About
Born in London, Ont., in 1921 to Chinese immigrant parents Lem and Toye Chin Wong, Grant was the seventh of eight siblings. She attended Western University and then studied law at Osgoode Hall, in Toronto. In 1946, she became the first Chinese-Canadian woman to be called to the bar. Gretta met her husband, Alan Grant, while at law school and they married in 1950. Alan was ill at the time, so Gretta worked as a psychologist, helping women in custody at correctional facilities in Toronto. Gretta served as assistant city solicitor for the City of London, and was part of the group that pioneered Ontario's Legal Aid program. She was the first area director of Legal Aid for London, and would also work as the director for Woodstock and Stratford.