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In 2017, I drew a different Canadian each day. For #RemembranceDay, here's a thread of a dozen Canadian veterans I think more people should know about:
Masumi Mitsui
Léo Major
Gerald Carty
Joan Bamford Fletcher
Seventeenth Chief Justice of Canada, first woman Chief Justice and longest serving Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin. #365Canadians
General, senator, commander of United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda, founder of child soldiers initiative, Roméo Dallaire. #365Canadians
Internationally renowned dancer, former principal dancer and now artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada, Karen Kain. #365Canadians
Tavern owner born a slave in Louisbourg, New France, likely the first Black business owner in Canada, Marie Marguerite Rose. #365Canadians
Social activist, union organizer & feminist, established first Marxist bookstore in Montreal, Léa Roback. #365Canadians
Journalist, author (The Death and Life of Great American Cities), activist hugely influential in urban studies, Jane Jacobs. #365Canadians