Regarding the domain of classical guitar activity in Canada, “there is little mention of the guitar after World War I, until its growth in popularity after 1945.” Toronto and Montreal 1 were the first Canadian cities to establish classical guitar societies after WWII. One of the earliest known solo concert classical guitar performances by a Canadian was given by Norman Chapman in Toronto in 1948. By the 1980s, several Canadian universities and 2 colleges established classical guitar programs. This document will investigate how Canadian women influenced classical guitar development in Canada after WWII; and how nationalism, the second-wave women's movement, and shifting gender roles impacted female influence within the Canadian cultural sphere. I will present an outline of the resurgence of classical guitar in Canada and focus on some of the contributions and accomplishments by Canadian women guitarists and composers since 1945
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