Names Flashcards
(22 cards)
Who was the first prime Minister and when and what bill is he on
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, in 1867, he is on the $10 bill
Who is Sir George-Etienne Cartier
The key architect of confederation from Quebec
This person Led an armed uprising and Seized Fort Garry, The territorial Capital
Louis Riel
He was the Metis greatest Miliary Leader
Gabriel Dumont
Who was Sir Wilfrid Laurier?
- He was the first french canadian prime minister since confederation
- He encouraged immigration to the west
- his portrait is on the $5 bill
Who was Dr. Emily Stowe
founder of the suffrage movement, and first canadian woman to practice medicine in Canada
Phil Edwards
Canadian track and field champion, won bronze medals for canada in 1928 and 1932, and 1936 olympics,
James Naismith
invented Basketball in 1891
Donovan Bailey
World record sprinter and double olympic meddalist
Chantal Peticlerc
World champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medalist
Wayne Gretzky
One of the greatest Hockey Players of all time
Terry Fox
Lost his right leg to cancer and began a cross country run, “The Marathon of Hope”
Marshall McLuhan and Harold Innis
Pionner thinkers
Alexander Graham Bell
invented the telephone
Joseph Bombardier
invented the snowmobile
Sandford Fleming
Invented the worlwide system of standard time zones
Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward
Invented the first Electric Light Bulb
Reginald Fessenden
Contributed to the invention of radio
Wilder Penfield
Pionnering Brain surgeon, known as “The greatest living canadian”
Dr. John A. Hopps
Invented the first cardiac pacemaker
SPAR Aerospace
Invented the canadarm
Mike Lazaridis and jim balsilie
RIM Blackberry
