1. Famous Canadians Theme Page Military Figures, Employment in Canada, Governors general, and Immigrants Aboriginal People of Canada pulls out the biographies of those famous canadians born on this day http://www.cln.org/themes/famous.html

Famous Canadians Theme Page This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of famous Canadians. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. Please read our Archives Time Machine: Women in BC History (Grade 11) British Columbia Archives presents 11 curricular units (galleries) drawing heavily from archival information on BC History. Each gallery has a teacher guide and each is targeted for a specific grade range. This link is to a Women's Study unit which will allow Grade 11 students to learn more about Sylvia Stark, Catherine Schubert, Hannah Maynard, Emily Carr, and Judge Helen MacGill. Canada Heirloom Series: Volumes IV, V and VI The Canada Heirloom Series contains several hundred biographical profiles on famous Canadians organized under the headings of "Pathfinders", "Wayfarers", and "Visionaries". Canadian Air Aces and Heroes Articles on about a dozen Canadian air aces from WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.

2. Special Collections: Canadians Lives, the Biography Resource, linking to thousands of biographyrelated sites including autobiographies, journals, letters, diaries, memoirs, biography collections, etc. general COLLECTIONS. REGIONS. PROFESSIONS. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS information are about a score of short biographies of famous canadians. Take advantage of the interesting portraits that http://amillionlives.com/Collect_spec3.html

GENERAL COLLECTIONS REGIONS PROFESSIONS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CRITICISM ERAS INDIVIDUAL LIVES - A B C D ... X-Y-Z THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS African Americans Women The Holocaust The Civil War Canadians Australians and New Zealanders Latin Americans, Hispanics, Latinos Special Collections: Canadians B C Archives Time Machine Part of the British Columbia Archives, the excellent Time Machine provides "accessibility to British Columbia historical documents, images, and other multimedia information in a format designed for school-age children." Great use of source material. Canada Heirloom Series From Canada's Digital Collections , the Canada Heirloom Series celebrates Canadian history. Fine short portraits can be found among the various chapters of many renowned and lesser-known Canadians. Canada's Digital Collections An amazing collection of Web projects created by young people throughout Canada who "create websites featuring significant Canadian material in the public domain." Huge, interesting collection of resources, many of which are biographical. Highly recommended. Canadian Air Aces A great look at Canadian aviation heroes of the World Wars and the Korean War. Interesting biographies illustrated with original paintings, links to other sources, and more. A very well done site, certainly worth a visit.

3. Homework Center - Biographies The Multnomah County Library Homework Center organizes over 3500 carefully reviewed K12 education and homework help resources for students, teachers, media specialists, and librarians. Astronauts. Athletes. Authors. canadians. Computer Industry. Explorers. Heroes the not so famous. Group biographies about people who .nl/index2.php. general information about the house as http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

School Corps Library Catalog Library Databases Ask Us! ... Tareas Escolares Biographies: Biography Megasites African Americans Artists, Musicians and Performers Astronauts ... Women of the West Biography Megasites Biographies http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/ Historical people related to American History. Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/ Formerly named Notable Citizens of Planet Earth, this updated version is a biographical dictionary with over 19,000 people indexed. Biography http://www.infoplease.com/people.html More than 30,000 biographies from Infoplease.com. Biography.com http://www.biography.com/ A database of 25,000 people - past and present. The Biography Maker http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm "The Biography Maker is like those homework machines we have been hearing about for many years. It is designed to help you convert facts into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and magic." Colonial Hall: Biographies of the Founding Fathers http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.asp Biographies of all of the founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. Each is approximately one page of text.

4. Famous Canadians Links - Suite101.com famous canadians links at Suite101.com dewey decimal 971917.1 National Library of Canada archive of Glenn Gould music and information. Governor general of Canada Pictures and biographies . http://www.suite101.com/linkcategory.cfm/canadian_history_culture/4076

Topics Articles Links Courses DIRECTORY COMMUNITIES BOOK CIRCLE SUITE U ... MY SUITE Search Suite101.com Within: History and Politics Search The Web Member Central Join Our Community! Login What's New Become a SuiteU Affiliate ... MemberUpdate Suite University About Suite University Suite University News Visit the University Course Listing ... FREE Demo Course New Topics Views of a Young Appalachian Woman SpiritWell Travel Book Reviews Agora News ... More... Suite Events Teacher Appreciation Event 2004 Family Focus 2004 In Tune With Johann Sebastian Bach More about Suite101 About Suite101.com Advertise With Suite For more information - Select a related topic - African History American Reconstruction a Ancient Biographies Ancient British History Autograph Collecting Biographies British Social History Canadian Politics Civil War 1856-62 Crimean War Current Events - The Paci East Asian History Framing Political Issues Great American Plains History of the Bizarre an Inspirational People International Affairs and International Trade and P John Kerry Libertarian Liechtenstein Life in Canada Maine People North American Genealogy Peace Process Political Pro's Politics Conservative Postcolonial Studies Presidential Elections 19 Republicans Royal History Russian History and Cultu Shropshire Past and Prese The American Civil War The Old West The Rutherford Report The Underground Railroad Tudor England United States Labor Histo US History 1929-1945 - Select a related course - An Introduction to Classi Ancient India B.C. 323 to

5. Homework Hotline - Biographies Of Famous People & Celebrities A number of biographies of famous and noteworthy people. league, now resides as general manager and coach of harvard.edu/~terning/canadians/ biographies of Canadian actors, educators http://www.homeworkhotline.com/Biographies.htm

Biographies: Biography Megasites African Americans Artists, Musicians and Performers Astronauts ... Athletes Authors Canadians Computer Industry Explorers Heroes Hispanics Industrialists Inventors ... Women of the West Biography Megasites Biographies http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/ Historical people related to American History. Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/ Formerly named Notable Citizens of Planet Earth, this updated version is a biographical dictionary with over 19,000 people indexed. Biography http://www.infoplease.com/people.html More than 30,000 biographies from Infoplease.com. Biography.com http://www.biography.com/ A database of 25,000 people - past and present. The Biography Maker http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm "The Biography Maker is like those homework machines we have been hearing about for many years. It is designed to help you convert facts into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and magic." Colonial Hall: Biographies of the Founding Fathers http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.asp

6. Lives, The Biography Resource Lives, the Biography Resource, linking to thousands of biographyrelated sites including autobiographies, journals, letters, diaries, memoirs, biography collections, etc. so famous. * Group biographies about people who share a common profession, historical era or geography. * Also general The Holocaust. canadians. Australians and New Zealanders http://amillionlives.com/

It is time to say good-bye. I am saddened to say that this version of Lives, the Biography Resource is no longer maintained . This site will still be available but I will not be adding new listings or updating it in any way. Many of you have written over the last several months with biography suggestions, broken links, and other questions. I am sorry I have not been able to reply. If you already submitted a change of URL to your site, I have saved these and will try to fix them soon. The good news, for those who find Lives useful, is that it is in redevelopment. Look for a brand new and improved Lives, the Bigraphy Resouce, in late 2004. Thank you for your tremendous support.This Web site has been up continuously since 1997 and still gets thousands of visitors daily. It has truly been a labor of love. Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau Lives, the Biography Resource The largest guide to posthumous biography sites on the Web Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. Individual lives of the famous, the infamous, and the not so famous.

7. Internet Public Library Biographies language resource for biographies of famous people from all over Memorable canadians / Canadiens et Canadiennes inoubliables individual First Lady, and the First Ladies in general. http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref1000.html

8. Biographies Homework Resources, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide Collection of links to biographies of famous people. Global Studies. Health. History general. History - Pennsylvania. History - Pittsburgh famous canadians. This collection of links to Canadian biographies is from the Community Learning http://www.clpgh.org/subject/homework/biography.html

Select Library Area: Ask a Librarian Careers at CLP Computer Classes Directions Employment Genealogy/History Homework Help Hours Kids' Site Library Subject Guide Locations Renew a Book Request a Book Research Databases Resource Guide Search Subject Departments Support the Library Teens' Site Subject Search: Web Site Catalog Internet Search Database Search Events Search Resource Guide: ... Homework Resources Biographies Pittsburgh Region Pennsylvania United States International See also African American Biographies Women's Biographies , and Women in Science and Technology Contemporary Person Are you looking for information on a current figure in the news? in science? in the movies? You have a good chance of finding information on a contemporary person (a person that is still alive) by entering his or her exact name (spelled correctly) in a World-Wide Web search. The sites are often pages made by fans of that person and so are not official but may point to good information. If you know your person's exact name, enter it in the Yahoo!

9. Biographies of Women. general. Notable Citizens of Planet Earth Well Known canadians Linked list of actors, actresses in Canada.) " famous french scientists; includes biographies of Marie Curie http://www.7oaks.org/librarylink/biographies.htm

Note: some personalities can fit into multiple categories, so check out all that apply. Subtopics contained on this page: ...of Authors ...of Canadians ...of Celebrities ...of Inventors ...of Musicians ...of Scientists ...of Women General Notable Citizens of Planet Earth Fifty Great Americans - Marquis' Who's Who choice from their current Who's Who in America. Study Web Biographical Dictionary - Very brief but accurate information about over 18,000 famous people See Also Black History Biographies from The Library Link ...of Canadians Emily Carr : At Home and At Work Women in Canadian History Well Known Canadians - Linked list of actors, actresses, artists, athletes, authors, comedians, directors, musicians, scientists, and assorted others, who are Canadian and have some claim to fame outside of Canada. Catherine Schubert , a British Columbia Overlander. Sylvia Stark , an African-American British Columbian pioneer.

10. PEOPLE The GS Web Directory. SHORT INDEX. biographies. Clubs Associations (general) Genealogy. Lists of People. Prize Winners. biographies. general. Biographical Dictionary Sources9.com. Online biographical dictionary of approx. information on famous canadians, dead or alive. UNITED STATES. Academy of Achievement. biographies of successful http://www.tundria.com/gswebdir/peop.htm

The GS Web Directory SHORT INDEX Biographies Genealogy Lists of People Prize Winners BIOGRAPHIES GENERAL Biographical Dictionary Source: s9.com Online biographical dictionary of approx. 25,000 famous people from around the world, from the ancient world to the present. Glass Bead Game - Das Glasperlenspiel Source: R. Sauzier , San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA Biographical sketches and links (where possible) for some 200 "self-actualizers" - scientists, philosophers, writers etc. of note. FAMOUS WOMEN Clio: Women in Mythology, Religion and Herstory Survey of the lives of famous women (real, fictional or mythological), classified under the headings Creation Descent of the Gods Goddesses Muses Amazons , and Women and Religion PEOPLE FROM SPECIFIC PLACES EUROPE BELGIUM Famous Belgians Author: Marc Tielemans HUNGARY 2000 magyar (2000 Hungarians) Source: www.origo.hu , Budapest, Hungary [In Hungarian] Biographical information of 2000 prominent Hungarians of the 2nd millennium. NORTH AMERICA CANADA Well Known People Who Happen to Be Canadian Source: John Terning , Berkeley, CA, USA Despite its flippant title, a good source of basic biographic information on famous Canadians, dead or alive

11. What's For Kids--Strathcona County Library Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by J 92 J 926.1,This section includes biographies on people, including famous canadians. http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca/childrens/pathfinders/famouscanadians.htm

Famous Canadians Subject Headings Call Numbers Recommended Books Reference Materials ... Selected Websites and Online Resources SUBJECT HEADINGS Use the following headings to search the library catalogue by Subject or Keyword. Hint: Adding "juvenile literature" to a keyword search will limit your search to children's information books. Canada - Biography Canada - History Canadians Famous Canadians Great Canadians Back to Top CALL NUMBERS Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers). Hint: Call numbers with a J in front refer to Juvenile (Children's) information books. J 92 - J 926.1 This section includes biographies on people, including famous Canadians. J 970 - J 971 This section contains information on Canada's history, including the people who have shaped our nation. Back to Top RECOMMENDED BOOKS J 361.92271 PAR GREAT CANADIANS: HUMANITARIANS by Janice Parker. Weigl, 2000. J 791.45092 STR GREAT CANADIANS: ENTERTAINERS by Leslie Strudwick. Weigl, 2000. J 92 GRE TOTAL GRETZKY by Roy MacGregor. J 920 GER MEET CANADIAN AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS by Allison Gertridge.

12. Peter Jennings Meeting Peter Jennings Biography 2000 Annual general Meeting Association of Biography,Credits, Movies; ABC of famous canadians - Read biographies of 26 http://www.virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofrhetoric/broadcastjourn

You are in: Museum of History Hall of Rhetoric Broadcast Journalism Peter Jennings Peter Jennings Anchor and Senior Editor World News Tonight Research Links Virtualology is not affiliated with the authors of these links nor responsible for each Link's content. Peter Jennings ... 2000 Annual General Meeting - Peter Jennings Biography 2000 Annual General Meeting Association of Canadian Clubs Saturday, September 30, 2000 The Great Hall ... Peter Jennings ... Jennings site; Mr Showbiz Celebrities: Peter Jennings Profile - Peter Jennings News, Biography, Credits, Movies; ABC of Famous Canadians - Read biographies of 26 ... Peter Jennings Peter Jennings (1938- ). ... was one of few granted to western reporters; biography: Anchors: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather, and the evening news by Robert Goldberg ... Peter Jennings ... entertainment people Entertainment Biographies I - M Peter Jennings television news anchor Born: 7/29/38 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada. ... Peter Jennings ... Peter Jennings. Mini-biography Peter Jennings was born in Toronto, Canada on July... (show more). by TheFairestLady (Dec 14.00) not rated. Navigate... ..

13. U. Mary Online Resources - General Reference - Biographies general Biography. Lives, the Biography Resource; Legacy.com ObitFinder; NationalWomen s Hall Medieval People; Open Learning Agency famous canadians Theme Page; http://it.umary.edu/Library/research/reference/biographies.html

Back: Directory of Online Resources Home Biographies Page Index Related Pages First Choices Other Biography Directories Library Guides to Biogrpahy General Biography ... Scientists First Choices Multnomah County Library, Oregon - Homework Center - Biographies Open Directory Project - Reference - Biography Yahoo! Society and Culture:People Other Biography Directories Internet Library for Librarians - Ready Reference: Biographies Libraryspot.com - Biographies Louisiana State University Libraries - Ready Reference - Biography Marquette University Libraries - Selected Sources - Biography and People ... White, Eric J. Anthro.Net - Biography Library Guides to Biography Arizona State University Libraries, Tempe - Science Reference Room - Biographical Information in Science, Health and Engineering Brandeis University Libraries, Massachusetts - Pinnolis, Judith S. Finding Biographical Information Duke University Libraries - Reference Resources - Biographical Resources Loyola University, Chicago - Libraries - How to Find Biographical Information ... University of New Brunswick, Fredericton - Irving Library Reference Department - Guide to Finding Biographies General Biography Academy of Achievement African American Web Connection - Prominent African Americans Biography.com

14. Famous Canadians Office of the Treaty Commission a great site for famous Canadian Natives.general biographies. Biography.com a huge database of famous people. http://chci.wrdsb.on.ca/library/1chc2pif.htm

assignments page CHCI Library home page S. Blom, CHC 2PI September 2002 To begin your assignment, click on the "Instructions" button, and continue from there. R. Payette Instructions for this assignment: In this assignment each student will be researching any famous Canadian of his/her choice who has had an impact on Canadian history from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Politicians, inventors, actors/actresses, musicians, authors, sports figures, etc., are all possibilities. Keep in mind that the more current your famous Canadian is, the more difficult the assignment will be due to a lack of information. During the first library period students are encouraged to select a Canadian of their choice and begin the process of researching the relevant information. As soon as you have selected a Canadian, indicate your choice to your teacher. Your Sources: There are three kinds of resources you can use for completing your research on this assignment: print resources which list the area in the library where Canadian biography can be found, databases which lists the commercial databases the library pays a subscription to use therefore you need to use the passwords listed on the white board on the wall by the circulation desk

15. Genealogy, Biography & History - Best Of The Web - Greater Victoria Public Libra Genealogy general sites. famous canadians Links to specialized websites fromair aces to wayfarers. Internet Public Library biographies Resources. http://www.gvpl.ca/infoservices/bestoftheweb/genealogy_biography_history.htm

Information Services Ask a Librarian Databases Best of the Web ... Archaeology Genealogy: General sites Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family Search website offering sources to search as well as research guidance. A genealogical research portal containing links to over 150,000 sites. RootsWeb RootsWeb hosts many of the largest volunteer genealogy projects on the Internet. Its primary purpose is to help connect people so they can share genealogical research Canadian Genealogy Canadian Genealogy Centre A new website from the Library and Archives of Canada providing electronic access to genealogical resources in Canada. Canadian Genealogy and History A listing of genealogical and historical web sites, including genealogy organizations. National Archives of Canada Ontario Archives Vancouver Island History This site hosts several large searchable databases, including some historical Vancouver Island censuses. British Columbia Genealogy B.C. Archives: Vital Events Indexes

16. I Want To Know About: Biographies Biography general Resources KidsClick The canadians biographies of a Nation KlondikeKate, Sam Hughes and one-page bibliographies of famous canadians from all http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/kids/i_want_to_know_about/template.php?categor

17. PEOPLE general. flippant title, a good source of basic biographic information on famous canadians,dead or Academy of Achievement biographies of successful Americans. http://www.tundria.com/GSWebDir/peop.htm

The GS Web Directory SHORT INDEX Biographies Genealogy Lists of People Prize Winners BIOGRAPHIES GENERAL Biographical Dictionary Source: s9.com Online biographical dictionary of approx. 25,000 famous people from around the world, from the ancient world to the present. Glass Bead Game - Das Glasperlenspiel Source: R. Sauzier , San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA Biographical sketches and links (where possible) for some 200 "self-actualizers" - scientists, philosophers, writers etc. of note. FAMOUS WOMEN Clio: Women in Mythology, Religion and Herstory Survey of the lives of famous women (real, fictional or mythological), classified under the headings Creation Descent of the Gods Goddesses Muses Amazons , and Women and Religion PEOPLE FROM SPECIFIC PLACES EUROPE BELGIUM Famous Belgians Author: Marc Tielemans HUNGARY 2000 magyar (2000 Hungarians) Source: www.origo.hu , Budapest, Hungary [In Hungarian] Biographical information of 2000 prominent Hungarians of the 2nd millennium. NORTH AMERICA CANADA Well Known People Who Happen to Be Canadian Source: John Terning , Berkeley, CA, USA Despite its flippant title, a good source of basic biographic information on famous Canadians, dead or alive

18. Canadian History(guides) Columbia but she has listed enough of general Canadian links to statistics, battles,weaponry, uniforms equipment, famous canadians, biographies of soldiers http://www.algonquincollege.com/lrc/guides/canhist.html

SUBJECT GUIDES Alphabetical List Subject List Site Map SUBJECT GUIDES The History Of Canada Subject Directories and Mega Sites Journals Other Useful Tools SUBJECT DIRECTORIES Here are some interesting starting points. The following sites are meta sites which provide links to some of the major sites in Canadian history. Note: to find additional sites you can use some of the Internet searching tools Academic Info: Canadian History Canadian Genealogy and History Links Well-organized compilation of more than 1,200 annotated links to Canadian history and genealogy sites. Includes national, provincial, personal and miscellaneous, and links categories. Canadian History on the Internet A list from the Oh Canada Site! Canadian History Portal A guide to materials on Canadian history in digital format. Canadian History Web Sources "An annotated collection of online resources on Canadian and general history by Susan Neylan, University of British Columbia, Dept. of History . The emphasis is on British Columbia but she has listed enough of general Canadian links to make this site a good first stop. " Canadian Information By Subject Canada-History The National Library of Canada's list of links to Canadian Internet resources on the history of Canada.

19. Calgary Public Library Link Library: Aviation general. be Canadian A popular site providing hot links to sites on famous canadians. ofPast and Present An international site with biographies of important http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/links/lkbiog.htm

Biography General : 15,000 biographical sketches from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia Biography and Genealogy Master Index : with your Calgary library card barcode you can find information about thousands of people Directory of Royal Genealogical Data : Hotlinks to biographical sources. Nobel Prizes : Videos, photographs and information on Nobel laureates and events. Potus: Presidents of the United States : Links to biographies, historical documents, audio-visual files and points of interest on each American President. Rulers : Lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories dating back to 1800. Top of Page Canadians Great Canadian Scientists : For children, parents or teachers, a site that teaches about Canadian scientists and their sciences. Canada Heirloom Series : A seven volume site containing detailed information on Canadian people, history and culture. Memorable Canadians : Search the National Library of Canada's page by name, endeavor, subject or resource. This site provides biographical information on thousands of important Canadians. Online Dictionary of Canadian Biography This online version of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography presents biographies of significant figures in Canadian history written by leading authorities. It spans the years 1000-1920.

20. Famous Canadians general Information The biographies include quick facts and more detailed informationwhich famous canadians The Canadian History site has information on 19 http://members.shaw.ca/hollylloyd/theme/socials5/famouscanadians.htm

Webquest: Famous Canadians - Acting as reporters for a newspaper, students research the lives of famous Canadians. Canadian Heroes and Heroines - Students work in teams of three to design a webpage about the Canadian of their choice. Websites General Information: Paths of Heroes - Watch videos, listen to audio clips, look at maps, panoramic pictures and text on this interesting website about famous Canadians. Heroes of Yore and Lore - Short paragraphs on several Canadian heroes, both real and fictional make this site user-friendly for most reading levels. Memorable Canadians - This site houses an extensive index of Canadian biographies organized by name, endeavour, subject or resources. The biographies include quick facts and more detailed information which makes it useful for many reading levels. Famous Canadians - The Canadian History site has information on 19 Canadians plus school projects that might be conducted with the information. Great Canadian Scientists - Biographies on several scientists can be found here with quick facts clearly listed and interesting stories of their discoveries.

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