Canada Day is coming soon (July 1), so our Canada Project is sponsoring this week's
Connection Checkers game, featuring famous notables Canada has deemed significant to
their national history.

Per wikitree.com I am:

14 degrees from Marguerite D'Youville
19 degrees from Frederick Banting
19 degrees from Alexander Graham Bell
19 degrees from Billy Bishop
16 degrees from George Etienne Cartier
23 degrees from George Dixon
18 degrees from Marc Garneau
21 degrees from Wayne Gretzky
12 degrees from Louis Jolliet
19 degrees from Maud Macdonald
18 degrees from William Osler
18 degrees from Emily Stowe

More about them:

St. Marie Margaret D;Youville, called the Mother of Universal Charity, was the founder of
the Sisters of Charity of Montreal and the first Canadian-born Saint.

Dr. Frederick Banting, medical scientist who co-discovered insulin alongside Charles
Best, earning the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and becoming the youngest-ever laureate in that category at age 32.

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer credited with
patenting the first practical telephone and co-founding the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.

William Bishop, World War I flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, making him
the top Canadian ace of the war.
During World War II, he helped set up and promote the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

George Etienne Cartier, "Father of Confederation," he is credited with the inclusion of
"the territory of the whole country... extend(ing) from the Atlantic to the Pacific" in the
Confederation.

George Dixon, a professional boxer and the first ever Black athlete to win a world
championship in any sport.

Dr. Marc Garneau, Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut, and politician.
He became the first Canadian in space on 5 October 1984.

Wayne Gretzky, former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "the Great One", he is the leading career point scorer and assist producer in
NHL history and has more assists than any other player has total career points.

Louis Jolliet, along with Jacques Marquette, was the first non-indigenous Canadian to
explore and map much of the Mississippi River in 1673.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, author best known for her series of novels featuring Anne
Shirley, of Green Gables.

Dr. William Osler, one of the four founding professors of the School of Medicine at Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore and known as the Father of Modern Medicine.

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe, path-breaking Canadian physician and suffragist who led
campaigns to provide women access to medical schools and other professional education.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians,
politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of
all of them, as we ALL are.

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