Herman Linder was born on Aug 5,1907 and died January 18,2001. He lived 94 years in his cowboy life and fame,he became the legendary cowboy on 1980 and is now a 22 time champion in the Calgary Stampede. And a 7 time all round Canadian cowboy. People say he is the icon of the western of life,and won the North American championship 5 times. The way you have to win is you ride a bull and get the most targets and catch other animals. Of course everyone has to die and he did on January 18,2001 at his own ranch! Best thing about him was he was a Canadian!
By Jackson G
Cecil,John Kinross Interesting Facts About My Canadian Historical Figure
My Canadian historical figure is Cecil,John Kinross
Cecil,John Kinross Was Born February 1896 In Harefield,England. He Joined The Army In 1915 And His Rank Was Private He Participated In World War I. At The End Of The War He Was Awarded The Victoria Cross He Quit The Army In 1919 And His Years Of Service Is 4 Years And Died 43 Years Later June 21 1957 And Was Buried In Lougheed, Alberta, Canada.
My Canadian historical figure is the Sutter brothers. Brent, Brian,Duane,Ron, rich and Darryl are there names, Gary had a chance to make the NHL but he didn't, he was the 7 Th brother. All of them are from AlbertaCanada. Brent Sutter was the one with the most points out of the brothers, then Brian, next Ron, Rich, and Duane then last Darryl. Darryl played the least games, he played 400. The sutter brothers always fight there other brothers.The brothers got the WHL award. The Sutters have been on the CTV news a few times. The Sutters are one family that played in the NHL. Darryl sutter coached my favouriteNHL team, la kings. Most of the sutter brothers made the hall of fame.
Rachel Notley, was born in Edmonton, Alberta, April, 17th, 1964, and was Raised in Fairview. She is our 17th Premiere, and our current premiere. Rachel earned her law degree in, Osgoode Hall, law school, right after she finished her classes in the U of A. She has two siblings, named Paul and Stephen. Her father Grant led the Alberta new democrats from 1968-1984. Her parents are Sandy and Grant Notley. Rachel's mother had a very strong political influence on her, which helped her shape her social conscience and political views.
At the age of ten, Rachel became involved in social politics and activism.
John Andrew Macdonald was a very important person in Canadian history. He was the first prime minister of Canada, and he built the railway. Here is his biography:
John Andrew Macdonald was born on January 11th, 1815 was born to parents Helen Shaw and Hugh Macdonald. He lived a very hard life as a kid, as he saw one of his brothers die from being beaten by a crazed servant. Once John A grew up, he made sure that he made good out of his life. He had three children with wife, who soon died of Cancer. He was very fond of his daughter, because she had brain damage and couldn't walk nor talk properly. He was in office for 19 years in total, and built the Canadian railway. It was supposed to be done in 5 years, but he did it in three (he accepted bribes from people)! He was later thrown out of office because he was accepting the bribes. He drank very often, but according to others, he had it under control by the time he was sixty. The few years, he was out of office, he didn't do much(except flirting with girls), and soon he was voted back into office. He was one of two prime ministers to die in office, and he died of old age.
My Canadian historical figure is Hayley Wickenheiser
It all started at age fifteen, in Shaunavon Saskatchewan, when Hayley was chosen for the Canadian Women's National Olympic Hockey team. She led the team to six gold medals and one silver medal at the hockey championships. She was named tournament's most valuable player in 2002 and in 2006. In 2003 Hayley made hockey history when she became the first female player to notch a point in a men’s professional game.
Its not just Hayleys lethal slapshot that is respected by her teammates, fans, and peers. Hayley is an award winner , community leader, history maker, mentor and an accomplished business women. Outside of hockey Hayley has mastered a number of sports such as, An elite softball player, played in the 2000 Olympics not in hockey and many others. Hayley has been on the sports illustrated for 20th out of 25th toughest athletes in the world and has been in the walk of fame. Just recently Hayley retired from her hockey career.
Hayley has ran six years of a girls hockey tournament called Wickfest. Their is multiple activities she runs and at the tournament. There are other gold medalists there to run fun activities for the teams. The tournament of course is all about hockey, but it also is to keep girls playing hockey or other sports.
People call Hayley the women Wayne Gretzky. Hayley got that name because she is the best women’s hockey player and is dedicated and determined to her sport. Hayley is proven to be an elite athlete also. Hayleys passion for sports is also in her community. Hayley has started many organisations, such as Jumpstart, Kidsport, Project North, Right to play, Ovarian Cancer and many more. Hayley's main goal is to get kids involved in sports. Hayley lives in Shaunavon Saskatchewan and is a proud mom of her teenage boy Noah.
My Canadian historical figure is Isabella Lougheed she was born 1861 at Fort resolution. She lived in fort Simpson until she was 6 years old. In 1867 she went on a six week journey to go to a school at red river. Her mother Mary Hardisty had prepared her well for such an adventure. Isabella was well connected to the first nations in her early years. When she got an education she moved in social and cultural circles with a new focus. In 1883 she married James Lougheed a carpenter's son who eventually became a lawyer. Through working with women's groups and and her support of performing artists she helped create an appreciation for culture in Calgary.They built lyric and grand theatres where world wide performing artists did their best work.
Emily Murphy was born in Cookstown Ontario on March 14 1868 and had two older brothers named Tomas and Gowan. Her mother was named Emily Ferguson, and her father was Issac Ferguson, her mother stayed at home and did chores and cooking while her father was a property owner and was very wealthy. They say that her father influenced his children to treat each other with equality. Emily attended a private school for girls in Toronto, this is were she met her friend and future husband Aurther Murphy. After Aurther married Emily they had four daughters Madelyn, Evelyn, Doris, Cathleen. But Sadly Doris died diphtheria at a very young age resulting in the family first moving to Swan River Manitoba, then to Alberta Edmonton. In Edmonton Murphy wrote her first book "The Black Candle." Although she thought the book to be a success, many people began criticizing the way she described the use of Drugs and liqueur. People also criticized the way she talked about other races in her book, mostly Chinese people saying that the were the ones to get Canadians hooked on drugs. Some people even stood up and said the book should be stripped from the shelves. but this never happened. Even if her book was a failure soon enough Murphy started working on the persons case in both Canada and the in the British Empire. With other woman now named the famous five they won the case and woman were now declared persons in Canada and in the British Empire. But sadly on October 17 1933 Emily Murphy passed away. No one knows exactly how she died but the guess is either old age or a sickness as Murphy was 65 years old. Even if her book was a failure she had women declared persons in Canada and in the British empire and her legacy was born.
Welcome to our Canada 150 Blog!
The first thing we're going to do with it, is share the information you gather about the Canadian historical figure of your choice. You can look at the assignment in our Google Classroom for more details!
The Sutter Brothers
