Sheila A. Hellstrom

Sheila A. Hellstrom (born ca. 1935) is a retired Canadian military officer from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. She was the first woman to graduate from Canadian Forces College, and the first woman Regular Force member to achieve the rank of Brigadier-General (1987). Described as a “gutsy broad” in an official performance evaluation, she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1954, after graduating from Mount Allison University.