Margaret Wente

Margaret Wente

female, 59 years old
Conservatism, columnist, immigranttoCanada, The University of Toronto, The University of Michigan, From toronto
Margaret Wente (born 1950) is a columnist for Canada's largest national daily newspaper, "The Globe and Mail". She is the only journalist to have...
Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow

female, 52 years old
immigranttoCanada, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Canadian House of Commons, Trinity—Spadina, Chinese Canadian from Hong Kong, New Democratic Party of Canada MP…Canada Reads Panelist
Olivia Chow (born March 24, 1957) is a social democratic Canadian Member of Parliament and former city councillor (1991-2005) in Toronto. Born in...
Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

male, deceased (1922)
inventor, telephone, scientist, American, immigranttoCanada, immigrant to the United States
Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 - 2 August 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he emigrated...
Raymond Chan

Raymond Chan

male, 58 years old
Canadian Mennonites, University of British Columbia alumni, Jyutping, Cabinet of Canada, Mennonites, from Richmond, British Columbia…Queen's Privy Council for Canada, immigranttoCanada, Liberal Party of Canada MP, liberal party of canada, Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Raymond Chan, PC, MP (Jyutping: Can4 Ceok3 Jyu4), (b. 1951) is the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed to the Cabinet of Canada. A member of the...
Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas

male, deceased (1986)
medicare, The Greatest Canadian, Healthcare, Order of Canada, Canadian, immigranttoCanada…Companion of the Order of Canada, Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada MP
Thomas Clement Douglas, PC, CC, SOM, MA, LL.D (hc) (October 20, 1904 - February 24, 1986) was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a...
M. G. Vassanji

M. G. Vassanji

male, 59 years old
Afro-Asian-Canadian, university of nairobi, Order of Canada, Tanzanian, immigranttoCanada, South Asian…Member of the Order of Canada
M.G. Vassanji, C.M. is an Afro-Asian-Canadian novelist. Although of South Asian heritage, Vassanji grew up in East Africa--he was born in Nairobi,...
Maher Arar

Maher Arar

male, 39 years old
Arar v. Ashcroft, Bush Administration, Center for Constitutional Rights, immigranttoCanada, john f. kennedy international airport, Canadian of Arab descent…Foreign relations of Canada, moved to a better cell in a different prison, returned to Canada in October 2003
Maher Arar (born 1970 in Syria) is a Canadian software engineer who is perhaps the most well-known victim of the United States policy of...
John A. MacDonald

John A. MacDonald

male, deceased (1891)
majority government, Red Tories, convert to Anglicanism, Father of Confederation, Orange Order, ontario lawyer…Scottish migrant to Ontario, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, immigranttoCanada, prime minister of canada, Member of the 1st Ministry in Canada
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, QC, DCL, LL.D (January 11, 1815 - June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada. Macdonald's...