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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio B562c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Honoured as a hero in China, Ontario-born Norman Bethune was a surgeon, medical innovator, and charismatic political activist who deployed his skills on the battlefields of Spain and China in the 1930s. His prodigious energy included inventing surgical instruments, mobile blood-transfusion units, teaching, and advocating for social justice at home and abroad. Adrienne Clarkson, a Chinese Canadian, has always been fascinated by the dynamic man who married his social conscience to his medical mission. Reviled as a Communist by some, revered as a humanitarian by others, Bethune was a complicated, inspirational figure who lived and loved on a large canvas.
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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio P361c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 19631968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Auto Pact, and the new Maple Leaf flag. Pearson came to power after an impressive career as a diplomat, where he played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as president of its General Assembly. He put Canada on the world stage when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his handling of the Suez Crisis, during which he brokered the formation of a UN peacekeeping force. Author Andrew Cohen, whose books have focused on Canadaœs place in the world, is the perfect author to assess Pearsonœs legacy.
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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio M128g    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Feminist, politician, and social activist, Nellie McClung altered Canada's political landscape, leaving a legacy that has long survived her. She had a wicked wit, and her convictions and campaigns helped shape the Canada we live in today. Acclaimed writer Charlotte Gray, who has forged a distinguished career exploring the lives of such notable women as Susanna Moodie and Pauline Johnson, is the perfect writer to reinterpret McClung.
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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio B365r    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Considered by some to be one of Canada's most ambitious political and cultural figures and considered by many more to be an untrustworthy, trouble-making tycoon Lord Beaverbrook, né William Maxwell Aitken, is certainly one of the country's more enticing historical figures. Born on the Miramichi river in New Brunswick in 1879, Beaverbrook left Canada in 1910 to become a multimillionaire press baron, businessman and English politician, and was one the most powerful Canadians living in England at that time. Beaverbrook's greatest irony, however, was that despite his many successes, his one real goal to create a stronger link between Canada and the British Empire he so admired was never achieved.
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       2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio L166s    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
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      By Saul, John Ralston, 1947-
       2010., Penguin Canada Call No: 971.04 S256l    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.Summary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
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      By Foran, Charles, 1960-
       2011., Adult, Penguin Group (Canada) Call No: Bio R513f    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary Canadians.Summary Note: Born in 1921 into a working-class family, Maurice Richard came of age as a French Canadian and athlete during an era when the majority population of Quebec slumbered. A proud, reticent man, Richard aspired only to score goals and win championships for the Montreal Canadiens. But he represented far more than a high-scoring forward who filled seats in NHL arenas. Beginning with his 50-goal, 50-game season in 1944-45 and through his battles with the league over bigotry toward French-Canadian players, Richard's on-ice ferocity and off-ice dignity echoed the change in Quebec. The March 1955 "Richard Riot," in which fans went on a rampage to protest his suspension, contained the seeds of transformation. By the time Richard retired in 1960, Quebec had begun to reinvent itself as a modern, secular society. Author Charles Foran argues that the province's passionate identification with Richard's success and struggles emboldened its people and changed Canada irrevocably.