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Other Canadian heroes you may know . . .

Source of many: http://web.me.com/cphodgin/History/Heroes.html

• Athletes: Terry Fox, Clara Hughes, Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Jacques Plante, Haley Wikenheiser (female hockey player), Silken Laumann (female rower), Gilles Villeneuve (racing & snowmobiling) and James Naismith (who invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and is often credited with introducing the first football helmet).
• Science: Roberta Bondar, David Suzuki, Marc Garneau, Douglas Cardinal, Irene Ayako Uchida, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill, Elizabeth May (Environmentalist)
• Music: Celine Dion, Oscar Peterson, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Rush, Paul Brandt, Great Big Sea and Canadian artists (under the name Northern Lights) who recorded 'Tears Are Not Enough' a song written by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and David Foster, with additional contributions by Rachel Paiement, Paul Hyde and Bob Rock - to raise funds for relief of the 1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia. [By 1990, the project had raised $3.2 million for famine relief projects in Africa. Ten per cent of the funds raised were kept in Canada to assist Canadian food banks.] Source: Wikipedia and my own notes
• Broadcasting & Journalism: Peter Gzowski, Peter Jennings
• Canadian military and war: Romeo Dallaire, Dr. Samantha Nutt
• Politician & Activism: Stephen Lewis, Tommy Douglas, Michel Chikwanine, Barb Tarbox, Kim Plewes, Craig Kielburger, Ryan Hreljac, Jack Layton
• Actors & Comedians: Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Michael J. Fox, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Mary Walsh, The Second City comedy troupe
• Woman Hero: Emily Murphy (Emily believed in a country where women and men could work alongside one another, and women were considered "people." In 1929, the Privy Council of Britain declared that women were legal "persons" under the British North America Act, thanks to Emily's hard work and dedication). Source: Wikipedia
• Health Heros: Barb Tarbox, Pauline Gauthier (Pauline, a veteran of nursing in northern aboriginal communities, founded Adopt Afghan­istan and Namatullah's Foundation for Pediatric Care in 2006, an organization that focuses on saving Afghan children one at a time). Source: Reader's Digest article by David Margoshes
• Writer/Activist: June Callwood (Callwood's career was marked by a strong concern for social justice, especially on issues affecting children and women. She became one of Canada's most famous social justice activists, founding or co-founding over 50 Canadian social action organizations including youth and women's hostels. She founded Casey House (a Toronto hospice for people with AIDS), PEN Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and Feminists Against Censorship). Source: Wikipedia
• Business: KC Irving, Joseph Armand Bombardier, Timothy Eaton and Heather Reisman. Ms. Reisman is the founder and CEO of Indigo Books & Music (in July 2010 she helped form www.freesakineh.org which collected over 442,872 signatures in one year, see my lens: http://www.squidoo.com/samantha-jones). Ms. Reisman was awarded the coveted Distinguished Canadian Retailer of the Year award for 2011 [RCC May 27, 2011].