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Site Launch Party

Welcome to the virtual launch party of this website. Thanks for joining us!

Invitation

Who: You are cordially invited to the offical launch of heroines.ca on October 18, 2004 (or whenver you come by!)
Why: This is the 75th Anniversary of the Persons Case, and the site is dedicated to the Famous Five who initiated the case–as well as the many other notable women in Canadian history.
Time: Anytime of the day or night
Place: Here

Music

Susan Aglukark, singer and songwriter from Churchill, Manitoba.
Mary Travers, "La Bolduc", famous singer from the Gaspé region of Quebec.
Céline Dion, singer from Charlemagne, Quebec.
Shania Twain, singer who grew up in Timmins, Ontario.
Avril Lavigne, singer from Napanee, Ontario.
Alanis Morissette, singer from Ottawa, Ontario.
Diana Krall, jazz musician from Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Nellie Furtado, pop star from Victoria, British Columbia.

Food
Check out a few recipes used by pioneer Catharine Parr Traill.

Indian Pound Cake
Green Corn Fritters
Excellent Gingerbread
Maple Sugar Sweeties
Roast Pigeons
Indian Fruit Pudding

Contest on October 18, 2004

On October 18 we asked visitors to tell us who their favourite Canadian heroine was, and why. One of the entries received on Oct. 18 was picked at random and awarded a copy of the book 100 Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces. Vanessa Wilton of Gander, Newfoundland was our winner. She told us "My favourite Canadian heroines are Roberta Bondar because she was the first Canadian woman to go into space and Kim Campbell because she was the first woman prime minister of Canada."

Fun and Games

Participation

Find out how you can promote great women in Canadian history and contribute to this site. Participate

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Special Guests

Hear from some special "guests" at our party:

Mary Pickford, actress and movie producer
Marion Orr, pilot
Lucille Teasdale, surgeon
Laura Secord, heroine in the War of 1812
Ying Chen, author
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, athlete
Agnes MacPhail, politician
Marge Friedel, a Métis Elder from Edmonton, Alberta
Pauline Vanier, humanitarian
Emily Carr, artist
Elisapie Isaac, Inuit storyteller from Salluit, Nunavik
Charlotte Whitton, politician
Emily Murphy, judge
Marilyn Bell, swimmer
Jennie Trout, doctor
Barbara Frum, journalist
Nellie McClung, activist
Couronne Byhette, a Dene Elder
Hayley Wickenheiser, hockey player