1. Bertha Wilson was the daughter of Archibald Wernham and Christina Noble.
12 Facts About Bertha Wilson
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Bertha Wilson received a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of Aberdeen in 1944.
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In 1949, Bertha Wilson emigrated to Canada with her husband, Reverend John Wilson, a Presbyterian minister, whom she had married in 1945.
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The couple settled in Renfrew, Ontario, after John Bertha Wilson accepted a posting as a pastor.
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Bertha Wilson had personally felt quite small in her space, and had always dreamed in pursuit of philosophy.
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In 1955, Bertha Wilson was admitted to Dalhousie University to study law, and three years later she completed her Bachelor of Laws degree, and was called to the bar of Nova Scotia.
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Bertha Wilson applied for and was accepted into a Master of Laws program at Harvard Law School, but chose not to attend.
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Bertha Wilson founded the research department at Osler, which was the first of its kind in Canada, becoming a model for other research departments.
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Bertha Wilson was the first woman appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1975.
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Bertha Wilson retired from the court in January, 1991, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 1992, she was named Companion of the Order of Canada.
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From 1991 to 1996, Bertha Wilson was a Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Bertha Wilson developed Alzheimer's disease later in life and died in an Ottawa, Ontario, retirement home on April 28,2007, at the age of 83.