Florence Dunlop

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Florence Sara Dunlop (1896, Rideau View, Ontario – 1963, Ottawa) was a Canadian psychologist, teacher and pioneer in education for special needs children.[1] She was one of the first teachers hired in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University,[2] and one of the founders and the President of the International Council for Exceptional Children.[3][4]

Early life and education[]

Florence Dunlop was born in Rideau View, Ontario in 1896.[5] She attended Ottawa Normal school, graduating in 1916.[1] After graduation Dunlop started teaching in nearby rural areas, then went to study at Queen's University, receiving bachelor's degree in 1924 and master's degree in 1931, PhD in psychology from Columbia University in 1935.[5]

Career[]

In early 1920s she entered a 1-year exchange-teacher program in London, followed by travels to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand where she visited schools and studied programs for students with special needs.[1] Dunlop was employed as a psychologist to the Ottawa Public School Board where she served as the supervisor of special education from 1927 until 1961. Dunlop was among the founders of the Carleton University in Ottawa, where she lectured from 1942 to 1945.[5] From July 1945 till May 1947 Florence Dunlop served as the president of the International Council for Exceptional Children.[6][7] For fifteen summers, she taught at the Columbia University.[1]

In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited Dunlop to attend the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth.[4] At the age of 65 Dunlop accepted a post of the professor at San Francisco State College, however in 1962 illness forced her to return to Ottawa.[1]

Florence Dunlop died in Ottawa in 1963.[2]

Commemoration[]

  • Dunlop Public School (DPS), opened in 1970 in Ottawa.
  • Florence Dunlop Scholarship, established in 2014 and awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Psychology to an outstanding student proceeding from second to third-year in a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.[2]

Works[]

  • Subsequent careers of non-academic boys (a dissertation), New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1935
  • Child psychology, Ottawa: Canadian Legion Educational Services, 1945
  • Analysis of Data Obtained from Ten Years of Intelligence Testing in the Ottawa Public Schools, Canadian Journal of Psychology, 1, 1 (May 1947), pp. 87–91[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia. Anne Commire, Deborah Klezmer. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. 1999–2002. ISBN 0-7876-3736-X. OCLC 41108563.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Florence Dunlop Scholarship". Carleton FutureFunder. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ Canadian Welfare. Canadian Welfare Council. 1947.
  4. ^ a b Fleming, Alice Mulcahey (1965). Great women teachers. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Lippincott. pp. 131–143.
  5. ^ a b c Dagg, Anne Innis (2006-01-01). The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-88920-845-2.
  6. ^ Chidley, Nadine (1965-04-01). "Bulletin". Exceptional Children. 31 (8): 440–443. doi:10.1177/001440296503100808. ISSN 0014-4029. S2CID 220389160.
  7. ^ Assembly, Ontario Legislative (1948). Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario.
  8. ^ History of Canadian Childhood and Youth: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1992. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-313-28585-1.
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