Katherine Dewar

Katherine Dewar
Born
Katherine Elizabeth Dewar

(1943-12-13)13 December 1943
Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Died6 March 2026(2026-03-06) (aged 82)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Occupations
  • Nurse
  • historian

Katherine Elizabeth Dewar (13 November 1943 – 6 March 2026) was a Canadian nurse and historian from Prince Edward Island whose work focused on the role of women in the World Wars.

Biography

Katherine Dewar was born on 13 November 1943 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, to parents Robert and Mae Dewar.[1][2] She graduated from the Summerside School of Nursing in 1971, following which she earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1979 and a Master of Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University in 1989. She had a long career in nursing, teaching for over two decades at the PEI School of Nursing and remaining active in the Canadian Nurses Association.[1]

Following her retirement from nursing, Dewar turned her attention to local history, with a focus on the role of women in the World Wars.[1] She wrote three books on the subject; her 2014 book Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War was shortlisted for the Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing in 2015,[3] and her 2021 book We'll Meet Again: Prince Edward Island Women of the Second World War was named Publication of the Year by the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation.[4]

In 2017, Dewar was one of five nurses from Prince Edward Island honoured by the Canadian Nurses Association during the 150th anniversary of Confederation.[1] She was presented with the Frances O. Perry Good Neighbour of the Year Award by the City of Summerside in 2020.[5]

Dewar died on 6 March 2026 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, at the age of 82.[1]

Publications

  • Wright, Wayne; Dewar, Katherine (2001). This Caring Place: The History of Prince County Hospital and School of Nursing. Prince County Hospital Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9688-6670-2.[6]
  • Dewar, Katherine (2014). Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War. Charlottetown: Island Studies Press. ISBN 978-0-9190-1380-3.[7][8]
  • — (2018). Called to Serve: Georgina Pope, Canadian Military Nursing Heroine. Charlottetown: Island Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-9886-9203-6.[9]
  • — (2021). We'll Meet Again: Prince Edward Island Women of the Second World War. Charlottetown: Island Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-9886-9249-4.[10][11][12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Katherine Elizabeth Dewar" (Obituary). Belvedere Funeral Home. 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Katherine Dewar". Charlottetown: Island Studies Press. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Award season begins: Atlantic Book Awards short list". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Katherine Dewar - Publication of the Year". PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Drake, Carolyn (5 October 2020). "Katherine Dewar to receive Frances O. Perry Good Neighbour of the Year Award". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  6. ↑ MacKay, Mary (31 May 2012). "A healthy history". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Nesteroff, Greg (12 November 2014). "Other Kootenay nurses of WWI". Nelson Star. p. A5. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Katherine Dewar "Those Splendid Girls"". Mainstreet PEI. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original (Radio show) on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Cole, Sally (13 May 2018). "'A significant woman': Katherine Dewar tells the story of Georgina Pope in new book". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Ross, Shane (23 October 2021). "The heroic P.E.I. women who served in WW II — and where you can meet some of them". CBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "New book from Island Studies Press profiles PEI women veterans". University of Prince Edward Island. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Juric, Sam; Magee, Shane (11 November 2019). "P.E.I. historian's new book aims to preserve the 'amazing stories' of WW II women". CBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Brown, Daniel (15 October 2020). "Summerside author highlighting over 600 P.E.I. women in Second World War". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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