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Chris Hadfield

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's last trip in space in 2012 aboard the Soyuz TMA-07M made him a household name across most of the world, due largely to his video of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Hadfield was born and (...)
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Robert Thirsk

Bob Thirsk holds the record for longest space flight by a Canadian at over three months. He also holds the record for the most time spent in space by a Canadian: 204 days and 18 hours. For a boy from Powell River, B.C., whose (...)
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Marc Garneau

Marc Garneau was Canada's first man in space. The date was October 1984. Garneau was chosen from among 4,000 applicants to be among a group of six who trained to fly on the renowned NASA Space Shuttle missions. The Quebec (...)
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Julie Payette

Julie Payette was the second Canadian woman to fly in space and the first Canadian to board the International Space Station. As a child growing up in Montreal, Julie was part of the generation captivated by the Apollo (...)
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David Williams

Canadian astronaut Dave Williams was one of four selected to the space program after the Canadian Space Agency announced it was accepting applications in 1992. An emergency room doctor, Williams grew up in the Montreal suburb (...)
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Justice Suzanne Côté

Madame Justice Suzanne Côté was sworn in as Supreme Court Judge on December 2, 2014. As head of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt's litigation group in Montreal, Côté distinguished herself as one of this country's top litigators. (...)
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Bruce and Vicki Heyman

When Bruce and Vicki Heyman first met Barack Obama, he was a State Senator in Springfield, Illinois, and they were impressed by his vision for America, so they decided to lend him a hand when he ran for President. Little did (...)
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Pam Palmater

Pam Palmater finished second in voting to Shawn Atleo in the 2012 Assembly of First Nations Leadership contest. A mother of six in a blended family, Pam herself grew up in a large family, 8 sisters and three brothers on the (...)
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Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie's unique voice and music helped propel the peace and civil rights movement during the 1960's. Her songs "Universal Soldier" and "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" helped garner the attention of not only (...)
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Wendy Grant-John

Wendy Grant-John still remembers the day when the parents of her best friend slammed the door in her face when they saw she was an Indian. She also remembers her school for having separate entrances for white and Indian (...)
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Alex Janvier

Alex Janvier is one of the founding members of the Indian Group of Seven, a collection of aboriginal artists that broke new ground in the world of art when it was founded in 1973. Fellow artists included Norval Morrisseau and (...)
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Phil Fontaine

Phil Fontaine served three terms as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and was one of the earliest proponents for an inquiry into this country's residential schools. Fontaine, along with his 9 brothers and two (...)
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James Bartleman

James Bartleman grew up in Port Carljng, Ontario, a tiny resort community nestled in the Muskokas. His mother was an aboriginal and because she married a non-native she was forced off the reserve and lost her Indian status. (...)
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Tom Jackson

Philanthropist, singer and actor Tom Jackson grew up on the One Arrow Reserve, near Batoche, Saskatchewan, about 90 minutes from Saskatoon. At the age of 15, Tom dropped out of school and lived on the streets of Winnipeg for (...)
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Justice Clément Gascon

Supreme Court Justice Clément Gascon was appointed to the Supreme Court in June of 2014 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. A native of Montreal, Justice Gascon grew up in Outremont where he attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and (...)
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Margarita 'Madge' Trull

CPAC's Catherine Clark interviews four special Canadian military veterans who served this country in its time of need. Margarita 'Madge' Trull (née Janes) was born in Chile of English parents, grew up in England and with her (...)
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Nelson Langevin

CPAC's Catherine Clark interviews four special Canadian military veterans who served this country in its time of need. Nelson Langevin was born in Ottawa's Lowertown and wanted to join the Navy when he was 16 but was denied (...)
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Major Ray Wiss

CPAC's Catherine Clark interviews four special Canadian military veterans who served this country in its time of need. Major Ray Wiss is an emergency room doctor and a military reservist who has served two tours in (...)
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Major Donovan "Reg" Redknap

CPAC's Catherine Clark interviews four special Canadian military veterans who served this country in its time of need. Major Donovan "Reg" Redknap is a 30 year veteran of the military and the son of a World War One vet who (...)
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Justice Louis LeBel

Original air date: July 2014 The Honourable Justice Louis LeBel grew up in Quebec City where both his father and his maternal grandfather were lawyers. As a teenager Louis showed little interest in pursuing law, instead he (...)