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Meet some interesting Canadian women. We'll be adding material about notable women in Canadian history as well as cool Canadian women that are making history now.

As a start, we present:
Susan Aglukark, singer and songwriter
Louise Arbour, judge
Jean Augustine, teacher and politician
Roberta Bondar, astronaut
Jocelyne Bourgon, civil servant
Liona Boyd, classical guitarist
Deanna Brasseur, jet fighter aircraft pilot
Rosemary Brown, politician and feminist
Kim Campbell, politician and 19th prime minister of Canada
Maryse Carmichael, Snowbirds pilot
Emily Carr, artist and writer
Françoise David, activist and social worker
Amelia Douglas, fur trade pioneer
Ellen Fairclough, politician
Barbara Frum, journalist
Annie Gale, politician
Nancy Greene, skiier, Olympian
Joane Humphrey, broadcaster
Pauline Julien, actress and singer
Joni Mitchell, singer and songwriter
Lucy Maud Montgomery, author
Barbara Paterson, artist and sculptor
Julie Payette, astronaut
Chantal Petitclerc, athlete
Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician, artist and activist
Judith Simpson, Loyalist
Cairine Wilson, politician
Sharon Wood, mountaineer

 

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