Faith Avis

Eileen Faith Avis (née Hutchison; 1924—2010) was a Canadian journalist, writer, naturalist and mother of three.[1] She was indirectly involved in the creation of A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles[2] and other dictionaries of Canadian English by Gage Ltd. As an unpaid female "assistant" to her linguist husband at the time, she was not afforded, common for women in the 1950s and 1960s, official recognition for contributions to the study of Canadian English.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Dictionary of Caianisms on Historical Principles, first edition, 1967; digitized 2013
  3. ^ Dollinger, Stefan (2019). Creating Canadian English: the professor, the mountaineer, and a national variety of English. Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore: Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-108-70875-3.