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Arnold Amber - IFJ mourns loss of true champion of working journalists’ rights
2017-09-11
International Federation of Journalists
Working journalists have lost a true champion and the IFJ has lost a dear friend.
Betty Peterson Leaves a Legacy of Peacework
2018-02-27
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
It is with great sadness and immense appreciation of her contribution to peace and justice that we let you know of the peaceful passing of our mentor, inspiration and “grandmother with a hug”, 100...
CEC mourns the loss of Jack Layton
2011-08-25
Canadian Ethnocultural Council
The Canadian Ethnocultural Council, (CEC) its members and supporters are saddened by the passing of the Honourable Jack Layton, Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of the New Democrati...

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George Armstrong
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Hockey player.
Barlow, Maude
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Canadian auther and activist. National chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, and an executive member of the International F...
Bathgate, Andy
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Hockey player.
Baum, Gregory
Article
2018
Wikipedia
A brief biography of Gregory Baum, one of Canada's most influential and controversial theologians and a participant in the Second Vatican Council.
Baum, Gregory - obituary
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2017
The Tablet
Obituary for renowned Canadian theologian Gregory Baum, 94, who died Oct. 18, 2017.
Baun, Bob
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Hockey player.
Berton, Pierre
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Journalist, historian, media personality. (1920-2004).
Bethune, Norman
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Canadian Communist physician, and medical innovator who developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936. (1890-1939).
Bower, Johnny
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Hockey player.
Brewer, Carl
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Hockey player.
Bulldog Brower (Richard T. Gland)
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Wrestler.
Brown, Rosemary
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Canadian politician, prominent member of the New Democratic Party. (1930-2003).
Dalton Camp
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Canadian politician and commentator, 1920-2002.
Celebrating Bob Carty (1950 - 2014)
Foster, John
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2014
LAWG: Hay Camino History Project
Tribute given by John Foster at the pass of Bob Carty
Chartrand, Michel
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Quebec union leader and activist. (1913-2010).
Conacher, Lionel
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All-round athlete.
Diefenbaker, John
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John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC (September 18, 1895 - August 16, 1979) led Canada as its 13th Prime Minister, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963.
Diemer, Ulli
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2010
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Canadian socialist publisher, writer, and archivist.
Duckworth, Muriel
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Canadian pacifist, feminist, social and community activist. (1908-2009).
Dumont, Gabriel
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Métis leader in what is now western Canada. (1837-1906).
Durelle, Yvon
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Boxer.
Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels
Gallus, Maya (director)
Film/Video
1991
A documentary about author Elizabeth Smart, with Jackie Burroughts playing Elizabeth Smart.
Franklin, Ursula
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Metallurgist, humanitarian, feminist, peace activist. (Born 1921).
Miriam Garfinkle 1954 - 2018
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2018
Obituary for Miriam Garfinkle, who died on September 15, 2018.
Hugh Garner
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Hugh Garner (1913 – 1979) was a British-born Canadian novelist.
Goodwin, Albert (Ginger)
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2012
Canadian labour leader. (1887-1918)
Hall, Glenn
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Hockey player.
Hans Blumenfeld 1892-1988
Salaff, Stephen
Article
1988
Peace Magazine
A look at the accomplishments of Hans Blumenfeld, a German-Canadian architect and city planner who was also active throughout his life in promoting peace.
Harvey, Doug
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Hockey player.
Heaps, Abraham Albert
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Canadian politician and labour leader. (1885-1954).
Horton, Tim
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Hockey player.
Howe, Gordie
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Hockey player.
Irvine, William
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Canadian politician, journalist and clergyman. (1885-1962).
Jacobs, Jane
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Author, urban advocate, economist, ecologist, and philosopher. (1916-2006).
Red Kelly
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Hockey player.
Kidd, Bruce
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A Canadian academic, author, and athlete.
Joy Kogawa
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2016
Wikipedia
Joy Kogawa is a Canadian writer.
Landsberg, Michele
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Canadian writer, social activist and feminist. (Born 1935).
LeBourdais, Isabel
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Canadian journalist and author. (1909-2003).
Lindsay, Ted
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Hockey player.
MacInnis, Grace
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Canadian politician and feminist. (1905-1991).
Mackenzie, William Lyon
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Journalist, politician, rebel. (1795-1861).
Macphail, Agnes
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Canadian political and activist. (1890-1954).
Macpherson, C. B.
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Canadian political scientist. (1911-1987).
Frank Mahovlich
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Hockey player, Senator.
Memorial to Dagmar Baur
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This site is dedicated to the memory of Dagmar Baur - March 1941 - April 2010.
Moffatt, Gary
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2010
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Canadian anarchist and activist.
Olmstead, Bert
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Hockey player.
Plante, Jacques
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Hockey player.
Rebick, Judy
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Canadian feminist, writer, and activist. (Born 1945).
Richard, Maurice
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Hockey player.
Riel, Louis
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Metis leader, founder of Manitoba, central figure in the North-West rebellion. (1844-1885).
Sawchuk, Terry
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Hockey player.
Sewell, John
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Political activist and writer on municipal affairs. The mayor of Toronto, Canada from 1978 to 1980. (Born 1940).
Shack, Eddie
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Hockey player.
Smart, Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Smart (December 27, 1913 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Stanley, Allan
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Hockey player (1926-2013).
Suzuki, David
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Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist. (Born 1936).
Tecumseh
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Shawnee chief who attempted to form an alliance of tribes to combat American territorial ambitions and tried to rally the tribes in a common defence against the Americans. (1768-1813).
Trudeau, Pierre
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Pierre Trudeau was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 20 April 1968 to 4 June 1979, and again from 3 March 1980 to 30 June 1984.
Truscott, Steven
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Canadian who was sentenced to death in 1959, when he was a 14-year old student, for the allegedly murdering a classmate. (Born 1945).
Violet McNaughton: the Mighty Mite Reformer From Saskatchewan
Welton, Michael
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2018
CounterPunch
Violet McNaughton deserves recognition as one of Canada's greatest and most formidable adult educators and co-operator of the twentieth century bar none
Watkins, Mel
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Canadian political economist and activist. (Born 1932).
Worsley, Gump
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Hockey player.
Zwicker, Barrie
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Barrie Zwicker (born 1934) is a Canadian journalist, documentary producer, and political activist.

Sources Bookshelf

The Green Trees Beyond
A Memoir
Lawrence, R. D.
Book
1994
R.D. Lawrence, a self-taught biologist whose first years of life coincided with the Spanish civil war, and who later became a noted as well as self-taught Canadian biologist.
Rose Henderson
A Woman for the People
Campbell, Peter
Book
2010
A study of the life of Canadian feminist, socialist, and peace activist Rose Henderson (1871-1937).


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