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141-565: In February 1921, a women's North American championship series was played in conjunction with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association . The Vancouver Amazons from the 1920s became one of the first professional teams. They were the first women's hockey team from Vancouver to participate in the invitational women's hockey tournament sponsored by the Banff Winter Carnival . On December 16, 1922, a meeting

282-638: A $ 200 million donation to fund the creation of the McCall MacBain Scholarships programme, the then-largest single philanthropic gift to a Canadian University, until it was surpassed in 2020 by a $ 250 million donation by James and Louise Temerty to the University of Toronto . McGill University has an acceptance rate of 38.1 per cent and a graduate acceptance rate of 29.2 per cent, with an enrolment rate of 19 per cent of all applicants. 22 per cent of all students are enrolled in

423-550: A Doctoral-level degree, respectively. There is a high international student presence, since over 1 in 5 students are from outside Canada. The campus is considered by many to be quieter than the Downtown Montreal campus. The Morgan Arboretum and the J. S. Marshall Radar Observatory are nearby. The Morgan Arboretum was created in 1945. It is a 2.5-square-kilometre (0.965 sq mi) forested reserve. Its mandated goals are to continue research related to maintaining

564-522: A Doctorate of Medicine and Surgery, in 1833; this was also the first medical degree to be awarded in Canada. The Faculty of Medicine remained the school's only functioning faculty until 1843 when the Faculty of Arts commenced teaching in the newly constructed Arts Building and East Wing (Dawson Hall). The Faculty of Law was founded in 1848 and is also the oldest of its kind in the nation. In 1896,

705-541: A Subarctic Research Station in Schefferville, Quebec . McGill's Gault Nature Reserve ( 45°32′N 73°10′W  /  45.533°N 73.167°W  / 45.533; -73.167 ) spans over 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) of forest land, the largest remaining remnant of the primeval forests of the St. Lawrence River Valley . The first scientific studies at the site occurred in 1859. The site has been

846-674: A championship trophy. The trophy would be contested between the Edmonton Rustlers and the Preston Rivulettes . Presidents of the DWAHA were Myrtle Cook-McGowan before 1937, Bobbie Rosenfeld from 1937 to 1939, and Mary Dunn in 1940. The DWAHA sought to grow its membership to include all provinces in Canada, and to use the national playoffs for the Lady Bessborough Trophy to raise funds and increase

987-759: A few years of play, the league was accepted by the Stanley Cup trustees as being of a high enough standard that teams from its league were accepted for Stanley Cup challenges. Starting in 1915, the league entered into an agreement where the Stanley Cup was to be contested between the National Hockey Association and the PCHA after the regular seasons were finished. The league struggled to make money, and various teams moved into different cities in an attempt to be successful financially. Eventually,

1128-546: A further agreement, the champions of each league would face each other for the Stanley Cup. After the 1914 season, league champion Victoria came east to play the first "World Series of hockey" challenge series with the Toronto Blueshirts for the Stanley Cup . After the series, the Stanley Cup trustees came to agreement with the NHA and PCHA and the challenge era of the Stanley Cup came to an end. Yearly playoffs between

1269-618: A member of the team suggested hockey. The story is that an onlooker scoffed at the idea and challenged them. The first nine members of the team were: The Rivulettes played teams from Ontario cities such as Toronto, Kitchener, Stratford, London, Hamilton, Guelph and Port Dover. Over the years, other players represented the Rivulettes team. These included: Violet Hall, Sheila Lahey, Gladys Hawkins, Norma Hipel, Ruth Dargel, Elvas Williams, Fay Hilborn, Winnie Makcrow and Eleanor Fairgrieves, Midge Robertson and Marie Bielstein. Between 1930 and 1940,

1410-501: A multitude of activities and events to integrate students into the University's community. McGill is the home to more than 10,000 foreign students who make up of more than 27 per cent of the student population. The McGill endowment provides approximately 10 per cent of the school's annual operating revenues. McGill's endowment rests within the top 10 per cent of all North American post-secondary institutions' endowments. As of 2022,

1551-456: A name for herself in ice hockey. She cut her hair short and pretended to be a boy in order to play with the St. Catharines Teepees, in a boys league. Once it was discovered that Hoffman was masquerading as a boy, the story made headlines around the world. An Ontario Supreme Court decision barred her from participating, although her parents challenged the league's "boys only" rule, but the league's policy

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1692-483: A park-like campus (also known as the Lower Campus) north of Sherbrooke Street and south of Pine Avenue between Peel and Aylmer streets. The campus extends west of Peel Street (also known as Upper Campus) for several blocks, starting north of Doctor Penfield ; the campus also streches east of University Street , starting north of Pine Avenue, an area that includes McGill's Percival Molson Memorial Stadium and

1833-402: A possible 180 points. Of those students who entered with a bachelor's degree, the median GPA was 86 per cent (3.8/4.0), and of those students entering from CEGEP, the average R-score was 34.29. For medical students in the 2020 entering class, of those students who entered with a bachelor's degree, the average GPA was 3.88 out of 4.0, and of those students entering from CEGEP, the average R-score

1974-561: A salary cap. The salary attracted some Canadian players such as Kelly Babstock . The league ran into financial issues during its second season leading to the league cutting salaries by half. After the dissolution of the CWHL in 2019, the NWHL announced its intentions of placing expansion teams in Toronto and Montreal. The Toronto Six became the first Canadian expansion team, joining the league for

2115-669: A second full-time position in this area, the Director of Sustainability in addition to the Sustainability Officer. Recent efforts in implementing its sustainable development plan include the new Life Sciences Centre which was built with LEED-Silver certification and a green roof, as well as an increase in parking rates in January 2008 to fund other sustainability projects. Other student projects include The Flat: Bike Collective, which promotes alternative transportation, and

2256-603: A situation similar to the few other Canadian universities and early American colleges of the age. The University's athletic facilities, including Molson Stadium , are on Mount Royal, near the residence halls and the Montreal Neurological Institute. The Gymnasium is named in honour of General Sir Arthur William Currie . McGill's residence system comprises 16 properties providing dormitories, apartments, and hotel-style housing to approximately 3,100 undergraduate students and some graduate students from

2397-652: A strategy to lobby the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for the creation of a Women's World Championship. The first IIHF-sanctioned tournament was held in Ottawa, Ontario in 1990 . Women's hockey was included in the Olympics for the first time in 1998. Lord Stanley of Preston's daughter, Lady Isobel Stanley , was a pioneer in the women's game and was one of the first females to be photographed using puck and stick (around 1890) on

2538-588: A team from Victoria, referred to in the Victoria Colonist as the Victoria and Island Athletic Association ladies team defeated a team from the University of British Columbia. This was the first reported occurrence of women's ice hockey in Victoria since 1914. In February 1921, Frank Patrick announced a women's international championship series that would be played in conjunction with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association . The three teams that competed were

2679-477: A unifying element. A number of these buildings are connected by indoor tunnels. The University's first classes were held in at Burnside Place, James McGill's country home. Burnside Place remained the sole educational facility until the 1840s, when the school began construction on its first buildings: the central and east wings of the Arts Building. The rest of the campus was essentially a cow pasture ,

2820-632: A will leaving his "Burnside estate", a 19-hectare (47-acre) tract of rural land and 10,000 pounds to the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning. As a condition of the bequest, the land and funds had to be used for the establishment of a "University or College, for the purposes of Education and the Advancement of Learning in the said Province." The will specified a private, constituent college bearing his name would have to be established within ten years of his death; otherwise,

2961-486: A woman was done in Canada. The hat trick was scored in 35 seconds. This was accomplished in Canada by Melissa Horvat. At the time, she played for the Burlington 1 Bantams. Said hat trick was scored against Stoney Creek in Burlington, Ontario, on March 4, 2006 With the involvement of future Olympian Stacy Wilson , various women at Acadia University formed a women's hockey team in 1984. There was no varsity hockey team at

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3102-541: A yearly salary of $ 1,800, the top salary of any player at the time. For the 1912–13 season the PCHA continued to raid the east for players. Besides Taylor, Goldie Prodgers , Eddie Oatman , Jack McDonald and Ernie Johnson moved out west, although Newsy Lalonde returned to Montreal. The New Westminster rink, to be built by local interests, was not ready and the Royals continued to play in Vancouver. Victoria would win

3243-480: Is an English-language public research University located in Montreal, Quebec , Canada . Founded in 1821 by royal charter , the University bears the name of James McGill , a Scottish merchant, whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College . In 1885, the name was officially changed to McGill University. Currently, McGill has an enrollment of close to 35,000 students. Its main campus

3384-497: Is credited as being the first goaltender ever to wear a mask for protection. She used the mask in 1927, and the use of the mask was in the Montreal Daily Star . She actually wore a fencing mask and the speculation is that she had used the mask as a means of protecting dental work that had been recently performed. Abigail "Abby" Hoffman , gold medallist in the 880 yard event at the 1966 Commonwealth Games , first made

3525-418: Is notably different from an instructor-led approach, and tasks seniors exploring educational interest as either study group moderators or participants. The program brings together hundreds of senior members yearly and has acted as a springboard for numerous senior-led initiatives such as social events, educational symposiums, and cultural festivals, including an internationally recognized yearly Bloomsday event on

3666-611: Is on the slope of Mount Royal in downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie , with a second campus situated in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the main campus on Montreal Island. The University is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States, alongside the University of Toronto , and is the only Canadian member of

3807-612: Is the corporate identity that runs the University and its various constituent bodies, including the former Macdonald College (now Macdonald Campus), the Montreal Neurological Institute , and the Royal Victoria College (the former women's college turned residence). Since the revised Royal Charter of 1852, the trustees of the RIAL are the board of governors of McGill University. James McGill

3948-589: Is the neighbourhood directly to the east of the downtown campus. Students have also moved to areas such as Mile End , The Plateau , and even as far as Verdun because of rising rent prices. Many first-year students live in the Upper Residence. Royal Victoria College opened as a residential college for women in 1899, but its Tower section became mixed gender in September 2010 while its West Wing remains strictly for women. The college's original building

4089-476: The 2020–21 season . However, in 2019 hundreds of prominent women's players, including Canadian and American Olympians, founded the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA) and opted to boycott existing leagues, including the NWHL, in pursuit of a unified, financially stable professional league. Pacific Coast Hockey Association The Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA )

4230-793: The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences , Faculty of Dentistry , Faculty of Medicine , Faculty of Education , Faculty of Law , Schulich School of Music , and the Faculty of Religious Studies . Since the 1880s, McGill has been affiliated with three Theological Colleges ; the Montreal Diocesan Theological College ( Anglican Church of Canada ), The Presbyterian College, Montreal ( Presbyterian Church in Canada ), and United Theological College ( United Church of Canada ). The University's Faculty of Religious Studies maintains additional affiliations with other theological institutions and organizations, such as

4371-586: The Faculty of Arts , McGill's largest academic unit. Of the other larger faculties, the Faculty of Science enrols 15 per cent, the Faculty of Medicine enrols 13 per cent, the School of Continuing Studies enrols 12 per cent, the Faculty of Engineering and the Desautels Faculty of Management enrol about 10 per cent each. The remainder of all students are enrolled in McGill's smaller schools, including

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4512-878: The Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within the World Economic Forum . The University offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study. Most students are enrolled in the six largest faculties: Arts , Science , Medicine , Education , Engineering , and Management . McGill alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 12 Nobel laureates and 148 Rhodes Scholars , the current prime minister and two former prime ministers of Canada , and two Governors General of Canada . McGill alumni also include 9 Academy Award winners, 13 Grammy Award winners, 13 Emmy Award winners, four Pulitzer Prize winners, and 121 Olympians with over 35 Olympic medals. The Royal Institution for

4653-549: The High School of Montreal . By the mid-19th century, the RIAL had lost control of the other eighty-two grammar schools it had administered. However, in 1853 it took over the High School of Montreal from the school's board of directors and continued to operate it until 1870. Thereafter, its sole remaining purpose was to administer the McGill bequest on behalf of the private college. The RIAL continues to exist today; it

4794-460: The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The first overall selection was former Ohio State hockey player and Olympic gold medalist Tessa Bonhomme . A new National Women's Hockey League , launched in 2015 in the United States, was the first women's league to pay a salary. In the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, the CWHL began paying a small stipend to the players as well following an expansion of

4935-713: The Jewish General Hospital , the Douglas Hospital , St. Mary's Hospital Centre , Lachine Hospital , LaSalle Hospital , Lakeshore General Hospital , as well as health care facilities part of the CISSS. The University's academic units are organized into 11 main Faculties and 13 Schools. These include the School of Architecture , the School of Computer Science , the School of Information Studies ,

5076-507: The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ), began funding separate lectures for women, given by University staff members. The first degrees granted to women at McGill were conferred in 1888. In 1899, the Royal Victoria College (RVC) opened as a residential college for women at McGill with Hilda D. Oakeley as the head. Until the 1970s, all female undergraduate students, known as "Donaldas," were considered to be members of RVC. Beginning in

5217-569: The McGill School of Architecture was the second architecture school to be established in Canada, six years after the University of Toronto in 1890. Sir John William Dawson , McGill's principal from 1855 to 1893, is often credited with transforming the school into a modern University. William Spier designed the addition of the West Wing of the Arts Building for William Molson, 1861. Alexander Francis Dunlop designed major alterations to

5358-590: The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital . The community immediately east of University Street and south of Pine Avenue is known as Milton-Park , where a large number of students reside. The campus is near the Peel and McGill Metro stations. A major downtown boulevard, McGill College Avenue , leads up to the Roddick Gates, the University's formal entrance. Many of the major University buildings were constructed using local grey limestone , which serves as

5499-505: The Montreal School of Theology . Among Canadian universities, McGill undergraduates have the fifth highest average entering grades among high school and CEGEP students entering from their home province. Among admitted students, the median Quebec CEGEP R-score was 31.9, while the median grade 12 averages for students entering McGill from outside of Quebec ranged between 93.2 per cent and 94.4 per cent (A). For American students,

5640-611: The Preston Rivulettes in March 1937 at Maple Leaf Gardens but were prevented to. The Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association intervened and ask that the Avenue Grills ladies team join the DWAHA. When the Avenue Grills refused to, a ladies team from Winnipeg was chosen to play the Rivulettes. The Eastern Ladies Hockey League, which played their first match on December 13, 1915, were also known as La ligue du hockey des dames de Montréal. The fastest ice hockey hat trick scored by

5781-549: The Toronto Blueshirts . Five players from Toronto became the core of the new Seattle team. In 1918, the PCHA introduced playoffs for the first time. Until that year, the team with the best record over the season had been declared the champion and challenged for the Stanley Cup. With the creation of playoffs, it was the winner in the post-season who would be league champion. In 1921, the Western Canada Hockey League , another western major league of hockey,

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5922-554: The academic dress of McGill University . McGill's motto is Grandescunt Aucta Labore , Latin for "By work, all things increase and grow" (literally, "Things grown great increase by work," that is, things that grow to be great do so by means of work). The official school song is entitled "Hail, Alma Mater ." McGill maintains ties with more than 160 partner universities where students can study abroad for either one or two semesters. Each year, McGill hosts around 500 incoming exchange students from over 32 countries. The University offers

6063-504: The 'Lady Meredith Cup', the first ice hockey trophy in Canada to be competed for between women in ankle-length skirts. Lady Meredith (the wife of Sir Vincent Meredith ) was the first cousin of Sir H. Montagu Allan who had donated the Allan Cup for men's amateur ice hockey in 1908. In the 1910s, women's ice hockey is known to have been played in Victoria, British Columbia. Elizabeth Graham would play ice hockey for Queen's University and

6204-494: The 1960s McGill has experienced government funding curtailment. According to a 2016 report, McGill had a $ 1.3 billion deferred maintenance bill. The report also identified that 73 per cent of the University's buildings were in poor or very poor shape. McGill University, alongside other universities like the Université de Montréal and the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine , had longstanding quotas in place from 1920 to

6345-660: The Advancement of Learning (RIAL) was created in 1801 under an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (41 George III Chapter 17), An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province . The RIAL was initially authorized to operate two new Royal Grammar Schools, in Quebec City and in Montreal. This was a turning point for public education in Lower Canada as

6486-673: The Alpine Cup. In mid January 1921, the city of Calgary introduced its own winter carnival to compete with the Banff Winter Carnival. A women's ice hockey game was featured. The Calgary Regents defeated a team from Fernie. During the 1936–37 season, the Calgary Avenue Grills (named after their sponsor, the Avenue Grill restaurant) were the provincial champions of Alberta. They were scheduled to play

6627-511: The Banff tournament in 1922, Elizabeth Hinds, became the first woman from British Columbia to score a hat trick in a game Phebe Senkler was captain of the Amazons and her sister Norah played on defence. The forwards were Kathleen Carson and Nan Griffith, while the goaltender was Amelia Voitkevic. The bench featured Lorraine Cannon and Mayme Leahy. The Amazons qualified for the 1922 final and played

6768-538: The Calgary Regents. In the third period, the Amazons were down 1–0, and Kathleen Carson tied the game. Carson would score the game-winning goal in overtime and were awarded the Alpine Cup. The Alerts began play in 1915, taking advantage of the downturn in men's hockey due to the First World War. The team became popular, drawing thousands of fans. In 1917, the team travelled to Pittsburgh and defeated

6909-692: The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association held a meeting in Port Arthur. The Association voted not to give women official recognition as hockey players. In 1927, LOHA president Janet Allen, and LOHA treasurer Bobbie Rosenfeld attended the 38th meeting of the Ontario Hockey Association and asked the OHA to help endorse the league. In the process, they announced that if the OHA would help boost its membership,

7050-704: The December 16 meeting, Frank McEwen, president of the Toronto Hockey League, presided over the meeting. Members from ladies clubs in London, Ontario and St. Thomas, Ontario were present. A letter from the Ottawa Alerts ladies club was presented, indicating their interest to join. In 1923, Janet Allen was the first female to be elected LOHA president. In autumn of 1923, the LOHA suffered a setback when

7191-458: The Divorce of LGB from T. It was led by McGill alumnus Robert Wintemute. Transgender activist groups stormed the talk at McGill led by a speaker associated with a group they claimed was "notoriously transphobic and trans-exclusionary." The talk was cancelled shortly after it started. McGill's main campus is located in downtown Montreal at the foot of Mount Royal . Most of its buildings are in

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7332-499: The East Wing of McGill College (now called the Arts Building, McGill University) for Prof. Bovey and the Science Dept., 1888. George Allan Ross designed the Pathology Building, 1922–23; the Neurological Institute, 1933; Neurological Institute addition 1938 at McGill University. Jean Julien Perrault (architect) designed the McTavish Street residence for Charles E. Gravel, which is now called David Thompson House (1934). Women's education at McGill began in 1884 when Donald Smith (later

7473-412: The Edmonton Ladies Hockey Team was the first Canadian women's hockey team to endorse a commercial product. In an 1899 team photo, the Ladies Club is pictured lacing up Starr Acme Club skates. In the winter of 1937, intergender matches were contested in Alberta. A ladies club from Nanton, Alberta was formed and they defeated a local men's club by a 3–2 score. In High River, Alberta, a high school girls team

7614-465: The Farmer's Market, which occurs during the fall harvest. Founded in 1989, the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL) is an educational community for senior learners housed in the McGill School of Continuing Studies. The program was founded by Fiona Clark, then-assistant director of continuing studies at McGill, and drew inspiration from horizontal peer-led programs, including the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement. Its educational model

7755-431: The Female Council, a subsect of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , representing female hockey in Canada. In April 1987, Toronto, Ontario hosted the first ever Women's World Championship , though the tournament was not recognized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . The Ontario Women's Hockey Association hosted the tournament. During the tournament, representatives from participating nations met to establish

7896-429: The Institute of Parasitology, and the McGill School of Environment. As of fall 2020, despite a decrease in enrollment from the previous year's 1,962 students, the campus has a total of 1,892 actively enrolled students, including those studying part-time and full-time, across all available programs. Of the total, 1,212 students are pursuing an undergraduate degree, 374 are pursuing a Masters-level degree, and 248 are pursuing

8037-453: The LOHA B League. Atkins wanted Dudley to help increase membership by encouraging ladies teams from Northwestern and Western Ontario to join. Despite the appeal, by 1941, the LOHA was dissolved and it amalgamated with the Ontario branch of the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation. The Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association (DWAHA) was founded in winter 1933. Lady Bessborough , the wife of Governor General of Canada Lord Bessborough donated

8178-478: The LOHA because they felt they had no chance of winning. The Rivulettes success caused the number of member teams to decrease. The decision was for the LOHA to create an A League and a B League. The B League would include first year teams, and teams that were not at a high skill level. LOHA president Bobbie Rosenfeld found it to be the only way to increase the number of member teams. In 1939, new LOHA president Roxy Atkins appealed to past OHA president Dudley to promote

8319-438: The LOHA would create a provincial championship for its member teams. The Preston Rivulettes would join the LOHA in 1931. Although their early success would promote women's hockey, by 1938, their later success would prove to be an organization challenge to the LOHA governing body. From 1931 to 1935, the Rivulettes were undefeated and won five consecutive provincial championships. Many ladies teams in Ontario did not want to join

8460-424: The Lady Bessborough Trophy (given to Canadian Champions) six times. The Rivulettes were invited to play games in 1939 in Europe, but were unable due to the start of World War II . In 1963, the club was inducted into the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame. The 1900 Carnival would see the debut of the Rossland Ladies Hockey Team (women could join the team for fifty cents, while men would be given an honorary membership for

8601-457: The M.A. and PhD degrees. The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) oversees the admission and registration of graduate students (both master's and PhD). The McGill coat of arms is derived from an armorial device assumed during his lifetime by the founder of the University, James McGill. It was designed in 1906 by Percy Nobbs , three years into his term as director of the University's School of Architecture . The University's patent of arms

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8742-484: The MUHC on the site of an old CP rail yard adjacent to the Vendôme Metro station. This site, known as Glen Yards, comprises 170,000 square metres (1,800,000 sq ft) and spans portions of Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood and the city of Westmount . The Glen Yards project has been controversial due to local opposition to the project, environmental issues, and the project's cost. In 2007, McGill premiered its Office of Sustainability and added

8883-465: The McGill War Memorial Hall depicts the figure of St. Michael and the badges of the Navy, Army and the Air Force. A Great War memorial window featuring Saint George and a slain dragon at the entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art is dedicated to the memory of 23 members of the McGill chapter of Delta Upsilon who gave their lives in the Great War. There is a memorial archway at Macdonald Campus , two additional floors added to

9024-526: The McGill campus for the later two years for their degree course. Dawson eventually became independent of McGill and evolved into the first English CEGEP in Quebec. Another CEGEP, John Abbott College , was established in 1971 at the campus of McGill's Macdonald College. Both founders of the University of Alberta , Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory , were also McGill alumni. In addition, McGill alumni and professors, Sir William Osler and Howard Atwood Kelly , were among

9165-400: The McGill downtown campus in Montreal, collaboration with the Université du Québec en Outaouais made it possible to offer the program entirely in Gatineau. In 2006, the Quebec government initiated a $ 1.6 billion LEED redevelopment project for the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The project will expand facilities to two separate campuses and consolidate the various hospitals of

9306-444: The Moncton Blades (later known as the Maritime Blades). New Brunswick did not have a senior women's hockey league, therefore, the Blades were forced to arrange competitive games against men's minor hockey teams and men's old-timer teams. In order to play competitive hockey against other women, the Blades had to travel to Quebec. From 1988 to 1998, the Blades represented New Brunswick at the Women's National Hockey Championship. A member of

9447-437: The Patrick brothers to sell players or, in the case of the Portland Rosebuds and the Victoria Cougars , the team itself. The expansion Chicago Black Hawks bought the Rosebud players for a reported $ 15,000, while the expansion Detroit team bought the Victoria players for $ 25,000 and named itself the Detroit Cougars in tribute; this team became the present-day Detroit Red Wings . The league introduced numerous innovations to

9588-455: The Polar Milk Maids in a three-game "world series". In 1922, they joined the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association and won the Association's first championship title in 1923. On December 16, 1922, a meeting was held to announce the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association was formed. The organization was structured similarly to the Ontario Women's Softball Association in which women would run the organization but men served in an advisory capacity. During

9729-510: The Regents. The defeat of the Regents would allow the Edmonton Monarchs to win the tournament. In 1919, the Calgary Patricias were formed but they were never able to usurp the Calgary Regents as a better team. The Regents would win the Banff Winter Carnival tournament in 1919, 1920 and 1921. In addition, the Regents would go undefeated for four years. In February 1921, the wrote to Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president H. J. Sterling seeking recognition and approval to enter tournaments. He

9870-459: The Rossland Carnival final between Rossland and a team from Grand Forks, BC was hailed as the women's championship of the world. Calgary's roots in women's hockey date back to 1908. A Swastika skating club was formed in 1909 (at the time, the swastika was considered a sign of good fortune), and formations of teams in the Calgary Collegiate Institute and Mount Royal College provided women with many opportunities to participate. Calgary's first city team

10011-435: The Rustlers in a rematch for the national championship, but the Rivulettes were unable to raise the $ 1800 necessary. By default, the Rustlers were champions. Sandor holds the recognition of having the first women's hockey team in the province. The 1900 Rossland Winter Carnival added women's hockey as an event. After 1900, the Rossland Winter Carnival was recognized as hosting the Provincial women's hockey championships. In 1911,

10152-720: The School of Human Nutrition, the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the Max Bell School of Public Policy, the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, the School of Urban Planning , and the Bieler School of Environment. They also include the Institute of Islamic Studies (established in 1952), which offers graduate courses leading to

10293-755: The Seattle Vamps competed against the Vancouver Amazons in Vancouver, and were vanquished by a 5–0 score. Two days later, the Vamps played against a team from the University of British Columbia and won the game. Jerry Reed scored three goals (a hat trick) in the game for the Vamps. In both games, the Vancouver media referred to the Seattle team as the Seattle Sweeties. The Amazons would travel to Seattle and defeat them again. On March 2, 1921,

10434-500: The Seattle team as the Seattle Sweeties. The Amazons would travel to Seattle and defeat them again. On March 2, 1921, the Vamps were defeated by the Kewpies 1–0 in Seattle. In the rematch on March 12, the Vamps travelled to Victoria. The result was a 1–1 tie, and Jerry Reed scored the goal for Seattle. The goaltender for the Vamps was Mildren Terran. After the 1921 season, the Vamps and the Kewpies ceased operations. At first, referees in

10575-656: The Stanley Cup and the following year the Seattle Metropolitans became the first American team to win the Cup—forever changing the mandate of the Cup, which had initially been to recognize the top hockey club in Canada. Relations with the NHA turned sour in 1915, with the Patricks accusing the league of reneging on their agreements. In retaliation, the PCHA again went on a raid for NHA players, particularly ones with

10716-887: The University to graduate over 1,000 students in health care each year. McGill's contract-affiliated teaching hospitals include the Montreal Children's Hospital , the Montreal General Hospital , the Montreal Neurological Hospital , the Montreal Chest Institute and the Royal Victoria Hospital which are all now part of the McGill University Health Centre . Other hospitals health care students may use include

10857-488: The Vamps were defeated by the Kewpies 1–0 in Seattle. In the rematch on March 12, the Vamps travelled to Victoria. The result was a 1–1 tie, and Jerry Reed scored the goal for Seattle. The goaltender for the Vamps was Mildren Terran. After the 1921 season, the Vamps and the Kewpies ceased operations. GP = Games Played, G = Goals , A = Assists , Pts = Points Source: Bowlsby 2012 , p. 378 McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill)

10998-412: The Vancouver Amazons, Victoria Kewpies, and Seattle Vamps. On February 21, 1921, the Seattle Vamps competed against the Vancouver Amazons in Vancouver, and were vanquished by a 5–0 score. Two days later, the Vamps played against a team from the University of British Columbia and won the game. Jerry Reed scored three goals (a hat trick) in the game for the Vamps. In both games, the Vancouver media referred to

11139-540: The Vancouver and Victoria teams. The Victoria arena would open to the public on Christmas Day 1911, and the first game of the PCHA was played on January 3, 1912, only a year after the Patricks decided to form the new league. The first league championship for the Patterson Cup trophy was won by the New Westminster Royals. The league did not challenge for the Stanley Cup the first year. Despite

11280-695: The WCHL (renamed the Western Hockey League), putting an end to the PCHA. The Victoria Cougars would win the Stanley Cup in 1925, but this win would be the last by a non-NHL team, and the last by a team from the west coast until the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007. The merged league did not last long, as the WHL was unable to match the NHL's American expansion and its player salaries, which led

11421-534: The arenas in February. Ground was broken for the arenas in April and the arenas were completed in December. Victoria's arena seated 4,000, and cost $ 110,000 and the flagship arena in Vancouver had 10,500 seats and cost $ 210,000 to build. Once it became clear that the arenas would be built in time, the Patricks raided the National Hockey Association (NHA) for players, although with only three teams and no substitutes,

11562-464: The autumn of 2010, the newer Tower section of Royal Victoria College became a mixed gender dormitory, whereas the older West Wing remains strictly for women. Both the Tower and the West Wing of Royal Victoria College form part of the University's residence system. Many students and alumni enlisted in the first wave of patriotic fervour that swept the nation in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I , but in

11703-500: The bequest would revert to the heirs of his wife. On March 31, 1821, after protracted legal battles with the Desrivières family (the heirs of his wife), McGill College received a royal charter from King George IV . The charter provided the college should be deemed and taken as a University , with the power of conferring degrees . The third Lord Bishop of Quebec , The Right Reverend Dr. George Mountain , ( DCL , Oxford )

11844-761: The business in January 1911, the Patricks decided then to form a new professional ice hockey league, risking the family fortune. The decision was made to put new rinks in Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia , locations which necessitated the use of artificial ice, as the locations' climate prevented natural ice. Three teams: the New Westminster Royals , the Victoria Senators , and the Vancouver Millionaires would be formed. The Patricks moved quickly, buying property for

11985-498: The club were defeated a ladies team from Grand Forks for the West Kootenay Championship. The Vancouver Amazons were a women's hockey team from the 1920s. They were the first women's hockey team from Vancouver to participate in the invitational women's hockey tournament sponsored by the Banff Winter Carnival. The Amazons competed in 1921. The Amazons qualified for the final that year but were defeated. The team

12126-773: The dedication ceremony, the Governor General of Canada ( Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ) laid the cornerstone. Dedicated on October 6, 1946, the Memorial Hall and adjoining Memorial Pool honour students who had enlisted and died in the First World War , and in the Second World War . In Memorial Hall, there are two Stained Glass Regimental badges, World War I and World War II Memorial Windows by Charles William Kelsey c. 1950/1. A war memorial window (1950) by Charles William Kelsey in

12267-560: The development of the women's game and generate interest in the sport. The OWHA was instrumental in organizing a national women's tournament, which began in 1982, and in hosting the first women's world tournament in 1987. The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), preceded by the NWHL and COWHL , was formed in 2007. Teams competed for the Clarkson Cup , donated by former Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson . From 2007 to 2017,

12408-464: The downtown and Macdonald campuses. With the exception of students returning as " floor fellows ," few McGill students live in residence after their first year of undergraduate study, even if they are not from the Montreal area. Most second-year students transition to off-campus apartment housing. Many students settle in the Milton-Park neighbourhood, sometimes called the "McGill Ghetto," which

12549-721: The earliest Canadian universities to field women's ice hockey teams. Queen's would later discontinue its women's teams. On March 8, 1899, an account appeared in the Ottawa Evening Journal newspaper of a game played between two women's teams of four per side at the Rideau Skating Rink in Ottawa. From 1915 to 1918 Albertine Lapensée played for the Cornwall Nationals. She is often considered Canada's first female hockey "superstar". In 1920, Lady Isobel Brenda (Allan) Meredith of Montreal donated

12690-718: The endowment is valued at $ 2.039 billion, the third-largest endowment among Canadian universities , and remains one of the largest endowments on a per-student basis. McGill launched the Campaign McGill campaign in October 2007, with the goal of raising over $ 750 million for the purpose of further "attracting and retaining top talent in Quebec, to increase access to quality education and to further enhance McGill's ability to address critical global problems." The largest goal of any Canadian University fundraising campaign at

12831-502: The entire league only had 23 players under contract (including two reserves in case of injury). All players were paid by the league, unlike the NHA with its competing teams. The PCHA distributed players amongst the teams. Newsy Lalonde of the Canadiens would be the most notable player to move west, to play for Vancouver. The league was formally organized on December 7, 1911 to be run by Frank and Lester, who would also play for and manage

12972-469: The executive director. Cartwright solicited help from several experienced hockey people including Rhonda Leeman Taylor , Bev Mallory, Carl Noble, and later on, Frank Champion Demers. Rhonda Leeman Taylor became the first Development Coordinator for the women's game in the province. Coaches were quoted in the Toronto Star that Rhonda may bring the women's game into respectability. The Abby Hoffman Cup

13113-631: The existing Sir Arthur Currie gymnasium, a hockey rink and funding for an annual Memorial Assembly. A Book of Remembrance on a marble table contains the names of those lost in both World Wars. On November 11, 2012, the McGill Remembers website launched; the University War Records Office collected documents between 1940 and 1946 related to McGill students, staff and faculty in the Second World War. McGill

13254-634: The first women's ice hockey game was played in Canada. The Women's Hockey Association claims that the city of Ottawa, Ontario hosted the first game in 1891. On February 11, 1891, one of the earliest newspaper accounts of a seven-a-side game between women appeared in the Ottawa Citizen . In the 1890s, women's ice hockey was introduced at the university level. McGill University 's women's hockey team debuted in 1894. The University of Toronto and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario were also some of

13395-402: The first. Motto: Grandescunt Aucta Labore ." The coat of arms consists of two parts, the shield and the scroll. The University publishes a guide to the use of the University's arms and motto. The University's symbol is the martlet , stemming from the presence of the mythical bird on the official arms of the University. The University's official colour is scarlet, which figures prominently in

13536-631: The formation of a women's league to complement the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The proposal included teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Portland and Seattle. The league never formed. In February 1921, Frank Patrick announced a women's international championship series that would be played in conjunction with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The three teams that competed were the Vancouver Amazons , Victoria Kewpies, and Seattle Vamps. On February 21, 1921,

13677-691: The four founders and early faculty members of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine . Osler eventually became the first Physician-in-Chief of the new Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore , Maryland, US in 1889. He led the creation of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893. Other McGill alumni founded the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in the 1880s. By 1961, McGill had an enrolment of 8,507 students and 925 graduate students. Since

13818-730: The health of the Arboretum plantations and woodlands , to develop new programs related to selecting species adapted to developing environmental conditions and to enhance biological diversity in both natural stands and plantations. In 2019, McGill announced the construction of a new campus for its Faculty of Medicine in Gatineau , Quebec, which will allow students from the Outaouais region to complete their undergraduate medical education locally and in French. Medical students began using

13959-517: The late 1960s on the number of Jews admitted to the respective universities. The quota limited the Jewish student population in medicine and law to at most 10 per cent. McGill University was the subject of controversy when in January 2023, McGill University's Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) hosted the event, titled Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate In the United Kingdom and

14100-413: The league with two Chinese teams. In 2019, the CWHL ceased operations, citing unsustainable business operations. The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), based in the United States, began in 2015 as the first professional women's hockey league to pay a base salary for all players. Funding for the new league came from sponsorship and donations, with each team initially receiving approximately $ 270,000 as

14241-631: The league, to survive, merged with the WCHL in 1924. After playing for the Renfrew Millionaires in 1910, the brothers Frank and Lester Patrick moved west to Nelson, British Columbia to work in their father Joe 's lumbering business. Lester and Frank had both played with the Nelson Hockey Club in the West Kootenay Hockey League priorly, during the 1908–09 season. After Joe Patrick decided to sell

14382-540: The leagues would become the new manner of deciding the Stanley Cup champion. In the 1914–15 season, Vancouver defeated the Ottawa Senators in a best-of-five series to become the PCHA's first Stanley Cup champions. The league expanded into the United States in 1914 ( Portland, Oregon ) and again in 1915 ( Seattle, Washington ). In 1916, the Portland Rosebuds became the first American team to play for

14523-575: The life and work of author James Joyce. McGill's Bellairs Research Institute , in Saint James, Barbados 13°10′N 59°35′W  /  13.167°N 59.583°W  / 13.167; -59.583 , is Canada's only teaching and research facility in the tropics. The institute has been in use for over 50 years. The University also operates the McGill Arctic Research Station on Axel Heiberg Island , Nunavut , and

14664-513: The median SAT scores in the verbal, mathematics, and writing sections were 730, 730, and 730, respectively. The median ACT score was 32. Due to its bilingual nature, McGill's law school does not require applicants to sit the LSAT , which is only offered in English. For students who submitted LSAT scores in the September 2019 entering class, the median LSAT score was 163 (87.8th percentile) out of

14805-474: The men's hockey system, except for Ontario which is governed by a separate women's hockey association. The Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) formed in 1975 and, though it was founded on the principles of collegialism (a collective volunteerism), it has shifted toward a professional mandate in more recent years. The province of Ontario has seen growth in the number of women participating in hockey. In 2003, there were 31,122 hockey players in female leagues in

14946-504: The natural ice rink at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. Stanley, Canada's sixth Governor General, provided the ice for women's hockey games, transforming a large lawn on the grounds of Rideau Hall into a rink. Better known for his contribution of the challenge trophy later referred to as the Stanley Cup , Lord Stanley played a significant role in the development and growth of Canadian women's hockey. There have been disputes over where

15087-544: The new facility in August 2020. The new facility is located above the emergency room at Gatineau Hospital, part of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l'Outaouais, in addition to new offices for the associated Family Medicine Unit for residency training . Although the preparatory year for students entering the undergraduate medical education program from CEGEP was initially planned to be offered solely at

15228-473: The players did not earn a salary, but their travel time, uniforms, equipment and coaches were covered by the league. Jayna Hefford became the first player in the CWHL to record 100 career points. She recorded the record-setting point milestone on January 17, 2009, in a win over the Montreal Stars . On August 12, 2010, the league hosted its first draft , following a reorganization of the league, held at

15369-625: The profile of women's hockey in Canada. The DWAHA wanted to showcase its talents by sending an all-star team to Europe to play against teams in France and England; and to petition the Canadian Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee for women's hockey to be a demonstration sport at the 1940 Winter Olympics . The Ontario Women's Hockey Association was founded in 1975 to support

15510-424: The province of Ontario. These players were part of 2,060 teams. In 1993, Ontario had 7,848 girls registered on 557 teams. As early as January 1916, Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick talked of the formation of a women's league to complement the Pacific Coast Hockey Association . The proposal included teams from Vancouver, Victoria, Portland and Seattle. The proposed league was never formed. In early January 1921,

15651-461: The raiding of the NHA, a March 1912 west coast tour of the NHA's all-stars was arranged, billed as a sort of "World Series" of hockey. The NHA all-stars included Cyclone Taylor , a marquee name in the East, who had injured his hand refereeing a benefit game for Bruce Ridpath before coming out west and didn't play the first two games. After the PCHA all-stars won the first two games 10–4 and 5–1, leaving

15792-524: The same fee). Rossland played a ladies team from Nelson and won the game by a score of 4–0. One of Rossland's most notable players was Eva Blackman. She would play numerous positions over the year including goaltender. At the 1905 Carnival, no one would challenge Rossland, so the team split into two teams and played each other. The teams were known as the Reds and the Blues. Rossland's biggest upset came in 1917 when

15933-475: The schools were created by legislation, which showed the government's willingness to support the costs of education and even the salary of a schoolmaster. This was an important first step in the creation of non-denominational schools. When James McGill died in 1813, his bequest was administered by the RIAL. In 1846 the Royal Grammar School in Quebec City closed, and the one in Montreal merged with

16074-461: The season and the club arranged for an exhibition series of the Stanley Cup champion Quebec Bulldogs . Victoria would defeat the Bulldogs, two victories to one. During the 1913–14 season, the PCHA and the NHA started to act together, coming to agreements to recognize each other's player suspensions and contracts, and instituting a controlled "draft" process to facilitate the transfer of players. In

16215-672: The series outcome in no doubt, the NHA manager Art Ross decided to let Taylor play at the Patrick's request. Taylor would put on an outstanding display of ice hockey prowess for the British Columbia fans and receive a two-minute ovation. Taylor, already rumoured to have signed with Vancouver, would later turn down a contract offer of the Ottawa Hockey Club of the NHA to join the Millionaires in December 1912 for

16356-524: The site of extensive research activities: "Today there are over 400 scientific articles, 100 graduate theses, more than 50 government reports and about 30 book chapters based on research at Mont St. Hilaire ." In addition to the McGill University Health Centre, McGill has been directly partnered with many teaching hospitals for decades and has a history of collaborating with many hospitals in Montreal. These cooperations allow

16497-422: The sport of ice hockey: The PCHA also developed a farm system for players, and were the first Canadian league to expand into the United States. The PCHA is also credited with introducing numbers to player sweaters for identification purposes (starting in 1911–12 ), but this had been had also been experimented with in the NHA at the same time. As early as January 1916, Frank and Lester Patrick talked of

16638-466: The spring of 1915—after the first wave of heavy Canadian casualties at Ypres—Hamilton Gault, the founder of the Canadian regiment and a wealthy Montreal businessman, was faced with a desperate shortage of troops. When he reached out to his friends at home for support, over two hundred were commissioned from the ranks, and many more would serve as soldiers throughout the war. On their return to Canada after

16779-545: The status of the women's competition. It is unclear when the Bernard-Harvey Trophy was later replaced, however, financial accounts of the Alpine Club of Canada indicate that the club paid for a "Carnival Cup" in 1920. Newspaper accounts of what became known as the Alpine Cup did not appear until the winter carnival of 1921. The Crescents would play their final game at the 1918 Banff Carnival and would defeat

16920-671: The team played an estimated 350 games. They lost only two and tied three. For the entire decade of the 1930s, the Rivulettes were the winners of the Bobby Rosenfeld Trophy. The trophy was given to the Ontario champions. In addition, the Rivulettes were six-time winners of the Eastern Canadian championship and the Elmer Doust Cup (the honour for winning the Eastern Canadian championship). The team also won

17061-442: The time, the campaign was officially closed on June 18, 2013, having raised more than $ 1 billion. Campaign McGill has since been surpassed by larger fundraising campaigns, such as the University of British Columbia 's $ 3 billion FORWARD campaign and the University of Toronto 's $ 4 billion Defy Gravity campaign. In 2019, McGill launched Made By McGill , a new $ 2 billion fundraising campaign. In 2019, McGill received

17202-442: The university so the team was a club team. The team wore used Acadia varsity men's hockey sweaters, and raised funds to play in a few tournaments. Wilson and her teammates were part of two Nova Scotia provincial championships. In addition, the Acadia club team represented Nova Scotia at the Women's National Championship in 1986 and 1987. After Wilson graduated from Acadia University in 1987, she began to play senior women's hockey with

17343-427: The war, Major George McDonald and Major George Currie formed the accounting firm McDonald Currie, which later became one of the founders of Price Waterhouse Coopers . Captain Percival Molson was killed in action in July 1917. Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at McGill is named in his honour. The War Memorial Hall (more generally known as Memorial Hall) is a landmark building on the campus of McGill University. At

17484-481: The women's Team Canada hockey team since the first world championship in 1990, Wilson was also instrumental in launching, with the support of the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA), the first female hockey school in 1995. The Rivulettes were inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Although there is no clear origin, speculation is that an incident occurred in 1930 at Lowther St. Arena. The Preston Rivulettes girls softball team were pondering their future and

17625-439: The women's game were male. When women fell to the ice, the male referee was expected to help them get back on their feet. Until 1914, women participating in hockey in Western Canada were expected to wear long skirts. Reporters in Western Canada would refer to women not as hockey players but as fair manipulators of the twisted hickory. The first mention of a women's ice hockey game occurred in Medicine Hat in 1897. Two years later,

17766-521: Was a professional ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States , which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was considered to be a major league of ice hockey and was important in the development of the sport of professional ice hockey through its innovations. The league was started by the Patrick family, professional hockey players from Montreal, building new arenas in Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia . After

17907-506: Was appointed the first principal of McGill College and a professor of divinity. He is also responsible for the creation of Bishop's University in 1843 and Bishop's College School in 1836 in the Eastern Townships . Although McGill College received its Royal Charter in 1821, it was inactive until 1829 when the Montreal Medical Institution, which had been founded in 1823, became the college's first academic unit and Canada's first medical school. The Faculty of Medicine granted its first degree,

18048-421: Was born in Glasgow , Scotland, on October 6, 1744. He was a successful merchant in Quebec, having matriculated into the University of Glasgow in 1756. Soon afterwards, McGill left for North America to explore the business opportunities there, especially in the fur trade. McGill was also a slave owner, and the McGill household enslaved at least five Black and Indigenous people. Between 1811 and 1813, he drew up

18189-406: Was designed by Bruce Price and its extension was designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs and George Taylor Hyde. A statue of Queen Victoria by her daughter Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll , stands in front of the building. A second campus, the Macdonald Campus , in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue houses the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science, the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition,

18330-415: Was formed, and the Stanley Cup playoffs were modified to include teams from the WCHL. The following two years, which would turn out to be the last two years of the PCHA, the league played interleague games with the WCHL. In the last year of the PCHA, all three remaining teams finished with losing records. In 1924, the Seattle Metropolitans folded, and the two remaining teams in Vancouver and Victoria joined

18471-433: Was formed. The team played a boys peewee team, also from High River, and this game was won by the boys team. The Edmonton Rustlers were winners of the 1933 Alpine Cup, and defeated the Preston Rivulettes to become National Champions. It was one of the few times that the Rivulettes ever lost a game as Hazel Case scored the game-winning goal and the Rustlers prevailed by a 3–2 score. In 1934, the Rivulettes were slated to play

18612-407: Was held to announce the formation of the Ladies Ontario Hockey Association . The Dominion Women's Amateur Hockey Association was founded in winter 1933. Lady Bessborough, the wife of Governor General of Canada Lord Bessborough donated a championship trophy. In 1978, Cookie Cartwright organized the Ontario Women's Hockey Association to generate interest in women's ice hockey. Fran Rider became

18753-458: Was incorporated in Vancouver in 1908 as the McGill University College of British Columbia . The private institution granted McGill degrees until it became the independent University of British Columbia in 1915. Dawson College began in 1945 as a satellite campus of McGill to absorb the anticipated influx of students after World War II . Many students in their first three years in the Faculty of Engineering took courses at Dawson College to relieve

18894-453: Was instrumental in founding several major universities and colleges. It established the first post-secondary institutions in British Columbia to provide degree programs to the growing cities of Vancouver and Victoria . It chartered Victoria College in 1903 as an affiliated junior college of McGill, offering first and second-year courses in arts and science, until it became today's University of Victoria . British Columbia's first University

19035-465: Was introduced in 1982 at the first Canadian National Women's Hockey Championship known as the "Shopper's Drug Mart Women's Nationals". In 1982 , the first Esso Women's Nationals occurred in Brantford, Ontario , Canada under the guidance of Rhonda Leeman Taylor , who after went on to become the first woman to sit on Hockey Canada's board of directors. The final saw Alberta and Ontario face-off, with attendance of approximately 1,600 fans. Leeman Taylor

19176-431: Was owned by Frank Patrick , who also owned the Vancouver Millionaires. Patrick would organize a tournament featuring the Amazons, the Seattle Vamps and the Victoria Kewpies. The Amazons went undefeated in the tournament and did not allow a goal. The Amazons were West Coast Women's champions. As the tournament featured a team from the United States, many consider this the first ever international women's hockey competition. At

19317-438: Was subsequently granted by the Garter King at Arms in 1922, registered in 1956 with Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh, and in 1992 with the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada . In heraldic terms, the coat of arms is described as follows: "Argent three Martlets Gules, on a chief dancette of the second, an open book proper garnished or bearing the legend In Domino Confido in letters Sable between two crowns of

19458-457: Was sympathetic to the cause, but not approval was given and promised to discuss it with other ladies' clubs including Winnipeg and Ottawa. In 1924, the Regents would dissolve and form a new team with some members of the Calgary Byngs Ladies club. The newly formed team was known as the Calgary Holliles, and they actually lost their first game, a 2–0 defeat at the hands of the Calgary Patricias. The Hollies would win four Banff tournaments and be awarded

19599-406: Was the Calgary Crescents. The Crescents played teams from Red Deer, Okotoks, Canmore, Banff, and Medicine Hat. At the 1917 Banff Winter Carnival, the Crescents qualified for the championship game but were defeated by the newly formed Calgary Regents . As Banff carnival champions, the Regents were given the Bernard-Harvey Trophy, which was introduced in the 1917 championship in an attempt to increase

19740-400: Was the first individual to take women's hockey into the Corporate Board Room of Canada. For the first Nationals she was able to seek National Sponsorship from Shoppers Drug Mart and Air Canada. Also in 1982, she lobbied several Provinces to eliminate intentional checking from the women's game. All Provinces voted for the rule change except for one province. In addition, she founded and directed

19881-447: Was upheld by the provincial high court. In later years, Hoffman would help organize a national women's hockey championship (with representation from each province). During the 1960s, Cookie Cartwright and a group of dedicated students revived the women's ice hockey program at Queen's University. Cartwright and the Golden Gaels would go on to capture the first women's university championship. The women's game in Canada has been governed by

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