Lillian Eva Dyck (Cree)

First Indigenous Canadian to earn a BA in chemistry and second Indigenous woman to earn a university science degree in Canada.

BA Sources: 35

First Indigenous woman to earn an MSc. Fourth Indigenous Canadian to earn graduate degree of any kind (MSc, Biochemistry) at a Canadian university. She was the second Indigenous Canadian to earn a graduate degree in a STEM field and the first Indigenous Canadian to earn a graduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan.

MSc Sources: 35

Second Indigenous Canadian to earn a PhD and one of the first two to earn a PhD at a Canadian university. First Indigenous Canadian to earn a PhD in a STEM field (Biological Psychiatry). She was also the first Indigenous PhD graduate from the University of Saskatchewan.

PhD Sources: 35

First Indigenous Canadian to be appointed as a full professor in a STEM field (Biological Psychiatry) at a Canadian university. Second Indigenous Canadian to be appointed as a full professor at Canadian university. Second Indigenous Canadian to be appointed to a faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan.

Faculty appointment Sources: 35