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3. See, for example, Frost, Stanley Brice, McGill University: For the Advancement of Learning, Vol. 1, 1801–1895 (Montreal, 1980); Neatby, Hilda, Queen's University, Vol. 1:1841–1917 (Montreal, 1978) Bedford, A.G., The University of Winnipeg: A History of the Founding Colleges (Toronto, 1976) Johns, Walter H., A History of the University of Alberta 1908–1969 (Edmonton, 1981). See also Harris, Robin S., A History of Higher Education in Canada, 1663–1960 (Toronto, 1976). The only university histories outside this “in house” tradition are Johnston, Charles M., McMaster University: 1/ The Toronto Years (Toronto, 1976) and McMaster University: 2/ The Early Years in Hamilton, 1930–1957 (Toronto, 1981) and Gibson, Frederick W., Queen's University Vol. II:1917–1961 (Kingston and Montreal, 1983). For critiques of Canadian university histories see Axelrod, Paul, “Higher Education in Canada,” History of Education Quarterly, 19:2 (Summer 1979) and “Historical Writing and Canadian Universities: The State of the Art,” Queens Quarterly (Spring 1982).Google Scholar

4. See also Gillett, Margaret, “Leacock and the Ladies of R.V.C.” McGill Journal of Education 16, 2 (Spring, 1918): 121–129.Google Scholar

5. In Ontario much of the grammer school debate on the admission of women focussed on the study of Latin, and Ryerson tried a number of schemes which would admit girls to an “English only” program, thus precluding their acceptance at universities. See Royce, Marion V., “Arguments over the Education of Girls—Their Admission to Grammar Schools in This Province. Ontario History, 67 (March, 1975):2–13. Montreal did not have a public girls' high school until 1875 and then the curriculum did not include all university entrance subjects.Google Scholar

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13. Reid, John G., “The Education of Women at Mount Allison, 1854–1914: The Clash of Academic and ‘Ornamental’ Traditions,” Paper read at Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, June 1982.Google Scholar

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