Renate Shearer attended Ohio State University where she received her B.Sc. in Social Administration in 1953. Shearer then worked as a practicing social worker. In 1970 she became a community worker with the YMCA and, in 1972 became its Director of Branch and Area Development. From 1975 to 1981 Shearer served as Social Planner for the City of Vancouver. In 1981/82, she taught classes at the University of British Columbia in the School of Social Work. Throughout her career, Shearer was very active in social service-related issues, the promotion of human rights, and the abolition of racism. In 1983 she became very much involved in the Solidarity Coalition.
From the description of Renate Shearer fonds. 1975-1988. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606462886
