advised that she would not be able to walk again. This diagnoses did not stop her from acheving her goals.]]> 2019-05-07 18:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357761358 novoa2981 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357762739 She was a feminists and was the first woman to graduate from electrical engineering at the University of Toronto. She headed the Canadian production of Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during the Second World War.]]> 2019-05-07 18:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357762739 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357763839 In 1943, Elsie was apart of the design team that created the design for the first all metal aircraft in Canada.]]> 2019-05-07 18:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357763839 novoa2981 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357766033 during the war they were of short supply of planes so they turned to her for help. She lead the fighter plane production during WW2]]> 2019-05-07 18:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357766033 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357766787 The first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree in Canada, the first practicing woman engineer in Canada and the first woman aircraft designer in the world]]> 2019-05-07 18:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357766787 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357767410 She was elected as the first woman corporate member of the Engineering Institute of Canada]]> 2019-05-07 18:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357767410 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357767600 Elsie was born in Vancouver, on the 27 March 1905. She was the first of two girls and also a sister to two half-brothers. Elsie was a keen student, entering the University of Toronto in 1923. She graduated four years later as the first woman to graduate from the engineering dept. with an electrical engineering degree (age 22).]]> 2019-05-07 18:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/357767600 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358156367 Elsie went on to build her own engineering company. She also became a Canadian representative in the international aviation organisation. She also notched up another first as a technical adviser on aircraft airworthiness.]]> 2019-05-08 17:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358156367 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358157827 2019-05-08 17:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358157827 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358158328 https://comoxairforcemuseum.ca/from-the-gallery-elsie-macgill-a-canadian-icon/]]> 2019-05-08 17:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358158328 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358160631 2019-05-08 17:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358160631 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358161718 2019-05-08 17:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358161718 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358162145 2019-05-08 17:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358162145 vanea2592 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358163697 The Hawker Hurricane was a fighter plane during the second world war. She lead the Canadian production of the plane in Canada. ]]> 2019-05-08 17:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358163697 vanea2592 https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358166293 When she was diagnosed with polio  she was prevented from becoming a pilot herself. 
From book "Greatest Canadian Female Trailblazers"]]> 2019-05-08 17:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/novoa2981/zygwr0ha5uj1/wish/358166293