Enid Gordon Graham

Enid Gordon Graham
Born Enid Gordon Finley
1894 (1894)
Montreal, Quebec
Died 1974 (aged 79–80)

Enid Gordon Graham (née Finley 1894-1974) was a leading founder of physiotherapy in Canada. She was named a Person of National Historic Significance in 2014.

Early life

Graham was born Enid Gordon Finley in 1894 in Montreal, Quebec. She completed her education in the United States and Europe.[1]

Career

Graham began her career in World War I when she worked alongside the Voluntary Aid Detachment as a physiotherapist for injured soldiers in Montreal. During the war, she created two courses at McGill University Faculty of Education[1] and was asked to work in Toronto as a professor in 1917.[2] While in Toronto, she worked at the Military School of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physiotherapy and co-created a diploma in physiotherapy at the University of Toronto with her second husband.[1]

Outside of education, Graham co-founded the Canadian Association of Massage and Remedial Gymnastics in 1920, which was later renamed to the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. During World War II, she established a military committee for the CPA and was named an honourary president in 1961.[2]

Personal life

Graham was previously married with two children when her first husband died in 1922. She later married again in 1929 and had a child together.[2]

Awards and honours

In 1979, Graham was posthumously honoured by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association with the creation of the Enid Graham Memorial Lecture.[3] In 2014, Graham was named a Person of National Historic Significance of Canada.[4] and a memorial dedicated to her was unveiled at the University of Toronto's Hart House in 2017.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Enid Gordon Graham (1894-1974)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Enid Gordon Graham nominated to the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada". Physical Therapy University of Toronto. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "#PTHistory: Enid Graham". Physical Therapy University of Toronto. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Graham, Enid Gordon (1894-1974) National Historic Person". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Enid Gordon Graham Memorial Plaque". Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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