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    Sara Riel

    Sara Riel, (also known as Sister Marguerite Marie), sister of Louis Riel, Métis Grey Nun and missionary, cultural liaison, teacher, founder of female Catholic lay organization (born 11 October 1848 in St. Boniface, Red River Colony [now Manitoba]; died 27 December 1883 in Île-à-la-Crosse, SK). Sara Riel strove to empower Métis people and women through English-language and Catholic studies. Her education and multilingual abilities made her a valuable mediator between conflicting cultures in the early Red River Colony. Today, a charitable organization established by the Grey Nuns of Manitoba bears her name. 

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    Sarah Anne Curzon

    Sarah Anne Curzon, poet, journalist, editor, playwright (b at Birmingham, England c 1833; d at Toronto 1898). The daughter of George Philips Vincent, a glass manufacturer of the provincial English middle class, she enjoyed a ladies-school education and private tutoring.

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    Sarah Binks

    Sarah Binks, by University of Manitoba professor Paul Hiebert, was published 1947 in Toronto.

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    Sarah Burke

    Sarah Burke, freestyle skier (born 3 September 1982 in Barrie, ON; died 19 January 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah). 

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    Sarah Davidson

    Sarah Davidson. Harpist, teacher, b Toronto 5 Dec 1958. A pupil of Judy Loman (harp) and Bonnie Silver (music theory) in her teens, Sarah Davidson first appeared as guest soloist with the Toronto Symphony at age 14, returning at 18.

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    Sarah Edmonds (Frank Thompson)

    New Brunswicker Sarah Edmonds (aka Franklin Thompson), disguised herself as a man and served as a male nurse in the Union Army during the American Civil War. According to her autobiography, she also conducted spy missions behind Confederate lines.

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    Sarah Fischer

    After a leave-taking recital, Fischer left for London to complete her training at the RCM 1919-22 with Cecilia M. Hutchinson.

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    Sarah Harmer

    Sarah Harmer. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, b Burlington, Ont, 12 Nov 1970; BA (Queen's) 1993. Sarah Harmer grew up in a musical family, her father a farmer and singer, and her mother a pianist and organist.

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    Sarah Harmer (Profile)

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 5, 2004. Partner content is not updated. Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts and Ron Sexsmith walk into a Starbucks ... and, well, nobody notices. While that would be unlikely in the coffee shops of Canada, it happened in Austin, Tex., just two weeks ago.

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    Sarah Kramer

    Sarah Kramer, cookbook author, chef, vegan food advocate (born 27 June 1968 in Regina, SK). 

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    Sarah Margaret Armour Robertson

    Sarah Margaret Armour Robertson, painter (b at Montréal 16 June 1891; d there 6 Dec 1948). She was a member of the group of women painters who studied with William BRYMNER, Maurice CULLEN and Randolph Hewton, and she joined the Beaver Hall Hill group and later the Canadian Group of Painters.

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    Sarah Polley

    Sarah Polley, OC, actor, director, writer, producer (born 8 January 1979 in Toronto, ON). Sarah Polley is an acclaimed director and screenwriter and one of Canada's most talented and well-known actors. Her work as a child actor in such TV series as CBC’s Road to Avonlea (1990–96) and in such films as Atom Egoyan's Exotica (1994) and The Sweet Hereafter (1997) established her as a rising star. She later embarked on a highly successful career as a writer-director with such award-winning films as Away from Her (2006), Take This Waltz (2011), Stories We Tell (2012), and Women Talking (2022), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She has won multiple Genie and Gemini Awards and was the first woman to receive a Genie Award for best director. She is also an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of Canada’s Walk of Fame.

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  • Macleans

    Sarah Polley (Profile)

    Flush with its triumph in Cannes last May - where it won three awards including second place in the Grand Jury Prize - The Sweet Hereafter opens the 22nd Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 4 to 13) this week.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 8, 1997

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    Sarah Selecky

    Sarah Selecky, short story writer (b at Hanmer, ON, 17 Sept 1974). Raised in both Hanmer, Ontario and Evansville, Indiana, Sarah Selecky moved to Peterborough in 1993, where she attended TRENT UNIVERSITY and received a BA in Cultural Studies and Spanish.

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    Sarain Stump

    Sarain Stump, Indigenous name Sock-a-jaw-wu, meaning "the one who pulls the boat," painter, poet (b at Fremont, Wyo 1945; d by drowning near Mexico City, Mexico 20 Dec 1974).

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