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    Conrad Letendre

    Conrad Letendre. Organist, teacher, theorist, composer, b St-Zéphirin-de-Courval, near Trois-Rivières, Que, 9 Jan 1904, d Montreal 20 Nov 1977.

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    Letitia Youmans

    Letitia Youmans, née Creighton, temperance worker (b in Hamilton Twp, UC 3 Jan 1827; d at Toronto 18 July 1896), founder of the WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION in Canada. Educated at the Burlington Ladies' Academy, she graduated in 1847 and taught there for 2 years.

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    Claude Létourneau (violinist)

    ​Claude Létourneau, violinist and educator (born 11 November 1924 in Québec City, QC; died 7 October 2012 in Québec City).

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    Levasseur Family

    The British removal of this French coat of arms from the the porte Saint Louis at Québec was symbolic of the change in authority after the Conquest. This shield, hand carved in pine in the baroque style of the period, is attributed to Noel Levasseur, the foremost sculptor of New France (courtesy Library and Archives Canada). L'Ange à la trompette, by Noel Levasseur, in the historical chapel of the Ursulines of Québec, beginning of the...

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    Deskaheh

    Deskaheh (also known as Levi General), Cayuga (Gayogohó:no') chief and speaker of the Six Nations Hereditary Council (born in 1873 on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, ON; died on 25 June 1925 at the Tuscarora Reservation, New York). A member of the Longhouse religion, Deskaheh insisted that the Six Nations retain their languages and distinctive culture.

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    Lewis Furey

    Lewis Furey (b Greenblatt). Composer, singer, pianist, violinist, actor, b Montreal, of French-US parents, 7 Jun 1949.

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    Lewis Samuel

    Lewis Samuel, merchant, philanthropist (b at Kingston upon Hull, Eng 1827; d at Victoria 10 May 1887). He founded the organized Jewish community of Toronto, and was a prime mover in establishing in 1856 the first synagogue in Canada West - the Toronto Hebrew Congregation (now Holy Blossom Temple).

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    Lewis W. MacKenzie

    Lewis W. MacKenzie, soldier, peacekeeper (born 30 Apr 1940 at Truro, NS). Major-General MacKenzie received his commission in 1960 with the Queen's Own Rifles and performed his first peacekeeping duty in the Gaza Strip in 1963.

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    Leylah Fernandez

    Leylah Annie Fernandez, tennis player (born 6 September 2002 in Montreal, QC). Leylah Fernandez was ranked the No. 1 junior girls tennis player in the world in 2019, after winning the French Open girls title that year. In 2021, she became the sixth tennis player to receive the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada’s female athlete of the year. She won her first WTA Tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, and made it to the final of the US Open after defeating such stars as Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina. Fernandez became only the fourth Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final, after Eugenie Bouchard, Milos Raonic and Bianca Andreescu.

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    L.F. Addison

    L.F. (Laidlaw Fletcher) Addison or "Puff." Bandmaster, bassist, composer, b Hamilton, Ont, 4 Jul 1878, d Toronto 19 Aug 1949. He studied violin with his father (euphonium soloist of Hamilton's 13th Royal Regiment for 46 years) and with W. Anderson, and theory with Arthur W.

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    Canada’s Cold War Purge of 2SLGBTQ2+ from Public Service

    Between the 1950s and the 1990s, the Canadian government responded to national security concerns generated by Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union by spying on, exposing and removing suspected 2SLGBTQ2+ individuals from the federal public service and the Canadian Armed Forces. They were cast as social and political subversives and seen as targets for blackmail by communist regimes seeking classified information. These characterizations were justified by arguments that people who engaged in same-sex relations suffered from a “character weakness” and had something to hide because their sexuality was considered a taboo and, under certain circumstances, was illegal. As a result, the RCMP investigated large numbers of people. Many of them were fired, demoted or forced to resign — even if they had no access to security information. These measures were kept out of public view to prevent scandal and to keep counter-espionage operations under wraps. In 2017, the federal government issued an official apology for its discriminatory actions and policies, along with a $145-million compensation package.

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  • Timelines

    2SLGBTQ+ History

    To understand the history of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada is to understand the process by which an oppressed and persecuted minority group can overcome prejudice and discrimination to achieve legal equality and recognition of their inherent human rights. After being criminalized and stigmatized for centuries, the 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada have used sustained political, legal and grassroots activism to gradually but steadily gain rights. (See also Rights Revolution in Canada.) While discrimination against 2SLGBTQ+ people...

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    2SLGBTQ+ Refugees in Canada

    2SLGBTQ+ refugees face unique challenges when they flee persecution in their home countries and come to Canada to seek protection. Many countries in the world continue to criminalize and prosecute members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Canada has been a leader in recognizing 2SLGBTQ+ refugee claims and resettling refugees fleeing persecution based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.

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  • Collection

    LGBTQ2S+ Communities in Canada

    This collection features articles and resources about LGBTQ2S+ communities in Canada. (Image: CC flickr/Junichi Ishito.)

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  • Macleans

    Daniel Libeskind (Profile)

    DURING A RECENT lecture at Toronto's ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, Daniel Libeskind took the podium and ran away with it.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 26, 2003

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