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Canadian String Quartet

Canadian String Quartet. First quartet-in-residence (1961-3) at the University of Toronto, established jointly by the university and the CBC to teach advanced students, coach string groups, and give concerts.

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Canadian String Teachers Association

Canadian String Teachers Association. Organization dedicated to the improvement of string playing and teaching in Canada. It was formed in Regina in 1967 and its initial membership, from across Canada, numbered 120.

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Canadian Gold Medal Winners at Olympic Summer Games

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Canadian Sweethearts

The Canadian Sweethearts. Country duo comprising singers Lucille Starr and Bob Regan (b Bob Frederickson in Rolla, near Dawson Creek, BC, 13 Mar 1931, d Los Angeles 5 Mar 1990).

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Canadian Swimmers Strike Out in Athens

RICK SAY didn't march out to the pool deck for the men's 200-m freestyle final. He sauntered. He drank in the packed crowd, the flags, the giant scoreboard that had his name alongside Australia's Ian Thorpe, U.S. phenom Michael Phelps and the Netherlands' Pieter van den Hoogenband.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 30, 2004

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Canadian Troops Dig in for a Long Battle with the Taliban

Just a few days before he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper made their surprise March trip to visit Canadian troops in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor tried to calm growing anxiety about the combat role Canada appeared to be taking on in Kandahar.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 26, 2006

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Canadian Troops Killed in Afghanistan

The road they died on could hardly even be called one.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 13, 2003

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Canadian Troops to Stay in Afghanistan

Their widows wept. A bagpiper played an old, sad song. The faces of comrades were ashen. Memorial services for fallen soldiers are, of course, painfully unique to the families and friends of the dead; but what they offer the nation is familiar ritual, perhaps a feeling of closure.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 20, 2003

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Canadian University Music Society/Société de musique des universités canadienne

Canadian University Music Society(CUMS)/Société de musique des universités canadienne(SMUC); Canadian Association of University Schools of Music (CAUSM)/Association canadienne des écoles universitaires de musique (ACEUM) 1965-81.

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Canadian Volunteers in the War of 1812

A band of Americans and pro-American Canadians living in Upper Canada, the Canadian Volunteers were a company-sized regiment that fought on the American side during the WAR OF 1812.

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Canadian Gold Medal Winners at Olympic Winter Games

1924 Chamonix Toronto Granite Club Hockey 1928 St Moritz University of Toronto Grads Hockey 1932 Lake Placid Winnipeg Falcons Hockey 1948 St Moritz Barbara Ann Scott Figure Skating RCAF Flyers Hockey 1952 Oslo Edmonton Mercurys Hockey 1960 Squaw Valley Anne Heggveit Skiing Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul Figure Skating 1964 Innsbruck Vic and John Emery, Douglas Anakin, and Peter Kirby Bobsledding 1968 Grenoble Nancy Greene Skiing 1976 Innsbruck Kathy Kreiner Skiing 1984 Sarajevo Gaétan Boucher...

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Canadian Women At The Olympic Winter Games

Canadian women have participated in every Olympic Winter Games since their inception in 1924. The first Canadian woman to medal at the Games was figure skater Barbara Ann Scott, who won gold in 1948. Her success was followed by gold medals in such sports as alpine skiing (e.g., Anne Heggtveit in 1960 and Nancy Greene in 1968), speed skating (e.g., Catriona Le May Doan in 1998 and 2002 and Cindy Klassen in 2006), biathlon (Myriam Bédard 1994), and hockey (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014). Canadian women have also excelled in Olympic sports such as bobsled, snowboarding, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, and curling. Since the 1948 Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Canadian women have won 105 Olympic medals, including 38 gold medals.

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Canadian Women Dominate Grammys

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on March 11, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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Canadian Women in the Cold War Navy

Women served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) throughout the Cold War. Known for much of this period as “Wrens,” they played an important role in RCN missions and operations, including antisubmarine warfare. In 1951, the Canadian Naval Reserve began recruiting women into the service. Women could join the regular navy beginning in 1955; the RCN was the first Commonwealth navy to integrate women into the permanent force. For many years, Wrens served in shore-based branches and trades, including stores, communications, intelligence, submarine detection and in the medical services. By the end of the Cold War, all naval trades and occupations, except submarine service, were open to women. (See also Canada and the Cold War; Women in the Military.)

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Canadian Women's Army Corps

During the Second World War, Canadian women, for the first time, were mobilized for service in the Canadian Armed Forces. Of the roughly 50,000 women who enlisted, more than half served in the Canadian Army. Most were assigned jobs involving traditional female work such as cooking, laundry and clerical duties, but women also pioneered roles in the mechanized and technical fields. The Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) performed essential services, both at home and overseas, that helped bring about Allied victory.