Influences from coast to coast to coast

Influences from coast to coast to coast
John A. Macdonald
United dispersed colonies and territories
to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867
Pierre Trudeau
Prime minister defended language
rights and multiculturalism
Peter Pitseolak
Photographed and reflected on
the transformation of Inuit life
David Thompson
British explorer mapped
Canada’s Northwest
Nellie McClung
First female member
of Alberta Legislature
Francis Rattenbury
Designed Victoria’s most
prominent buildings
James B. Harkin
Established Canada’s
national parks system
Lotta Hitschmanova
Founded the Canadian branch of
the Unitarian Service Committee
Joey Smallwood
Brought Newfoundland
into Confederation
Jules R. Timmins
Opened the Ungava
Peninsula to mining
Jeanne Sauvé
First female GG was born
in Prud’homme, Sask.
Tommy Douglas
Saskatchewan premier
launched public health care
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless
Promoted women’s education
in Southern Ontario and beyond
Pierre Bourgault
Fought for Quebec’s
independence
Arthur Lismer
Group of Seven member
painted Canada’s wilderness
Gabrielle Roy
Popular author grew up
in St. Boniface, Man.
Timothy Eaton
Founded Canada’s first
department store in Toronto
Koñwatsiãtsiaiéñni (Mary Brant)
and Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant)
Siblings’ efforts on behalf of the Iroquois led to
the establishment of the Six Nations Reserve
Mordecai Richler
Celebrated Montréal
in his novels
“Jackrabbit” Johannsen
Introduced Canadians to the
sport of cross-country skiing
Samuel de Champlain
Explored the East Coast and the
St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers
Brother André
Built Montréal’s
St. Joseph’s Oratory
Thomas D’Arcy McGee
Politician killed by an
assassin’s bullet in Ottawa
Alphonse Desjardins
Opened Canada’s first
credit union in Lévis, Que.
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
and James Wolfe
Rivals were both mortally wounded
on Quebec’s Plains of Abraham