Forty years ago it was rare to see a woman in a police uniform. And when you did, chances are she was in a skirt and kept her gun in her purse. Now women comprise 20 percent of all police officers in Canada. Women in policing have faced challenges along the way, and many have […]
Bonnie Reilly Schmidt graduated from UFV with a BA (with a double major in history and English) in 2004. She came to UFV as a mature student after a career with the RCMP. She went on to complete an MA and PhD in history at Simon Fraser. Throughout her graduate studies, she received various fellowships […]
