Florence Sara Dunlop (1896 in Rideau View, Ontario – 1963 in Ottawa) was a Canadian psychologist, teacher and pioneer in education for special needs children.
[1] She was one of the first teachers hired in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University,[2] and one of the founders and the president of the International Council for Exceptional Children.
[1] She was employed as a psychologist by the Ottawa Public School Board where she was the supervisor of special education from 1927 until 1961.
[1] In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited Dunlop to attend the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth.
[4] At the age of 65, she accepted a post of the professor at San Francisco State College but, in 1962, illness forced her to return to Ottawa.