The legacy of IODE leave impacts in different ways
IODE Catherine McVean Chapter, in Dresden, Ontario, continues to play a supporting role in preserving the history of their town. August 2024, to recognize their Chapter's 110th Anniversary and IODE’s 125th Anniversary, IODE Catherine McVean Chapter sponsoring the plaquing of Jackson Park. The park has played many roles in Dresden’s history. Historical records tell that the area offered an opportunity for black refugees to learn agricultural skills, it was the location to a live market, home of the Town Hall, an entertainment centre and now a sports field.
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IODE Catherine McVean Chapter in Dresden, Ontario, was founded in 1914 originally named IODE Sydenham Chapter, in honour of Charles Thompson (1799–1841), Canada’s Governor, whom Queen Victoria later made Lord Sydenham. Following the death of organizer, charter member and first Regent, Mrs. Osgoode McVean, permission was given to rename the chapter in her honour.
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SEEING STARS written by Dianne Dodd for Canada’s History Magazine June/July 2024 issue.
Astrophysicist Allie Vibert Douglas popularized astronomy and opened doors for women in science. Allie Vibert Douglas, a native Montrealer, with a master’s degree in physics from McGill University, had won an IODE War Memorial Scholarship to study at England’s University of Cambridge under Nobel Prize-winner physicist Ernest Rutherford. Allie Vibert Douglas retired as dean of women at Queen’s University, Kingston, in 1959 but continued to teach until 1964. She passed in 1988 at age ninety-three. |
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Retired Ottawa High School Teacher Roger Taguchi grow-up bilingual, speaking Japanese and English at home. In 1961 Roger won the Grade 11 History Prize at Burlington Central High School in Burlington ON donated by IODE Thayendanega Chapter (this chapter retired in 1996). The following comments are from Roger; “I have tried to pay back Canadian society for the help and encouragement I received throughout my life. Basically, I had my 8 years of undergrad and grad school education paid for by various scholarships and prizes (in 1963 when I finished Grade 13, there were no interest-free student loans, and without prize money I would not have gone on to university, as I grew up on a poor farm and was fearful of being in monetary debt). As I wrote you, $100 was a lot of money in 1961 (probably equal to $1,000 to $2,000 in today’s purchasing power). Mark Sutcliffe mentioned in the article is the current Mayor of Ottawa. My brother mentioned in the article died July 2, 2024, peacefully at home.” |
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IODE in Niagara Falls, ON, between 1917 and 2002 nine chapters of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in Niagara Falls engaged generations of women who worked together to provide education, healthcare, social supports and special provisions especially during times of conflict and need.
Video produced by Niagara Falls Museums.
Video produced by Niagara Falls Museums.
