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    Serge Tousignant

    Serge Tousignant, camera artist (b at Montréal 28 May 1942). His early work, after study at the École des beaux-arts, Montréal (1950-62), was as a painter and sculptor. His concern was the relationship

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    John Robert Osborn, VC

    Sergeant Major John Robert Osborn was the first Canadian soldier in the Second World War to perform an act of such great bravery that he would be awarded a Victoria Cross.

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    Sergio Barroso

    Sergio Barroso. Composer, teacher, synthesist, b Havana, Cuba, 4 Mar 1946; Honours Diploma (Havana Conservatory) 1966, post-graduate certificate (Prague Superior Academy of Music) 1968.

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    Sergio Kokis

    Sergio Kokis, novelist and painter (b at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6 May 1944). Kokis' tumultuous childhood led him at a very young age to a correctional institution, for vagrancy. However, he succeeded in attending l'École des beaux-arts (de Rio) while pursuing studies in philosophy.

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    Sergio Trujillo

    Sergio Trujillo, dancer, choreographer (born at Cali, Columbia 1963). Sergio Trujillo came to Canada with his family when he was 12 years old and grew up in North York, a suburb of Metro Toronto that is now amalgamated into the City of Toronto.

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    Seth

    ​Seth (born Gregory Gallant), cartoonist, visual artist (born 16 September 1962 in Clinton, ON). 

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    Seth Rogen

    Seth Aaron Rogen, actor, comedian, writer, producer, director (born 15 April 1982 in Vancouver, BC). Seth Rogen is one of Hollywood’s leading comedic stars. He is famous for playing characters that are at once sweetly naïve, slyly intelligent and utterly profane. Initially known for his collaborations with writer-producer Judd Apatow on such films as The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007) and Superbad (2007), he eventually began producing and co-directing his own comedies, such as This Is the End (2013) and The Interview (2014). Known as “the stoner king of comedy,” Rogen was named Comedy Star of the Year in 2008 by the US National Association of Theater Owners. He has twice been named Canadian Comedy Person of the Year at the Canadian Comedy Awards.

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    Seven Nations

    The Seven Nations were Indigenous nations allied with the French and living on the réductions or reserves in the French area of settlement of New France (later Quebec). (See also Indigenous Peoples in Canada.)

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    Seventh-Day Adventists

    Seventh-Day Adventists are heirs of the American Millerite Adventist movement of the 1840s. When Christ failed to come in 1844 as William Miller's followers expected, it was explained that He had had to cleanse the "heavenly sanctuary rather than the earthly one.

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    Séverin Moisse

    Séverin Joseph Moisse, pianist, composer, teacher (born 8 June 1895 in Chastre or Walhain-Saint-Paul, Belgium; died 3 September 1961 in Montréal, QC).

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    Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack)

    Shaaw Tláa (a.k.a Kate Carmack), (born c. 1857-1867 near present-day Bennett Lake, YT; died 29 March 1920 in Carcross, YT). A Tagish woman, Shaaw Tláa (pronounced Shaw Claw) was part of the group that discovered gold near the Klondike River in 1896, sparking the Klondike Gold Rush. She and her husband George Carmack, a white American, had spent a decade in search of gold in the Yukon. They made $1 million from their gold claim; however, George later abandoned her and she was unsuccessful in suing for her half of the fortune.

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    Shad

    Shadrach Kabango (a.k.a. Shad, Shad K.), rapper, singer, songwriter, radio host (born 18 July 1982 in Kenya). Witty, passionate and earnest, Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper known for his sharp, socially conscious lyrics. His playful musical style blends rap and hip-hop with rock, R&B and other genres. In 2008 and 2010, the National Post named him the best rapper in Canada, and in 2013 CBC Music ranked him No. 2 in their list of the 25 Greatest Canadian Rappers Ever. Paste magazine hailed him in 2013 as “Canada’s most talented, genuine musical artist and one of the industry’s finest poets.” Shad has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize four times (2008, 2010, 2014, 2019) and hosted CBC Radio One’s flagship talk show q from April 2015 to August 2016.

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    Shadrach Byfield

    Shadrach Byfield, soldier, author (b at Woolley, Wiltshire, England 16 Sep 1789; d c. 1850). 

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    Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz

    Shae-Lynn Bourne (b at Chatham, Ont, 24 Jan 1978) and Victor Kraatz (b at Berlin, Germany 7 April 1971), skaters. Ice dancing partners beginning in 1991 and members of the Canadian figure skating team starting in 1992, they were unrivalled on the Canadian scene for many years.

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    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

    Shaivonte “Shai” Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, basketball player (born 12 July 1998 in Toronto, ON). Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the National Basketball Association’s elite guards. He led the NBA in 2023–24 with 567 free throws made and 150 steals, was second with 2,254 points and third in points per game with 30.1. He has played with the Oklahoma City Thunder since the 2019–20 season. He has also represented Canada on the international stage. He led Team Canada to a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and a berth at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. In 2023, Gilgeous-Alexander became the second basketball player (after Steve Nash) to win the Northern Star Award and the Lionel Conacher Award in the same year.

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