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		Sylvia Sweeney is a woman who decided not to focus on one thing and make it her lifelong ambition to excel at it.
		Sylvia Sweeney is a shining example of why specialization isn't the only answer, or even the best answer.
		I wonder what if Sylvia Sweeney had mentors who saw her great potential and were there to support her in a way that worked for her.
	www.coolwomen.org /coolwomen/cwsite.nsf/0/F7CD937D51AE6F8B85256C470051ED07?OpenDocument (907 words)

	Ex-Olympian makes bid for arts Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sylvia Sweeney, herself a former Olympic athlete, came a small step closer to achieving her Olympic dream as organizer of the second annual Blueprints Arts and Entertainment festival held at the Harbourfront Centre on Labour Day weekend.
		Sweeney also considered the event an appetizer for what may be possible on a grander scale.
		For now though, Sweeney is content to get the PR ball rolling in the form of the Labour Day festival and enjoy her role in successfully gathering artists from disparate backgrounds under one roof.
	observer.thecentre.centennialcollege.ca /features/artsolympics91500.htm (485 words)

	Sylvia Sweeney - Moviefone
		Sylvia Sweeney Sylvia Sweeney (born on October 3, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian journalist and television producer.
		players of all-time, former McGill star Sylvia Sweeney was a force for Team Canada during her playing career with the senior women?s national team.
		Sylvia Sweeney - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Sylvia Sweeney Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/sylvia-sweeney/294495/main (107 words)

	McGill Athletics
		During her 10 years in the red and white, Sweeney was behind some of Canada’s greatest successes internationally including representing the country at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and guiding the national team to a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Summer Games.
		During her national team career, Sweeney also played professionally in France, Italy and Australia and was the first Canadian woman to attract professional contract offers from overseas clubs.
		CIAU level, Sweeney helped lead the Stingers to the finals of the national championship in 1977, before going all the way with the Voyageurs two years later.
	www.athletics.mcgill.ca /alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=737 (588 words)

	Sylvia Sweeney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Concordia's team made it to the national finals in 1977, and Laurentian's team won the championship in 1979.
		In 2002, Sweeney was named the executive producer of the National Film Board's Ontario production centre.
		Sweeney is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylvia_Sweeney (251 words)

	An Act of Grace - Director Profile
		Award-winning filmmaker Sylvia Sweeney is the driving force behind An Act of Grace, an inspiring portrait of Grace Bagnato.
		Sweeney produced and directed In the Key of Oscar (1992), a Gemini award-winning biography of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and was the executive producer of Landed, a 26 part series profiling the lives and contributions of Canadian immigrant women.
		Other films by Sylvia Sweeney include The Packwood Family (1994), a documentary series on the history of Black communities in Canada, and Finish Line (1994), a look at Ben Johnson and the environment of sports, drug use and the media.
	www.whitepinepictures.com /seeds/iii/34/director.html (139 words)

	The Hall Of Fame
		Sylvia was a member of the Canadian national women's team for more than ten years.
		She was named the Most Valuable Player at the 1979 World Championships where Canada captured bronze.
		Sylvia was honored by her country in 1979 when she was selected as Canada's flag bearer at the 1979 Pan American Games.
	www.angelfire.com /weird2/geesey/BballHallOfFame.html (1876 words)

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		Sylvia Sweeney, a filmmaker and former Olympic basketball player, has proposed creating an Olympics which will celebrate emerging artists from around the world in five categories: film, dance, music, literature and visual arts.
		Sweeney, who twice represented Canada as an Olympic basketball player, has as a filmmaker, made IN THE KEY OF OSCAR about her Uncle jazz musician Oscar Peterson, as well as BREAKING THE ICE: THE MARY ANN SHADD STORY.
		Among other credits, Sweeney was also Executive Producer of LANDED, a 26 part series profiling the lives and contributions of immigrant women to Canada, and Director of THE PACKWOOD FAMILY-HYMN TO FREEDOM, a documentary in a four part history series of fl communities in Canada.
	www.artscope.net /NEWS/new0952000-3.shtml (760 words)

	The JREF Store
		Equally comedic and insightful, Letting Go of God is Sweeney's brilliant one-woman show about her struggle with her faith.
		Pushing 40, coping with the break-up of a four-year relationship, Julia Sweeney suddenly had a frightening revelation: "How could I forget to have a family?" She was previously divorced, with no current boyfriend - and no uterus (the result of cervical cancer and a hysterectomy).Undaunted, Sweeney decides to adopt a girl from China.
		Sylvia Browne, Kem Yuen test, Geller unedited Korea video, Geller show as aired in Korea, Geller secret taping, Geller on RAI TV in Italy, "James Randi in Australia", Randi on Australian radio, Randi on the Australian TODAY Show, Allen Spraggett interview, Geller bends a German key and Randi "Bounce" commercial.
	www.randi.org /shopping (2963 words)

	Calgary Sports
		Sweeney is the assistant chef de mission of the Canadian Olympic Team.
		And she says Donovan Bailey not only doesn't speak for other Canadian athletes, he's dead wrong.
		Sweeney who played basketball for Canada in the 1976 and '84 Olympics suggests most fls in Canada have had what she terms "north-south experiences'' which are quite contrary to Bailey's suggestion that Canada is as blatently racist as the United States.
	slam.canoe.ca /OlympicsCanadaBailey/jul17_olyracist.html (523 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Prior to coming to Fremont, he and his wife, The Rev. Sylvia Sweeney, served as co-rectors of St. John's Episcopal Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho for nine years, and, prior to Idaho, as co-vicars of two small congregations in northwest Montana for eight years.
		He has one daughter, Molly Sweeney, who is a student at Washington High School in Fremont.
		Sylvia joined the St. James' Clergy Team in 2005.
	www.saintj.com /ourclergy.html (314 words)

	RealScreen - People on the Move
		Sylvia Sweeney has been appointed executive producer of the NFB's Ontario Production Centre.
		Sweeney was previously president of independent company Elitha Peterson Productions.
		Sweeney's first experience with the NFB was as independent executive producer, producer and director of In the Key of Oscar, a Gemini Award-winning 1992 documentary about pianist Oscar Peterson that was coproduced with the Board's Ontario studio.
	www.realscreen.com /articles/plus/20020613/peop.html (489 words)

	Ministry Development: November 2004Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For more information contact Sylvia Sweeney, Ministry Development Officer for the Diocese at sylvias@diocal.org.
		Their work may range from helping provide meals for a family that has recently had a baby, to offering support in times of grief, to helping new members find meaningful networks of relationship and opportunities for faith formation.
		If you have ideas for how the diocese can be more effective in supporting all its members in the development of their spiritual gifts and callings, contact one of these commission members or Sylvia Sweeney, Ministry Development Officer for the Diocese.
	www.diocal.org /blogs/mindev/2004_11.php (2417 words)

	Durango Herald Online
		Dithers, Moore was Dagwood and Sylvia Sweeney Nelson's blonde hair inspired the group.
		And then there was the time he was in the senior play, and his costar Sylvia Tattersall (now Nielsen) was dared to give him a big smack.
		His girlfriend was sitting in the front row, and she sank down in her seat (while he turned purple).
	www.durangoherald.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=col&article_path=/columnists/articles/annArticles/ann050910.htm (1299 words)

	McGill Athletics
		She is shooting 50 per cent from the floor (43 of 86) and 76 per cent from the free-throw line (38 of 50).
		Costa was a clear consensus pick as the Sylvia Sweeney Award nominee, given to the player who best combines academics with athletics and community service.
		Amanda Costa (St-Léonard, Qc), également des Martlets, a fait l'unanimité et a été choisie pour être en nomination pour le prix Sylvia Sweeney, donné à l'étudiante-athlète ayant été en mesure de combiner les études et le basketball tout en s'impliquant dans sa communauté.
	www.athletics.mcgill.ca /main_news_details.ch2?article_id=1961 (958 words)

	Breaking The Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd Journal of Negro Education, The - Find Articles
		Breaking The Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd, directed by Sylvia Sweeney; produced by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, and Maria Pimentel.
		This short documentary, made by Canadian filmmaker Sylvia Sweeney, tells the story of Mary Ann Shadd Cary the first African American woman to publish a newspaper in North America and a colorful figure in 191 century African Canadian history.
		The film is part of a series on unknown Canadian immigrants called "A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada" funded by several Canadian media agencies.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200010/ai_n8923190 (824 words)

	Researching Black Canadian Musics and Black Music Cultures in Canada
		This film is a biography of Nova Scotia born contralto Portia White, who in the 1940' and 50's was often compared to the American Marian Anderson.
		Canadian jazz pianist Oliver Jones, bassist Dave Young and drummer Archie Alleyne visit their ancestral African homes and search for common cultural roots as they perform with Nigerian musicians.
		Describes Oscar Peterson's struggle to overcome prejudice in Canada and in the United States and achieve international recognition as a virtuoso jazz pianist who is fl.
	www.yorku.ca /aconline/music_conference/schedule_film.html (750 words)

	Daisy Sweeney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Daisy Peterson Sweeney (born May 7, 1920 in Montreal) was a Canadian music teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in Canadian jazz music.
		Her students included Oliver Jones, Ken Skinner, Joe Sealy and Reg Wilson.
		She was also the sister of Oscar Peterson, and the mother of Canadian Olympic athlete and television journalist Sylvia Sweeney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daisy_Sweeney (101 words)

	NiagaraThisWeek.com: Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Port Colborne native and University of Guelph point guard Stephanie Yallin is the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) women's basketball recipient of the Sylvia Sweeney Award.
		Yallin, the first Gryphon to receive the Sylvia Sweeney Award, is a four-time OUA all-star and a team captain the past three years who led Guelph in rebounding (5.9 rpg), total assists (92) and total steals (50) this season, while averaging 11.1 points per game.
		The biological sciences major has volunteered for the past four years with the Believe to Achieve Community Program at the University of Guelph, acting as a guest speaker and role model for elementary school children on reading, the importance of school, self-confidence, goal setting and team work.
	www.niagarathisweek.com /news/article/79119 (655 words)

	Stroud Water Research Center: Calendar of Events
		Bern Sweeney, director of the Stroud Center, will host a panel of experts as they share innovative solutions to controlling invasive plants and managing the movement of the deer population.
		Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, Founder, Deep Ecology Foundation and first CEO of Patagonia Clothing Co. and holder of the world’s largest privately owned land preserve in Chile and Argentina.
		Director Bern Sweeney gave an overview and history of the Center and Organic Chemist, Anthony Aufdenkampe presented his talk on “Missing Carbon: The Amazon River and global warming”.
	www.stroudcenter.org /calendar.htm (982 words)

	University of Manitoba: Bison Football
		March 8 - March 8 - Friday evening at the CIS Women's Basketball Championship awards banquet in Hamilton, Bison women's basketball player Anna Drewniak was named as the TSN/Sylvia Sweeney Award winner.
		The award which was first given out in 1993-1994 is presented annually by the The Sports Network to reward excellence in the student-athlete.
		The award is named in honour of Sylvia Sweeney, a past basketball athlete of McGill, Concordia and Laurentian University who excelled both on the court as well as in the classroom.
	www.umanitoba.ca /faculties/physed/athletics/archive/march8.shtml (615 words)

	Laurier Media Collection - V1511
		An evocative, thought-provoking film, Sylvia Sweeney’s “Breaking The Ice” spotlights Mary Ann Shadd, abolitionist, suffragette and integrationist.
		Living in Windsor, Ontario, she fought heroically for education for Blacks, battling the segregationists and starting the first integrated school in Canada.
		Through talking to Shadd’s descendants –both of family and those who have followed her fight for education and equality – Sylvia Sweeney recreates the early experiences of southern Ontario’s Black community and in doing so opens an engaging chapter on Black Canadian and Canadian history.
	info.wlu.ca /mtr/MediaCollection/B/v1511.shtml (140 words)

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		Sylvia Sweeney - Athlete & Musician (Nancy Knowlton, 06/02 07:36 pm)
		Sylvia Sweeney - Athlete & Musician (Betty-Ann Wachta and Riva Nelson, 09/02 10:06 pm)
		Sylvia Sweeney - Athlete & Musician (Oblivious, 01/11 03:27 pm)
	www.coolwomen.org /coolwomen/cwsite.nsf/vwThoughts/F7CD937D51AE6F8B85256C470051ED07?OpenDocument&Print=1 (35 words)

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	www.imdb.com /name/nm0842201 (189 words)

	Canadian Interuniversity Sport
		SYLVIA SWEENEY AWARD: Maria-Jose Raposo, Concordia University Stingers
		Fourth-year guard Maria-Jose (MJ) Raposo of Montreal is the first member of the Stingers honoured with the Sylvia Sweeney Award, recognizing her excellence in basketball, academics and community involvement.
		On the court, Raposo claimed second-team QSSF all-star honours this season, one year after being named conference MVP.
	www.universitysport.ca /e/story_detail.cfm?id=4499 (1913 words)

	Feminist Studies in Liturgy Seminar: North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL)
		Visitors: Sylvia Sweeney, Rev. Kim Myung-Sil, Rev. Hwa-Young Chong
		June Goudey agreed to send guidelines before we meet so we would all start from the same premise.
		We will also hear presentations by two of this year’s visitors: Sylvia Sweeney will offer “A Re-examination of Ash Wednesday in Light of a Feminist Hermeneutic of Death,” and Myung-Sil Kim will offer “An Examination of Female Imagery in Prayers of Lamentation for Sexually Abused Women.”
	naal-liturgy.org /seminars/feministstudies/2005.html (789 words)

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