Ramsay, Chantal '74

September 1973 saw the first female students at Ridley, 11 girls had enrolled and among them was Chantal Ramsay (daughter of Kenneth Ramsay '38) who would attend as a day-girl, with lodgings provided by a faculty family. Among the first five women to graduate from Ridley, the girls were aware that they were part of an experiment, and they felt that it was incumbent upon them to make the experiment a success. Ramsay has had a very successful career in government relations, currently working as the Senior Economic Officer in The International Marketing Centre in Mexico City, located in the Canadian Embassy. Part of its mandate is to promote awareness of Ontario and the province's many business opportunities, to work with Mexican companies to find investment opportunities in Ontario, and to build relationships with the media and local governments.

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With more than 700 students from 60 countries, the largest boarding programme in Ontario and the third largest in Canada, Ridley College is a truly international, co-educational, day and boarding school of the world that prepares students for the world. It has provided enriching learning and life-shaping experiences focused on the arts, academics, and athletics since 1889. Ridley’s Lower School offers JK-Grade 8, its Upper School consists of Grade 9-PG, and Ridley graduates attend some of the top universities and colleges around the world. Ridley is the only co-ed independent boarding school in Canada and one of only three in North America authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum programme.