Dictionary of Canadian Biography

A bilingual scholarly research & publishing project, the Dictionary of Canadian Biography gives free online access to over 9,000 bios. En francais: @dbc_dcb

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Bio of the Day: Caroline Sophia Brown (1862–1936), teacher, physician, and school-board trustee.
Her advocacy of women’s rights and her concern for the welfare of children are evident in her many achievements in education, medicine, and public service.
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We were delighted to learn that "The Destiny of Canada" by @dcb_dbc Manuscript Editor Christopher Pennington was discussed on @FrontBurnerCBC by @stphnmaher as a book that helped meaningfully explain 2025.
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Bio of the Day: John Palliser (1817–87), landed gentleman, big game hunter, and explorer.
The ruling preoccupation of Palliser, and most of his brothers and friends, seems to have been travel “in search of adventure and heavy game.” https://t.co/bua5moFfPv

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Bio of the Day: John McCrae (1872–1918), poet, army officer, and physician.
“In Flanders fields,” the most popular English-language poem of the war, made the poppy the enduring symbol of the war dead of the British empire.
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Read our bio of Howie Morenz here: https://t.co/p58jiKrSsp

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THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY
Jan. 28, 1937: Howie Morenz suffered a career-ending injury, breaking four bones in his left leg and ankle in 6-5 loss to Chicago Blackhawks at the Forum. After being told he'd never play again Morenz died from heart failure less than two months later.

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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In June 1939, 907 Jewish refugees aboard the M.S. St. Louis were refused entry to Canada, despite the pleas of prominent Canadians.
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#NewBio! Arthur James Glazebrook (1861–1940), banker, stock-exchange broker, educator, and imperialist.
He was best known for his involvement in the Round Table movement, which promoted the idea of British imperial unity. https://t.co/XmmPNPG53w

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Bio of the Day: Marie-Rosalie Cadron, dite de la Nativité (Jetté) (1794–1864), founder of the Institut des Sœurs de Miséricorde).
For 50 years she led a life similar to that of most women of her time. Then her life took a new direction.
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When Ada Mackenzie saw that women had no place to golf, she built a golf course.
When she saw that women golfers didn't have golf apparel, she opened a store.
She also happened to be one of Canada's best golfers, winning many championships.
This is her story.

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🇨🇦 National Flag of Canada Day is coming!

Here’s an online toolkit to help you celebrate the Canadian Flag:
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Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer. https://t.co/ZL5Ew2w37e

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Join us for the next event in our Virtual Black History Series today at 3 p.m. Eastern, as we learn about The Leeke Family's Legacy of Freedom Seekers from Hagerstown to Amherstburg. To observe the presentation and participate in the q & a, visit https://t.co/iqXxWxYaKX.

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Just like today but in 1972. Fifty-four years ago the Ukrainian-Canadian painter William Kurelek captured the aftermath of a snow storm—like the one that just landed in Toronto—on the street where he lived in Toronto’s Beaches neighbourhood.

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One of his ancestors was Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski, engineer, office holder, businessman, militia officer, and patron. You can read about him here: https://t.co/upEIXLFfu6

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On this day in 2002, Peter Gzowski died.
Born in Toronto in 1934, he hosted This Country in the Morning and Morningside and wrote 14 books on a variety of subjects. Known as Captain Canada he earned the Order of Canada, a Peabody and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

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Bio of the Day: Edith Catherine Rayside (1872–1950), nurse.
She joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps early in the First World War, becoming the matron of hospitals in France and England. She was much honoured for her wartime service. #WWI
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Do you know which Montréal neurosurgeon made ground-breaking advances in the treatment of seizure disorders? He was born on this day in 1891. Watch this classic #HeritageMinute to find out: https://t.co/684Y5ALfMn

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Happy Peanut Butter Day!
While peanuts have been ground into paste for centuries by the Aztec and Incas, the modern version of peanut butter was first patented by Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal in 1884.
This is the story of Marcellus and his peanut butter!

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Love it! Read our bio of John Henry Lefroy here: https://t.co/zp9zsnvxkB
And read our bio of Paul Kane here: https://t.co/DnkaJMRtcg

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Ontario painter #PaulKane’s “Scene in the Northwest—Portrait of John Henry Lefroy,” c.1845-46, commemorates Lefroy’s successful search for the magnetic north during his stay at Lake Athabasca in the winter of 1843-44.

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