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    Sean Michaels

    Sean Michaels, novelist, journalist, music critic (born 1982 in Stirling, Scotland). 

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    Seana McKenna

    Seana McKenna made her Toronto debut in 1980 in The Mac Paps at Toronto Workshop Productions, and in 1981 appeared in the Toronto Free Theatre production of Bertolt Brecht's In the Jungle of Cities.

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    Sébastien Lareau

    In 1999 Sébastien Laureau had one of the most memorable professional tennis seasons ever for a Canadian tennis player.

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    Second World War Refugees in Canada

    Canada accepted relatively few refugees during the Second World War because of restrictive immigration policies and public resistance. Yet nearly one-quarter of a million refugees emigrated to Canada between 1947 and 1962 in the aftermath of the Second World War. The displacement of people during and after the Second World War and their resettlement in Canada transformed the country’s previously restrictive refugee policy, contributing to the development of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration in 1950 and the emergence of modern multicultural Canadian society.

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    Racial Segregation of Asian Canadians

    The beginning of Chinese immigration to present-day British Columbia in the 1850s sparked a vociferous and sustained opposition from Euro-Canadian residents. This opposition intensified with the arrival of Japanese immigrants in the 1870s and South Asians in the early 1900s. To counter the supposed racial and economic dangers presented by these groups, labour leaders and others in the province successfully lobbied for legal and social restrictions on Asian employment, housing, education and civic participation in the province. These formed the basis for Asian segregation in British Columbia and Canada generally, which continued until the end of Japanese internment and the removal of all Asian voting restrictions in 1949. While it never attained the level of racial separation seen during the US South’s Jim Crow era, Asian segregation from whites in 19th and early 20th century Canada defined many aspects of everyday life in Canada.

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    Sekani

    Sekani are an Indigenous people from central and north-eastern British Columbia. They are also known as the Tsek'ehne, which means "people of the rocks or mountains."In the past, they consisted of several family groups or bands, each of 30-40 persons, who hunted and traded along the Finlay and Parsnip tributaries of the Peace River. Each group had a name indicating its territory, but the term Sekani applied to the people of the Parsnip-Finlay area in central and north-eastern British Columbia. Sekani and Dane-zaa are mutually intelligible dialects of a single Athapaskan language. They were first contacted by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793. In the 2021 census, 650 people claimed to be of Tse’khene (Sekani) ancestry.

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    Self-Governing First Nations in Yukon

    There are 14 First Nations in Yukon. Eleven of these nations are self-governing, while the remaining three are governed under the Indian Act. The 11 self-governing First Nations have legislative and executive powers much like a province or territory. In 1993, they signed the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA) with the governments of Canada and Yukon. The UFA served as the foundation for individual self-governing agreements made between each First Nation and the territorial and federal governments. These individual agreements were signed between 1993 and 2006. (See also Comprehensive Land Claims.) While the focus of this article is the 11 self-governing First Nations, the remaining three First Nations in Yukon are White River, Liard and Ross River. 

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    Selma Barkham

    Selma Barkham (née Huxley), CM, ONL, historian, geographer (born 8 March 1927 in London, England; died 3 May 2020 in Chichester, England). Selma Barkham uncovered the history of Basque cod-fishing and whaling industries in Atlantic Canada (referred to by the Basques as Terra Nova), especially in the 16th century. This research filled a gap in the history of European activity in Canada between the time of Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain. Her work led to the establishment of Red Bay, Labrador as a national historic site and a UNESCO world heritage site. 

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    Seneca

    The Seneca (Onöndowa’ga, “People of the Great Hills”) are an Indigenous nation. Known as the “Keepers of the Western Door,” they are the western-most member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy with ancestral lands located south of Lake Ontario. Today, some Seneca people also live on Six Nations territory near Brantford, Ontario. (See also First Nations.)

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    Septuor Haydn

    Septuor Haydn. Founded in Quebec City in 1871 by Arthur Lavigne (first violin), Nazaire LeVasseur (second violin), Alfred Paré (viola), Narcisse Hamel (cello), Édouard Gauvreau (contrabass), Octave Chavigny de Lachevrotière or Cyrille Duquet (flute), and J.-A. Defoy (piano).

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    Séraphin Vachon

    Séraphin (Dominique) Vachon. Violinist, conductor, composer, teacher, b Quebec City 15 Dec 1841, d Baltimore, Md, 3 Jan 1875. But for the recollections of Nazaire LeVasseur, Vachon's life and career would be all but forgotten today.

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    Serbian Music in Canada

    Immigration to Canada by the peoples of this eastern portion of modern Yugoslavia began in significant numbers after World War II, and by 1986 some 12,970 Serbian-Canadians lived and worked in the industrial areas of southern Ontario. Others lived in Ottawa, Montreal, and Vancouver.

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    Serena Ryder

    Serena Ryder, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, mental health advocate (born 8 December 1982 in Millbrook, ON). Folk-rock singer-songwriter Serena Ryder is known for her raspy, soulful vocals and raw, emotional lyrics. She first gained attention with her gold-certified albums If Your Memory Serves You Well (2006) and Is It O.K. (2008). She won the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year in 2008 and achieved international stardom with her fifth album, Harmony (2012), and her smash hit “Stompa,” which went triple platinum in Canada. She has won a Canadian Screen Award, a MuchMusic Video Award, a SOCAN Award and seven Juno Awards, including Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in 2014. She received the Allan Slaight Music Impact Honour from Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2021.

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    Serge Arcuri

    Arcuri, Serge. Composer, b Beauharnois, near Montreal, 10 Jun 1954; premier prix analysis (CMM) 1979, premier prix composition (CMM) 1981.

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    Serge Bennathan

    Serge Bennathan, choreographer, director (born at L'Aigle, France 14 Aug 1957). Serge Bennathan immigrated to Canada in 1985 and has established a reputation as one of Canada's most distinctive choreographers.

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