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Selective bibliography:

Adams, Annmarie ; Tancred, Peta. -- Designing women : gender and the architectural profession. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2000. -- 190 p.

Ainley, Marianne; Crossfield, Tina. -- "Canadian women's contribution to chemistry, 1900-1970". -- Canadian chemical news = L'actualité chimique canadienne. -- Vol. 46, no. 4 (April 1994). -- P. 16-18

Bohnert, Beth. -- Canadian women : risktakers and changemakers . -- Etobicoke, Ont. : Women Inventors Project, c1993. -- 177 p.  -- Also published in French under the title: Oser au féminin : des canadiennes pas ordinaires

Challenging professions : historical and contemporary perspectives on women's professional work. -- Ed. Elizabeth Smyth et al. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1999. -- 334  p.

Claiming the future : the inspiring lives of twelve Canadian women scientists and scholars. -- Prepared by Elizabeth May for the Committee for Advancement of Women in Scholarship of the Royal Society of Canada ; editorial advisor, Francess G. Halpenny. -- Markham, Ont. : Pembroke Publishers, c1991. -- 45, 51 p. -- Title on added t.p.: Se bâtir un avenir.  -- Also available in braille

Claiming the future [braille] : the inspiring lives of twelve Canadian women scientists and scholars. -- Prepared by Elizabeth May for the Committee for Advancement of Women in Scholarship of The Royal Society of Canada. -- Toronto : CNIB, 1998. -- 81 p. of computer braille

Despite the odds : essays on Canadian women and science. -- Ed. Marianne Gosztonyi Ainley. -- Montreal : Véhicule Press, c1990. -- 452  p.

Ford, Anne Rochon. -- A path not strewn with roses : one hundred years of women at the University of Toronto 1884-1984. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1985. -- 88 p.

Gillett, Margaret. -- We walked very warily : a history of women at McGill. -- Montréal : Eden Press Women's Publications, c1981. -- 476 p.

Hacker, Carlotta. -- The indomitable lady doctors. -- Toronto : Clarke, Irwin, 1974. -- 259 p.  -- Also available in braille

Hacker, Carlotta. -- The indomitable lady doctors [braille]. -- Toronto : CNIB, [197-?]. -- 7 vol. of braille.

History of Manitoba Women in Health [online]. -- [Winnipeg] : University of Manitoba Libraries, 2001. -- [Cited October 29, 2001]. -- Access: www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/health/resources/womhiste.html

McAuley, Beth. -- How hard can it be? : an annotated bibliography of background materials and curriculum resources to encourage girls and young women into computer technology, engineering and trades, leadership and entrepreneurship, mathematics and science.  -- [Toronto] : Ontario Women's Directorate, 1997. - 78  p. -- Also published in French under the title: Est-ce si difficile que cela?

Pedersen, Diana L. -- Changing women, changing history : a bibliography of the history of women in Canada. -- 2nd ed. -- Ottawa : Carleton University Press, c1996. -- 253 p. -- (Women's experience series ; 9). -- See "Education", "Health/Medicine", Science/Technology"

Segall, Risë. -- "SAVOIR FAIRE: Women of Science in the Federal Department of Agriculture, 1900-1920". -- National Library News. January/February 2000 [online]. -- [Ottawa] : National Library of Canada, 2000. -- [Cited October 29, 2001]. -- Access: www.collectionscanada.ca/bulletin/015017-0001-11-e.html

Shell, Barry. -- Great Canadian scientists.  -- Victoria, B.C. : Polestar Book Publishers, c1997. -- 196 p. -- Also available online: http://www.science.ca/main.html

Strong-Boag, Veronica. -- "Making a difference : the history of Canada's nurses". -- Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la médecine. -- Vol. 8, no. 2 (1991). --  P. 231-248

Women's history month : discovering women in science and technology [online]. -- [Ottawa] : Status of Women Canada, 1997. -- [Cited June 14, 2001]. -- Access: http://collection.collectionscanada.ca/100/200/301/swc-cfc/
womens_history_month-e/d1/whm97-e.html
. -- Also available in French under the title: Mois de l'histoire des femmes : les femmes en sciences et en technologie, découvertes