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  List of Canadian heroes and heroines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hero or a heroine is traditionally the protagonist of a story, legend or saga, commonly possessed of abilities or character far greater than that of a typical person, which enable him or her to perform some truly extraordinary, beneficial deed (a "heroic deed") for which he or she is famous.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau was one of the most emblematic Canadian politicians and top Canadian newsmaker in the 20th century; he was Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.
Tom Thomson was one of the most important Canadian artists of the early 20th Century; created a distinct approach to portraying rugged Canadian landscapes characteristic of the Group of Seven.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Canadian_heroes_and_heroines   (1125 words)

  
 List of Lists
List of Canadian Ministers of Manpower and Immigration
List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
List of Chancellors of the University of Mississippi
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/listoflists.html   (2023 words)

  
 List of Canada-related topics : QuicklyFind Info
List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
List of elections in the Province of Canada
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
www.quicklyfind.com /info/List_of_Canada-related_topics.htm   (88 words)

  
 User:GreatWhiteNortherner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you need an explanation of my handle see Second City Television.
Listed here as a convenient point of access.
Attack on Pearl Harbor - the Japanese POV
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:GreatWhiteNortherner   (150 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Marilyn Bell
List of Office Bearers of the National Union of Students of Australia
The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto had offered Chadwick $10,000 to swim the lake as a publicity effort for the annual exhibition.
In 1993 she entered the Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame and was named one of Canada's top athletes of the century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Marilyn-Bell   (1162 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy and History Links - National
Canadian Families A collaborative research project by 11 scholars in 5 Canadian universities studying families in Canada, and compiling a national sample of the 1901 Census of Canada.
Canadian Heroes The exploits and accomplishments of two great Canadians who went to Europe to fight for what was to be the greatest challenges of their young lives.
Canadian Heroes Stories include Major Harold John Lightfoot who was Commanding Officer of the West Nova Scotia Regiment in Camp Aldershot, NS and A Day in the Life of a Prisoner.
www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/national.html   (8609 words)

  
 Biographies
An alphabetical listing of famous notable Canadians of all walks of life.
Lists deceased people by date, providing biographical information and links to: title of books, home page of person, creative quotes, obituary for the person, photo, literary award, resting place of deceased.
Canadian women's achievements in science, sport, activism, book trade, politics, librarianship, society, music and literature.
www.edselect.com /biographies.htm   (626 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy and History Links - History
Canadian Confederation The territorial evolution of Canada, path to confederation, raids and skirmishes, historical documents, Canadian confederation bibliography.
Canadian Constitutional Documents Documents that have to do with the development of Canada's constitution, as well as that of the country.
The Canadian Fur Trade World of David Thompson The purpose of this website is to promote David Thompson and all things related to him including aboriginal impacts, new discoveries, life at the forts, and Thompson's treks through the mountain passes.
www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/history.html   (3736 words)

  
 famous canadians
Canadian Heroes and Heroines - Students work in teams of three to design a webpage about the Canadian of their choice.
- This list of famous inventors may be a good place to get a name from but many of the links to the specific biographies are broken.
- This is a list of the Prime Ministers and a bit of biographical data on each.
members.shaw.ca /hollylloyd/theme/socials5/famouscanadians.htm   (450 words)

  
 No Girls Allowed? (washingtonpost.com)
Any list of the greatest actors or singers or novelists that was so male-dominated would be ridiculed, and for good reason.
Jett is a fabulous rhythm guitarist, as fans of "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and "Bad Reputation" well know, and she brought glorious tough-chick leather and a lot of swagger to rock, but that isn't the same thing as chops.
Mitchell is certainly a songwriting heroine and she mastered tunings so exotic that after just a chord or two, you knew it was her.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A19175-2004Aug20.html   (1026 words)

  
 Heroes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sometimes these heroes are well-known internationally for the things they accomplished, while others have done wonders and only a few people know about them.
Your main job as a member of a small investigative team is to research heroes and heroines from all walks of life and areas of expertise.
Using your group’s list, survey at least 15 other people (not in your classroom) to solicit their opinions on the most important characteristics of heroes.
www.crestonvalley.com /erickson/heroes_webq.htm   (966 words)

  
 The Violence Worker!: Heroes
After speaking to so many I have come away with the certainty of their conviction that in a large measure it's because of the deeds and sacrifices of their fallen heroes that this is a better and safer world we now live in.
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs.
Heroes II This installment of “Heroes” is not about a particular act of bravery so much as a heroic effort to save a seven-year-old boy whose name is Kadhem Kathem.
www.violenceworker.com /my_weblog/heroes   (4873 words)

  
 Survey says... these are the top 100 Ukrainian heroes/heroines (10/28/01)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The "Survey of the top 100 Ukrainian Heroes and Heroines" was this author's personal unscientific project in preparation for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine (1991-2001).
The list of the top 100 was generally quite predictable, with few major surprises.
It is the ordering of the list that is more surprising; there is no doubt it reflects the interests and concerns of the participants.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2001/430133.shtml   (2665 words)

  
 heroines.ca, Women in Canadian History
CBC invited Canadians to nominate their favourite citizen until May 16, and will now produce documentaries on the Top Ten Great Canadians for the fall of 2004.
Canadians across the country selected ten men as the top contenders in the quest for "The Greatest Canadian", sponsored by the CBC.
A bronze maquette of the proposed statue was developed by Canadian sculptor Barbara Paterson, who developed the wonderful monuments of The Famous Five in Ottawa and Calgary.
www.heroines.ca /news/archives2004.html   (2959 words)

  
 Proud To Be Canadian .ca
State-run CBC Newsworld just gave us “a snapshot of what Canadians are saying” (or other bogus words to that effect) about daycare and what they hope to see from the Conservative government.
Yet by the lights of Canadian federal law, it is equally legal to kill a fetus at 10, 23, 37 or 40 weeks.
The argument for not correcting this—repeated by Liberals in shrill fashion every time Canadians go to the polls—is that any new law might compromise a woman’s “right to choose.” But of course, the rights society confers on women (or on any other group) are themselves the product of moral consensus and compromise.
www.proudtobecanadian.ca /blog/index/P15   (4005 words)

  
 Literature
Is it appropriate to link to Old English, which is an article about a language, when the context seems to imply that the link would go to an article about Old English literature?
List of prizes, medals, and awards for literary prizes.
Internet Book List - A database of many books with user reviews and ratings
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/literature_1.html   (2401 words)

  
 Suggested Reading List
Covering all Alaskan species of whales, seals, and dolphins, as well as otters and polar bears, this handy guide will help you tell the difference between a harbor seal and a ringed seal or an orca and a minke.
Winner of the Governor General's award for non-fiction, Klondike is authentic history and grand entertainment for anyone interested in the Canadian frontier.
Journey to a magnificent land of gold mining and fur trading, earthquakes and giant wave, shipwreck and tragedy, fishing and mountain climbing, Native legends and modern adventures.
www.cruiseintohistory.com /lifeOnboard/lifeOnboardEntRead.php   (780 words)

  
 Kidsreads.com - SERIES BOOKS
When a traveling minstrel foretells that he is to become a hero, Wiglaf sets out to fulfill his destiny: he signs up at the Dragon Slayers' Academy.
Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero.
Greek mythology is full of adventures set in ancient times and the new Young Heroes series has the legendary heroes that you'll love to read about.
www.kidsreads.com /series/index.asp   (2931 words)

  
 CanadaInfoLink is everything you wanted to know about Canada and canadian information about provinces, provincial ...
Seventy-one years to the date (Oct. 18, 2000) that five Canadian women won the right to be legally declared persons, the federal government dedicated a monument on Parliament Hill to the trailblazers of social change.
The courage and tenacity displayed on this occasion in June 1813 places her in the forefront of the province’s heroines.
Secord’s house, a simple frame building, was restored (1971-72), and remains as a memorial to this exceptional act of patriotism.
www.canadainfolink.ca /history.htm   (847 words)

  
 Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors of Various Faiths
Authors have been listed in the table below, grouped by religious affiliation, based on their own statements in published interviews and biographies, information from the author's official website, or because they have written to us to ask to be listed on the page, and specified how and where they should be listed.
An author's religious affiliation is never "assumed" or guessed at based on the religious affiliation of the characters in the author's writing or based on the themes and apparent point of view in their writing.
He is listed here because he has lived in and written about Utah.] "Candle in a Cosmic Wind" (A Russian national, fleeing west across the U.S. after a nuclear exchange, runs into an alien landing party on the Utah border.
www.adherents.com /lit/sf_other.html   (10386 words)

  
 The Learning Place - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If you know of a Women’s History link you feel should be included in our list, please email the information and URL to us at nwhp@nwhp.org.
an expanding list of biographies introducing notable women in many fields of activity, cross-indexed for easy retrieval.
List of significant repositories for American Jewish women’s history, with information on published guides, examples of collections of oral histories and private papers, location of records of national offices of Jewish women’s organizations; historical scholarship from 1970 to the present from journals, anthologies, and monographs.
www.nwhp.org /tlp/links/links.html   (3636 words)

  
 international focus reading list - CHCI library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bell, William Forbidden City - a novel of a 17-year-old Canadian boy who is taken by his journalist father to Beijing, China, during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl - a memoir written by a thirteen year old Jewish girl and discovered in the attic in which she had spent the last years of her life hiding from the Nazis.
Sakamoto, Kerri The Electrical Field - a novel that captures the Japanese experience in the New World when the beautiful Chisako and her lover are found murdered in a park in a small Ontario community and subsequent investigation reaches back to the internment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII.
chci.wrdsb.on.ca /library/0eng1dii.htm   (7536 words)

  
 COMIXSCHL-LIST Directory: A-E
Note that not everyone listed here may be currently a member of the discussion list, due to periodic un-subscribing.
I am listed in the acknowledgement credits for index data submission in #11 thru #19 and then again from #27 to present.
I had once started work on a bibliography of all articles about comics or a particular comic published in the academic and popular presses, but was overwhelmed and have since given it up (but I still have notes for it).
web.english.ufl.edu /comics/scholars/directory/ae.html   (4858 words)

  
 WWW-VL History Index - Canada
Introduction to the Study of Military History for Canadian Students
The Canadian Auto Workers: The Birth and Transformation of a Union
Chronology of Events in the History of Canadian Coins
vlib.iue.it /history/CANADA/canada3.html   (1600 words)

  
 Secret Society, Fraternal organizations abbreviations, slogans, mottoes, a complete list.
This is a complete listing of all known groups.
This is a fairly exhaustive listing, listing all those groups who issued exonumia items, but does not list all known 'Greek' societies.
This list is mainly of those groups that issued exonumia: tokens, medals, buttons, badges, ribbons, etc. and does NOT list every single group in the world.
www.exonumia.com /art/society.htm   (3321 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Ellen Ochoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She is listed as co-inventor on three patents dating from this period of her career: one for an optical inspection system, a second for an optical object recognition method, and a third for a method to reduce noise in images.
During her stay aboard the Discovery, whose seven-person crew included representatives from the Canadian Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency, Ochoa served as both a mission specialist and flight engineer.
May 29 was a particularly momentous day during the journey in that it marked the first time the shuttle docked with the International Space Station.
www.gale.com /free_resources/chh/bio/ochoa_e.htm   (1770 words)

  
 Regional Folklore and Mythology
Arthurian Legend Page by Terra Collver presents her thesis on the changing role of women in the Arthurian legend, a chronology of Arhturian literature, and an Arthurian bibliography.
Egyptian Gods by Mark de la Hey presents an alphabetized list of the names of Egyptian gods and a description of each.
A short list of References to Russian pagan religion is provided by Sergei Naoumov.
www.pibburns.com /mythregi.htm   (5605 words)

  
 The SmarterCop: COMPENDIUM OF 'FAHRENHEIT ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He listed his address as the swanky Upper West Side building where he owns a multimillion dollar condominium (Moore's office is on West 57th Street).
Unfortunately, some of the felons on the list have since had their rights restored, a problem which is currently being sorted out.
Michael Moore may be charged with violation of Canadian election law, Part 11, Division 9, section 331: the Non Interference by Foreigners clause.
s88251339.onlinehome.us /smartercop/archives/002017.html   (18841 words)

  
 Karleen Bradford, Author: Help Page: Query Letters, Ideas, Writers' Block
The important thing is for you to know how your hero or heroine will feel about the problems you've created.
They want and need heroes and heroines who are facing challenges, just as they are, and who are meeting them and solving them, themselves.
One of the first books in Canadian literature for young adults that dared to present such a realistic ending was Hunter in the Dark, (Clark, Irwin & Company, 1982), by Monica Hughes.
www.makersgallery.com /bradford/howto.html   (6630 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Buy The Hero with a Thousand Faces with Masks Of God 01 Primitive Mythology today!
And while our own life's journey must always be ended alone, the travel is undertaken in the company not only of immediate loved ones and primal passion, but of the heroes and heroines -- and myth-cycles -- that have preceded us.
Campbell's unique perspectives examine the world's complex and interwoven mythology, folklore and religion, providing an understanding of the essence and genesis of humanness.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0691017840   (688 words)

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