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    Sylvia Olga Fedoruk

    Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, OC, physicist, educator, 17th lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan (1988-94) (born 5 May 1927 in Canora, SK; died 26 September 2012 in Saskatoon). Fedoruk was a medical physicist who helped advance cancer treatment (see Physics; Contemporary Medicine).

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    Sylvia Ostry

    Sylvia Ostry (née Knelman), CC, OM, FRSC, economist, public servant (born 3 June 1927 in Winnipeg, MB; died 7 May 2020 in Toronto, ON). Sylvia Ostry was the first female chief statistician of Canada, a position that she held from 1972 to 1975 (see Statistics Canada).

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    Sylvia Saurette

    Sylvia Saurette. (m  Hubert). Soprano, born Letellier, south of Winnipeg, 27 Sep 1935, died Laval 14 Jul 2005; diploma (École Vincent-d'Indy) 1961.

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    Sylvia Stark

    Sylvia Estes Stark, pioneer (born 1839 in Clay County, Missouri, US; died 7 November 1944 in Fruitvale, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia). Born into enslavement, Sylvia Stark was one of more than 600 Black Americans who emigrated to British Columbia in 1858 at the invitation of Governor James Douglas. She was one of the original settlers on Salt Spring Island.

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    Sylvia Tyson

    In the duo's last years, Tyson began to perform on her own and was host 1974-80 for the CBC radio folk music program 'Touch the Earth.

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    Sylvie Bernier

    Sylvie Bernier, diver (b at Québec C 31 Jan 1964). Bernier was introduced to diving at age 9 by her older brother, who brought her along to his lessons for company. She took to diving immediately and within 2 years had won

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    Sylvie Daigle

    Sylvie Daigle, speed skater (b at Sherbrooke, Qc 1 Dec 1962). Daigle discovered speed skating at the age of nine when she went to the arena to play hockey and met some speed skaters who invited her to join them. It was the beginning of a real passion.

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    Sylvie Drapeau

    Sylvie Drapeau, actor (b at Baie-Comeau 11 Jan 1962).

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    Sylvie Frechette

    It was not until after Waldo's retirement, however, that Sylvie Frechette blossomed. She exploded onto the world stage by winning the 1991 world solo championship and was the early favourite to capture gold at the 1992 Olympic Games.

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    Sylvio Lacharité

    Lacharité, Sylvio. Conductor, administrator, composer, b Sherbrooke, Que, 3 Oct 1914, d there 13 May 1983; BA (Sherbrooke) 1936. He began his studies with his brother Lonia and Paul-Marcel Robidouxand then took piano lessons from Germaine Malépart in Montreal.

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    Symphony Nova Scotia

    While the present Symphony Nova Scotia was formed in 1983, its roots go back to 1897 when Max Weil founded the Halifax Symphony Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra in Canada.

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    Symphony Nova Scotia

    Symphony Nova Scotia (SNS). Halifax orchestra formed in 1983 as a successor to the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, whose assets Symphony Nova Scotia acquired.

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    Taber Child

    In 1961, fragments of a human infant skull from were recovered from the banks of the Oldman River near Taber, Alberta. 

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    Tagak Curley

    Tagak Curley, ONu, Inuit politician, administrator (born in 1944 on Southampton Island, just north of Hudson Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). A strong advocate of Inuit concerns, Curley was a founding member and first president of what is now the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

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    Tagish

    Tagish peoples, also known as the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, are Indigenous peoples in Canada. The Carcross/Tagish First Nation in located in Carcross, Yukon, and has been self-governing since 2006. According to the Government of Canada, there were 708 registered members of Carcross/Tagish First Nation in 2021.

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