She returned to Canada to lead the Bureau of Social Services in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In June 1910, she took a class at the New York School of Philanthropy, and after completion of that returned to Montreal, before taking a job with the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities from 1912 to 1916.
The Bureau of Social Services in Halifax, Nova Scotia, named her their first executive secretary in July 1916.
Following completion of those efforts, Wisdom served on the Nova Scotia Provincial Commission, and traveled around the United Kingdom.
After retiring from working as the first welfare officer for Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Wisdom died on June 9, 1975.