Margaret Adele Fairley ( Keeling; 1885–1968) was a British-born Canadian writer, educator, and political activist. From 1936 to her death, she was a member of the Communist Party of Canada. She was deported from the USA for her politics and there is a park named for her in Toronto.
Life
Margaret was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Her elder sister was Dorothy Keeling a leading social worker.
At a time that the university did not grant degrees to women, she studied at Oxford and finished with a "first" in English. She became tutor in English at St Hilda's College
On June 23, 1972, the City of Toronto named a park after her at the corner of Brunswick Avenue and Ulster Street